UNIT 3 VOCABULARYAcademic English 10

ADVERSARY (n) enemy, opponent

You are “versus” this person

ALIENATE (v) to turn away, make hostile

Like you’re making an “alien” out of them

ARTIFICE

(n) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick or skill

COERCE

(v) force, compel Sounds like force

CRAVEN (adj) cowardly (n) a coward

Like a “raven” that can’t stand up to bigger animals?

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CULINARY

(adj) related to cooking or the kitchen

DEMISE (n) death, especially of a powerful

person or idea

EXHILARATE (v) to cheer up or give spirit to

FALLOW (adj) plowed but not seeded,

inactive

HARASS (v) disturb, worry, make trouble for Like bullying

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INCLEMENT (adj) stormy, harsh, severe (often

describes weather)

LIQUIDATE (v.) to pay a debt or settle an account –

“liquidation sales” help a business pay its debts. (v.) to eliminate

MUSE (v) to think about or ponder

dreamily “use” your head

NEGLIGIBLE (adj) so unimportant that it can be

ignored of negative importance

PERPETUATE

(v) to make permanent But often in a bad way

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PRECEDENT (n) an example that may serve

as a basis for imitation Makes a real “dent” in the way we think about that thing

PUNITIVE (adj) aiming at punishment

“pun”

REDRESS (v) to set right (n) relief from wrong

Giving “rest” to whatever was causing pain

Usually emotional wrong/pain not physical

SOJOURN

(n) temporary stay

(v) to stay for a time

URBANE (adj) refined, suave

Like Keith Urban?

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