Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 3

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1. adversary (n.) an enemy, opponent 11. harass (v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated
attacks
SYNONYMS: antagonist, rival, foe
ANTONYMS: friend, ally, supporter, confederate SYNONYMS: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer
2. alienate (v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to 12. inclement (adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
transfer, convey
SYNONYMS: blustery, tempestuous, implacable
SYNONYMS: separate, drive apart, estrange ANTONYMS: mild, gentle, balmy, tranquil
ANTONYMS: befriend, attract, captivate,
13. muse (v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
reconcile
3. artifice (n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a SYNONYMS: meditate, contemplate, daydream
clever skill; trickery ANTONYMS: -
14. negligible (adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded
SYNONYMS: ruse, stratagem, contrivance
ANTONYMS: -
SYNONYMS: trivial, inconsequential,
4. coerce (v.) to compel, force insignificant
ANTONYMS: significant, crucial, momentous
SYNONYMS: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain
15. perpetuate (v.) to make permanent or long lasting
ANTONYMS: persuade, cajole
5. craven (adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward SYNONYMS: continue, preserve, prolong
indefinitely
SYNONYMS: (adj.) fearful, fainthearted, ANTONYMS: discontinue, abolish, abandon
pusillanimous
16. precedent (n.) an example that may serve as a basis for
ANTONYMS: (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant
imitation or later action
6. culinary (adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen
SYNONYMS: guide, tradition, model
SYNONYMS: - ANTONYMS: -
ANTONYMS: -
17. punitive (adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment
7. delete (v.) to erase, wipe out, cut out
SYNONYMS: penalizing, retaliatory
SYNONYMS: remove, cancel, expunge ANTONYMS: -
ANTONYMS: insert, add, retain, include
18. redress (v.) to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or
8. demise (n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty injury
position
SYNONYMS: (v.) rectify, correct, mitigate
SYNONYMS: decease, passing away ANTONYMS: -
ANTONYMS: birth, beginning, commencement
19. sojourn (n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a time
9. exhilarate (v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
SYNONYMS: (n.) visit, stopover, brief stay
SYNONYMS: stimulate, excite, gladden ANTONYMS: -
ANTONYMS: discourage, dispirit, dishearten,
20. urbane (adj.) refined in manner or style, suave
inhibit
10. fallow (adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish- SYNONYMS: elegant
yellow; (n.) land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but ANTONYMS: crude, uncouth, boorish
not seed

SYNONYMS: (adj.) unproductive, inert, dormant

ANTONYMS: (adj.) productive, fertile, prolific