Vocabulary 2D-110512 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
adjourn | (V.)1. to suspend a session indefinitely or to another time or place 2. to move to another place |
alien | (Adj or N.) belonging or relating to another person, place, or thing ;strange (N.)relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government;foreign |
comely | (Adj.) having a pleasing appearance. good looking, attractive |
compensate | (V.)1. To make up for something 2. To pay in return for work or injury. |
dissolute | (Adj.) lacking moral restraint; very wicked; immoral; undisciplined |
erratic | (Adj.) lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity |
expulsion | (N.)act of driving out, especially by force |
feint | (N. or V.) a deceptive movement intended to draw an opponent's attention from the real attack; deception |
fodder | (N.)food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose. (V.) to provide food for livestock. |
fortify | (V.) To strengthen, build up. Make strong or stronger. |
illegible | (Adj.) Impossible or very hard to read |
jeer | (N.) 1. Showing your contempt by derision. 2. (v.) To speak or cry out in scorn; to mock. |
lucrative | (Adj.)1. Producing a good profit. 2. bringing in money; profitable. |
mediocre | (Adj.) average, ordinary, undistinguished. |
proliferate | (V.) To grow, reproduce or increase in number rapidly. |
subjugate | (V.)1. Make subservient; force to submit. 2. Put down; force to submit 3. to conquer by force, bring under complete control |
sully | (V.)1. Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals; also used metaphorically. 2. To make dirty; to attack the good name and reputation of someone. 3. to soil, stain, tarnish |
tantalize | (V.)1. to tease, bother, or bug 2. Tempt or distract in a bothersome way. 3. To torment by making something that one desires almost but never quite available. |
terse | (Adj.)1. Brief and to the point; effectively cut short. "short and terse and easy to understand" 2. concise, brief, to the point |
unflinching | (Adj.)1. Not shrinking from danger; steadfast. 2. firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |
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