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Vocabulary Unit 2
Sadlier-Oxford Level D Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adjourn | v. To stop proceedings for a time; to 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; to 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. form, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |