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Vocabulary Unit 3

Vocabulary Unit 3. 1. adversary. An enemy, opponent Noun Synonyms: antagonist, rival, foe Antonyms: friend, ally, supporter, confederate A best friend off the tennis court can also be a fierce adversary on it. 2. alienate. To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

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Vocabulary Unit 3

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 3

  2. 1. adversary An enemy, opponent Noun Synonyms: antagonist, rival, foe Antonyms: friend, ally, supporter, confederate A best friend off the tennis court can also be a fierce adversary on it.

  3. 2. alienate To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey Verb Synonyms: separate, drive apart, estrange Antonyms: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile Gossiping and backbiting are bad habits that are bound to alienate friends.

  4. 3. artifice A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery Noun Synonyms: ruse, stratagem, contrivance Even the most renowned art experts were completely taken in by the forger’s artifice.

  5. 4. coerce To compel, force Verb Synonyms: pressure, bully, intimate, constrain Antonyms: persuade, cajole Dictators try to coerce their subjects into obedience by threatening them or their families with punishment.

  6. 5. craven Adjective: cowardly Noun: a coward Synonyms: fearful, faithearted Antonyms: brave, courageous, valiant The who urged Great Britain to make peace with Hitler were criticized for their craven attitude.

  7. 6. culinary Of or related to cooking or the kitchen Adjective Cooking shows on television have helped many people to master the secrets of the culinary arts.

  8. 7. delete To erase, wipe out, cut out Verb Synonyms: remove, cancel, expunge Antonyms: insert, add, retain, include Crime labs can determine whether an attempt has been made to deletematerialsfrom audiotapes.

  9. 8. demise A death, especially of a person in a lofty position Noun Synonyms: decease, passing away Antonyms: birth, beginning, commencement Traditionally, the tolling of church bells has announced the demise of a monarch.

  10. 9. exhilarate To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to Verb Synonyms: stimulate, excite, gladden Antonyms: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit The first landing on the moor, in the summer of 1969, exhilarated the nation.

  11. 10. fallow Adjective: plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow Noun: left unseeded Verb: to plow but not seed Synonyms: unproductive, inert, dormant Antonyms: productive, fertile, prolific After a month without a date, I decided my social life was definitely in a fallow period. In the drought-sticken region, there were millions of acres of fallow. Farmers often fallow a third of their fields each year to restore the chemical balance of the soil.

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