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English Vocab 2
Stack #50268
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adjourn | (v) to stop proceedings temporarilty; move to another place |
| alien | (n)a citizen of another country (adj) foreign, strange |
| comely | (adj)having a pleasing appearence |
| 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)to deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense(v) to make a deceptive |
| fodder | (n)food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
| fortify | (v)to strengthen, buld up. |
| illegible | (adj)difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | (v)to make fun of rudely or unkindly (n) rude remark of derision |
| lucrative | (adj)bringing in money; profitiable |
| mediocre | (adj)average, oridnary,undistinguished |
| proliferate | (v)to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
| subjugate | (v)to conquer by force, bring under complete control |
| sully | (v)to soil, stain,tarmish,defile,besmirch |
| tantalize | (v)to tease, torment by teasing |
| terse | (adj)brief and to the point |
| unflinching | (adj)firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |