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VocabularyTest2
Definition | Term |
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(v.) to stop proceedings temporarily: move to another place | adjourn |
(n.) a citizen of another country; (adj.) foreign, strange | alien |
(adj.) having a pleasing appearance | comely |
(v.) to make up for; to repay for one's services | compensate |
(adj.) loose in one's morals and behavior | dissolute |
(adj.) not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable | erratic |
(n.) the process of driving or forcing out | expulsion |
(n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of | feint |
(n.) food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose | fodder |
(v.) to strengthen, build up | fortify |
(adj.) difficult or impossible to read | illegible |
(v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly; (n.) a rude remark of derision | jeer |
(adj.) bringing in money; profitable | lucrative |
(adj.) average, ordinary, undistinguished | mediocre |
(v.)to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly | proliferate |
(v.) to conquer by force, bring under complete control | subjugate |
(v.)to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, esmirch | sully |
(v.) to tease, torment by teasing | tantalize |
(adj.) brief and to the point | terse |
(adj.) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back. | unflinching |