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Vocab 1-3

QuestionAnswer
Adjourn stop from proceeding temporarily (postpone)
Alien citizen from another country/strange
Comely having a pleasing appearance
Compensate make up for
Dissolute loose in one's morals or behavior (pay back)
Erratic not regular/different
Expulsion process of driving or forcing out
Feint deliberately deceptive movements
Fodder food for horses/cattle
Fortify strengthen
Illegible difficult to read
Jeer to make fun of
Lucrative profitable
Mediocre average
Proliferate reproduce/increase/speed rapidly
Subjugate conquer by force
Sully tarnish/pollute
Tantalize tease
Terse brief and to the point
Unflinching firm
Abridge to make shorter
Adherent a follower/supporter
Altercation an angry argument
Cherubic sweat and innocent
Condone to pardon/overlook
Dissent disagree
Eminent famous/outstanding
Exorcise drive out by magic/ dispose of something troublesome
Fabricate to make/manufacture
Irate angry
Marauder raider/plunder (pirate)
Obesity excessive fatness
Pauper an extremely poor person
Pilfer steal in small quantities
Rift split/break
Semblance a likeness/ outward appearance
Surmount overcome/rise above
Terminate bring to an end
Trite commonplace/overused
Usurp to seize and hold a position by force or without right
Admonish caution/advise against
Breach opening/gap
brigand bandit/robber
circumspect careful/cautious
commandeer seize for military or official use
cumbersome clumsy/hard to handle
deadlock standstill
debris scattered fragments
diffuse spread/scatter freely
dilemma difficult situation/problem
efface wipe out/keep from being noticed
muddle make a mess of
opinionated stubborn/close minded
perennial lasting for a long time
Predispose incline to beforehand
Relinquish let go/give up
Salvage save from fire/shipwreck
spasmodic sudden and violent but brief
spurious not genuine/not true/not valid
unbridled uncontrolled
Created by: rachel.carron
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