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Vocab D Unit 2
Sadlier-Oxford Vocab D Unit 2
Question | Answer |
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adjourn | (v.) to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place |
alien | (n) a citizen of another country;(adj) foreign, strange |
comely | (adj.) having a pleasing appearance |
compensate | (v.) to make up for; to repay for services |
dissolute | (adj.) loose in one's morals or behavior |
erratic | (adj.) not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable |
expulsion | (n) the process of driving or forcing out |
feint | (n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of |
fodder | (n.) food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
fortify | (v.) to strengthen, build up |
illegible | (adj.) difficult or impossible to read |
jeer | (v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly; (n.) a rude remark of derision |
lucrative | (adj.) bringing in money; profitable |
mediocre | (adj.) average, ordinary, undistinguished |
proliferate | (v.) to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
subjugate | (v.) to conquer by force, bring under complete control |
sully | (v.) to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch |
tantalize | (v.) to tease, torment by teasing |
terse | (adj.) brief and to the point |
unflinching | (adj.) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |