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adversary | (n) an enemy, opponent |
alienate | (v) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile, to transfer, convey |
artifice | (n) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery |
coerce | (v) to compel, force |
craven | (adj) cowardly, (n) a coward |
culinary | (adj) of or related to cooking or the kitchen |
delete | (v) to erase, wipe out, cut out |
demise | (n) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position |
exhilarate | (v) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to |
fallow | (adj) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n) land left unseeded; (v) to plow but not seed |
harass | (v) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks |
inclement | (adj) stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action |
muse | (v) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder |
negligible | (adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded |
perpetuate | (v) to make permanent or long lasting |
precedent | (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action |
punitive | (adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment |
redress | (v) to set right, remedy; (n) relief from wrong or injury |
sojourn | (n) a temporary stay; (v) to stay for a time |
urbane | (adj) refined in manner or style, suave |