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Words for Monday

20 cards·by jennydatiz
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Adversary: noun
someone who offers opposition. SENTENCE: many of my family members consider my father an adversary
Alienate. verb
To make isolated or withdrawn or emotionally dissociated: Sentence. Another thing she tends to do is alienate her friends
Artifice: noun
A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) Sentence; The magicians trick was nothing but an artifice
Coerce. verb
To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
Craven: adj.
Cowardly; a coward
Culinary. adj
Of or relating to or used in cooking
Delete. verb
To wipe out, to erase, or cut out
Demise. noun
the time when something ends
Exhilarate. verb
to make someone feel very happy
Fallow. adj
undeveloped but potentially useful
Harass. verb
exhaust by attacking repeatedly
Inclement. adj
Showing no clemency or mercy; lacking mildness; severe
Muse. noun
the source of an artists inspiration
Negligible. adj
So unimportant that it can be disregarded
Perpetuate. verb
Cause to continue or prevail
Precedent. noun
An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Punitive. adj
Inflicting punishment
Redress. verb
Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
Sojourn. noun
A temporary stay
Urbane. adj
sophisticated, refined; elegant