Created by E.M. Flood
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Question | Answer |
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; trickery |
coerce | (v.) to compel, force |
craven | (adj.) cowardly (n.) a coward |
culinary | (adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen |
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 plot but not seed |
harass | (v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks |
inclement | (adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action |
liquidate | (v.) to pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate |
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 |
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