English Vocab Quiz #3

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adversary

Back 1

(n.) an enemy, opponant

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alienate

Back 2

(v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

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artifice

Back 3

(n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; clever skill; trickery

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coerce

Back 4

(v.) to compel, force

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craven

Back 5

(adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward

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culinary

Back 6

(adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen

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delete

Back 7

(v.) to erase, wipe out, cut out

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demise

Back 8

(n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

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exhilarate

Back 9

(v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

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fallow

Back 10

(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n.) left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed

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harass

Back 11

(v.) to disturb; worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

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inclement

Back 12

(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

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muse

Back 13

(v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

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negligible

Back 14

(adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded

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perpetuate

Back 15

(v.) to make permanent or long lasting

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precedent

Back 16

(n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

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punitive

Back 17

(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment

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redress

Back 18

(v.) to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or injury

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sojourn

Back 19

(n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a time

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urbane

Back 20

(adj.) refined in manner or style, suave

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co-

Back 21

together

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circum-

Back 22

around

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de-

Back 23

away, down, off, from, apart, completely

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demi-, hemi-, semi-

Back 24

half

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dis-

Back 25

not, to "take away"

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cooperate

Back 26

(v.) to work together with a joint task at hand

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circumference

Back 27

the distance (measured as a length) around a circle

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demote

Back 28

to reduce in rank, class, etc.

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hemisphere

Back 29

half of a circle, usually referring to the divisions of earth.

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disappear

Back 30

to vanish from sight or existence.

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COOPERATE - sentence

Back 31

Over the weekend my lab partner and I cooperated on our research project, and shared both resources and information.

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CIRCUMFERENCE - sentence

Back 32

I taught my brother how to measure the circumference of our round drinking glass, by surrounding it in string, and then measuring the length.

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DEMOTE - sentence

Back 33

Because he was always sloppy and late to work, Samuel was demoted at his job from a waiter to a busboy.

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HEMISPHERE - sentence

Back 34

The Northern Hemisphere, which is found north of the equator, generally has a cooler climate than that of the Southern Hemisphere.

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DISAPPEAR - sentence

Back 35

The crowd marveled at Sally's magic trick: after entering the box and closing the door, she had disappeared entirely, and the crowd no longer saw her standing in the box.