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Darlington Vocab U.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adjourn | (v) to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place |
| Aline | (n) a citizen of another country; (adj) foreign, strange |
| Comely | (adj) having a pleasing appearance |
| Compensate | (v) to make up for; to repay for service |
| 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, distinguished |
| 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 sign of fear, not drawing back |