Week 2 Vocabulary adversary noun an enemy opponent SYN antagonist rival foe ANT friend ally supporter confederate alienate verb to turn away to make indifferent or hostile to transfer convey ID: 763542
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Week 2 Vocabulary
adversary (noun) an enemy, opponent SYN: antagonist, rival, foe ANT: friend, ally, supporter, confederate
alienate (verb) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey SYN: separate, drive apart, estrange ANT: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile
artifice (noun) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery SYN: ruse, stratagem, contrivance
coerce (verb) to compel, force SYN: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain ANT: persuade, cajole
craven (adj.) cowardly; (noun) a coward SYN: (adj.) fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous ANT: (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant
demise (noun) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position SYN: decease, passing away ANT: birth, beginning, commencement
muse (verb) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder SYN: meditate, contemplate, daydream
perpetuate (adjective) to make permanent or long lasting SYN: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely ANT: discontinue, abolish, abandon
precedent (noun) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action SYN: guide, tradition, model
punitive (adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment SYN: penalizing, retaliatory