Vocabulary Unit 3

Vocabulary Unit 3

It’s fair to say that the

Boston Red Sox and the

New York Yankees are

baseball adversaries.

adversary-(noun) country or person you fight

or compete with

Synonym-opponent

To make friends, you

must not alienate

people the very first time you

meet them.

alienate-(verb) To make someone stop feeling

friendly

Synonym-to turn someone off

The thief used his

artifice to steal four

dogs, a cat, and a big

screen T.V.

artifice-(noun) false or insincere behavior

Synonym-trick

I tried to coerce my dog into giving up my shoe.

coerce-(verb) to force someone to do

something by threatening him/her.

Synonym- to compel, to make

In the movie The Wizard of Oz, the

wizard was able to give a heart to the craven

lion.

craven-(adjective) very cowardly

Synonym- chickenhearted

Le Cordon Bleu is a French

school of culinary

art.

culinary- (adjective) Relating to cooking

I accidentally deleted some files from my

computer.

delete-(verb) To remove letter, word from a

piece of writing; to remove information from a computer

Synonym-erase

The demise of Amy

Winehouse was a sad

event.

demise-(noun) The death of someone

Fabio was exhilarated

when he reached the top of the mountain.

exhilarated-(adj) Feeling extremely happy and

excited

Synonym-thrilled

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

fallow-(adjective) Not being in a state of use or

activity

unused

The school bully took it

upon himself to harass the

new student.

And then Mr. Collins took it upon himself to harass

the bully.

harass-(verb) To annoy or threaten someone

again and again.

Synonym- to torment

The baseball game was cancelled due to the inclement weather.

inclement-(adjective) Stormy

Synonym-harsh, rough

Freshmen at Keefe may muse over what their future will

bring.

muse-(verb) over/on To imagine or think a lot about

something

Synonym- to ponder, to dream

The injury of that specific

player is negligible and won’t affect the

outcome of tonight’s

game.

negligible- (adjective) Not important enough to have

any effect

synonym-insignificant

Every winter we try to

perpetuate our tradition of

building snow sculptures.

I can’t even do a proper snowman!

perpetuate-(verb) To make something continue

Synonym-to make last

Basketball star and legend, Michael

Jordan, set a precedent

for dunking in the NBA.

precedent-(noun) An action/decision that is used

as an example for a similar action/decision at a later time.

Synonym- example, model

After the food fight, punitive

measures were taken against the

three students who started the

whole thing.

punitive-(adjective) Intended as a punishment

Synonym-disciplinary

The victim wanted the

court to order that the burglar

redress the wrongs

committed against him.

redress-(verb) To correct something that is

wrong, not equal or unfair

Synonym- to correct

During her vacation to France, she went on a weeklong

sojourn to the city of Paris.

sojourn-(noun) A temporary stay somewhere

Synonym- a visit

The urbane manner of the

candidate almost

convinced me to vote for

him.

urbane- (adjective) behaving in a relaxed and

confident way in social situations.

Synonym- civil, polite