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(n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
What is artifice?
100
(adj.) cowardly (n.) a coward
What is craven?
100
Dictators try to ____their subjects into obedience by threatening them or their families with punishment.
What is coerce?
100
An _______ host puts guests at ease by appearing totally confident and unruffled, no matter what happens.
What is urbane?
100
SYNONYMS: separate, drive apart, estrange ANTONYMS: befriend, attract, captivate
What is alienate?
200
(v.) to stay for a time (n.) a temporary stay
What is sojourn?
200
(v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
What is harass?
200
Traditionally, the tolling of church bells has announced the _____of a monarch.
What is demise?
200
Gossiping and backbiting are bad habits that are bound to _______friends.
What is alienate?
200
SYNONYMS: stimulate, excite, gladden ANTONYMS: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit
What is exhilarate?
300
(v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
What is muse?
300
(v.) To make permanent or long lasting
What is perpetuate?
300
Cooking shows on television have helped many people to master the secrets of the ______arts.
What is culinary?
300
An apology can go a long way to _____ the hurt feelings caused by an insensitive comment or a thoughtless act.
What is redress?
300
SYNONYMS: correct, mitigate ANTONYMS:
What is redress?
400
(adj.) plowed, but not seeded; inactive; (n.) land left unseeded
What is fallow?
400
(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment
What is punitive?
400
A best friend off the tennis court can also be a fierce ____on it.
What is adversary?
400
After taxes are deducted, a small raise in salary may result in a _______increase in take-home pay.
What is negligible?
400
SYNONYMS: reconcile, pay, cancel, exterminate ANTONYMS: invest, collect
What is liquidate?
500
(v.) to pay a debt; settle an account; to eliminate
What is liquidate?
500
(v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
What is exhilarate?
500
We hope that students at other schools in our city will follow our _______in volunteer work and charitable contributions.
What is precedent?
500
During an ____ New England winter, heavy snowfalls may bring highway traffic to a standstill.
What is inclement?
500
SYNONYMS: pressure, bully, constrain ANTONYMS: persuade, cajole
What is coerce?
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