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Unit 2 Vocabulary
Mr. Strickland's English 1 - Unit 2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adjourn | To stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place |
| Alien | A citizen of another country; foreign, strange |
| Comely | Having a pleasing appearance |
| Compensate | To make up for; to repay for services |
| Dissolute | Loose in one's morals or behavior |
| Erratic | Not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable |
| Expulsion | The process of driving or forcing out |
| Feint | A deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of |
| Fodder | Food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
| Fortify | To strengthen, build up |
| Illegible | Difficult or impossible to read |
| Jeer | To make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark of derision |
| Lucrative | Bringing in money; profitable |
| Mediocre | Average, ordinary, undistinguished |
| Proliferate | To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
| Subjugate | To conquer by force, bring under complete control |
| Sully | To soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch |
| Tantalize | To tease, torment by teasing |
| Terse | Brief and to the point |
| Unflinching | Firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |