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English I
Vocabulary Unit 2 Level D
Word | definition |
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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 |
expulsion | the process of driving or forcing out |
feint | a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; (v) 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 | (v) to make fun of rudely or unkindly; (n) 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 |