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Oxford vocab unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adjourn | (v.) to stop proceedings |
| alien | (n.) a citizen of another place (adj.) foreign, strange |
| conmely | (adj.) having a pleasing appearence |
| compensate | (v.) to make up for |
| dissolute | (adj.) loose in one's morals or behavior |
| erratic | (adj.) not regular; undependable |
| expulsion | (n.) the process of forcing out |
| feint | (n.) a deliberatley deceptive move (v.) to make a deceptive move |
| fodder | (n.) food for horses or cattle; raw material (for like writing) |
| fortify | (v.) to strengthen |
| illegible | (adj.) difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | (v.) to make fun or (n.) a rude remark |
| lucrative | (adj.) bringing in money; profitable |
| mediocre | (adj.) average, ordinary (run-of-the-mill) |
| proliferate | (v.) to reproduce, increase, or spread radidly |
| subjugate | (v.) to conquer by force, bring under complete control |
| sully | (v.) to tarnish, undefile; not clean, perfect, sullen |
| tantalize | (v.) to tease, torment by teasing |
| terse | (adj.)breif and to the point (oppisite of difuse) |
| unflinching | (adj.) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |