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Flashcards by starantoniostar, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by starantoniostar
over 10 years ago
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| 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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