| Word |
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| Definition |
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| Adjourn |
v. to stop proceedings temporarliy; move to another place |
| Alien |
n. a citizen of another country |
| Alien |
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 drving or forcing out |
| Feint |
n. a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense |
| Feint |
v. to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of |
| Feint |
v. to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of |
| Fodder |
n. a 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 |
| Jeer |
n. a rude remark or derision |
| Lucrative |
adj. bringing in money; profitable |
| Mediocre |
adj. average, ordinary, undistringuished |
| 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 |
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