Chapter 2 English vocab
Terms
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- terse
- (adj) brief and to the point
- comely
- (adj) having a pleasing appearance
- dissolute
- (adj) loose in one's morals or behavior
- alien
- (n) a citizen of another country (adj) foreign, strange
- fortify
- (v) to strengthen, build up
- lucrative
- (adj) bringing money; profitable
- mediocre
- (adj) average, ordinary, undistinguished
- jeer
- (v) to make fun of rudely or unkindly (n) a rude remark of derision
- fodder
- (n) food for horses or cattle; raw material for designated purpose
- adjourn
- (v) to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place
- unflinching
- (adj) firm, showing no signs of fear not drawing back
- feint
- (n) deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense (v) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of
- compensate
- (v) to make up for; to repay for services
- proliferate
- (v) to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
- expulsion
- (n) the process of driving or forcing out
- sully
- (v) to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
- erratic
- (adj) not regular or consistant; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable
- tantalize
- (v) to tease, torment by teasing
- illegible
- (adj) difficult or impossible to read
- subjugate
- (v) to conquer by force, bring under complete control