1. Vocabulary Unit 3

2. It’s fair to say that the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are baseball adversaries.

3. adversary-(noun) country or person you fight or compete with
Synonym-opponent

4. To make friends, you must not alienate people the very first time you meet them.

5. alienate-(verb) To make someone stop feeling friendly
Synonym-to turn someone off

6. The thief used his artifice to steal four dogs, a cat, and a big screen T.V.

7. artifice-(noun)
false or insincere behavior
Synonym-trick

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

9. coerce-(verb) to force someone to do something by threatening him/her.
Synonym- to compel, to make

10. In the movie The Wizard of Oz, the wizard was able to give a heart to the craven lion.

11. craven-(adjective)
very cowardly
Synonym- chickenhearted

12. Le Cordon Bleu is a French school of culinary art.

13. culinary- (adjective)
Relating to cooking

14. I accidentally deleted some files from my computer.

15. delete-(verb)
To remove letter, word from a piece of writing; to remove information from a computer
Synonym-erase

16. The demise of Amy Winehouse was a sad event.

17. demise-(noun)
The death of someone

18. Fabio was exhilarated when he reached the top of the mountain.

19. exhilarated-(adj)
Feeling extremely happy and excited
Synonym-thrilled

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

21. fallow-(adjective)
Not being in a state of use or activity
unused

22. The school bully took it upon himself to harass the new student.
And then Mr. Collins took it upon himself to harass the bully.

23. harass-(verb) To annoy or threaten someone again and again.
Synonym- to torment

24. The baseball game was cancelled due to the inclement weather.

25. inclement-(adjective)
Stormy
Synonym-harsh, rough

26. Freshmen at Keefe may muse over what their future will bring.

27. muse-(verb) over/on To imagine or think a lot about something
Synonym- to ponder, to dream

28. The injury of that specific player is negligible and won’t affect the outcome of tonight’s game.

29. negligible- (adjective)
Not important enough to have any effect
synonym-insignificant

30. I can’t even do a proper snowman!
Every winter we try to perpetuate our tradition of building snow sculptures.
I can’t even do a proper snowman!

31. perpetuate-(verb)
To make something continue
Synonym-to make last

32. Basketball star and legend, Michael Jordan, set a precedent for dunking in the NBA.

33. precedent-(noun)
An action/decision that is used as an example for a similar action/decision at a later time.
Synonym- example, model

34. After the food fight, punitive measures were taken against the three students who started the whole thing.

35. punitive-(adjective)
Intended as a punishment
Synonym-disciplinary

36. The victim wanted the court to order that the burglar redress the wrongs committed against him.

37. redress-(verb) To correct something that is wrong, not equal or unfair
Synonym- to correct

38. During her vacation to France, she went on a weeklong sojourn to the city of Paris.

39. sojourn-(noun)
A temporary stay somewhere
Synonym- a visit

40. The urbane manner of the candidate almost convinced me to vote for him.

41. urbane- (adjective)
behaving in a relaxed and confident way in social situations.
Synonym- civil, polite