Vocabulary unit 2

Question	Answer
Adjourn	to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place
Alien	a citizen of another country; foreign, strange
Comely	having a pleasing appearence
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 accepted; undependable
Expulsion	the process of driving or forcing out
feint	a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a pretense of
Fodder	food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose
Fortify	to strengthen; to build up
Illegible	difficult or impossible to read
Jeer	to make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark of derision
Lucrative	bringing in money; profitable
Mediocre	average; ordinary; undistinguished
Proliferate	to reproduce; to increase; to spread rapidly
Subjugate	to conquer by force; to bring under complete control
Sully	to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, or besmirch
Tantalize	to tease; to torment by teasing
Terse	brief and to the point
Unflinching	firm; showing no signs of fear; not drawing back

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