Vocabulary Unit 3

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Vocabulary Unit 3
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Adversary

• Their biggest adversary is the Lake Central
  basketball team.

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Alienate

• To make friends, one must not alienate
  differences and keep a positive atmosphere.

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Artifice

• The thief used his artifice to steal 4 dogs, a
  cat, and a big screen t.v.

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Coerce

• Frank tried to coerce the child into giving up
  his toy car.

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Craven

• The wizard was able to give a heart to the craven
  lion.

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Culinary

• Le Cordon Bleu is a French school of culinary
  art.

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Delete

• In order to cut costs, we must delete a few zeros
  from your paycheck.

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Demise

• The ceremony was held on the anniversary of his
  demise.

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Exhilarate

• The presence of a Krispy Kreme doughnut
  exhilarates the senses.

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Fallow

• The farmer left the field fallow while he was on
  vacation.

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Harass

• The school bully took it upon himself to harass
  the new student.

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Inclement

• The game was cancelled due to the inclement
  weather.

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Muse

• Jessica was often caught in a muse about her new
  found love.

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Negligible

• The injury of the teams best player is
  negligible and wont affect the outcome of
  tonights game.

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Perpetuate

• Every winter we try to perpetuate our tradition
  of building snow creatures.

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Precedent

• When George Washington left office after 4 years
  of presidency, he set the precedent for the
  succeeding presidents.

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Punitive

• After the food fight, punitive measures were
  taken against the 3 students who started the
  whole thing.

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Redress

• The doctor had to redress the wounds on the
  accident victim.

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Sojourn

• On her vacation, she went on a days sojourn to
  the city.

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Urbane

• The urbane manner of the candidate almost
  convinced me to vote for him.