Unit 2 vocab
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- compensate
- (v.) to make up for, to repary for services. Synonyms: pay back, reimburse, re compense. Antonyms: fail to reward. stiff
- lucrative
- (adj.) bringing in money; profitable. Synonyms gainful, moneymaking. Antonyms: uprofitable, losing, in the red
- alien
- (n.) a citizen of another country adj. foreign strange. Synonyms: exotic, unfamiliar. Antonyms native endemic, familiar
- tantalize
- (v.) to tease or torment by teasing. Synonyms: tempt, lead on, make one's mouth water. Antonyms: satisfy, fully, gratify
- comely
- (adj.) having a pleaing appearance. Synonyms: good-looking, attractive, bonny. Antonyms: plain, homely ugly repulsive
- expulsion
- (n.) the process of driving or forcing out. Synonyms: ejection, ouster, eviction. Antonyms; admittance, admission
- unflinching
- (adj.) firm, showing no signs of fear, no drawing back. Synonyms: resolute, steadfast unwavering. Antonyms: irresolute wevering, vacillating
- adjourn
- (v.) to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place. Synonyms: postpone suspend, discontinue. antonyms: open call to order
- mediocre
- (adj.) average, ordinary, undistinguishe. Synonyms: run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: exception, outstanding, distinguished
- illegible
- (adj.) difficult or impossible to read. Synonyms: unreadable, indecipherable, scribbled. Antonyms: readale, decipherable, distince, clear
- subjugate
- (v.) to conqure by force, bring under complete control. Synonyms: subdue, vanquish, master. Antonyms: be conquered, submit, surrender
- proliferate
- (v.) to reproduce, increase, or spead rapidly. Synonyms: multiply, mushroom, burgeon. Antonyms: decrease, diminsh, dewindlw, slack off
- sully
- (v.) soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch. Synonyms: pollute, taint, smear. Antonyms: cleanse, purify, decontaminate
- dissolute
- (adj.) loose in one's morals or behavior. Synonyms: dissipated, debauched, immoral, corrupt. Anyonyms: virtuous, chaste, moral, seemly, proper
- jeer
- (v.) to make fun of ruely or unkindly; (n.) a rude remark of derisoin. Synonyms: laugh at, mock, taunt. Antonyms: applause, plaudits, accolades
- fodder
- (n.)food for horses or cattle; mar material for a designated purpose. Synonyms: feed, provender
- terse
- (adj.) brief and to the point. Synonyms: concise, succinct, crisp, short and sweet. Antonyms: vervose, wordy, diffuse, prolix
- fortify
- (v.) to strengthen. build up. Synonyms: reinforce, hore up. Antonyms: weaken, undermine, sap, impair
- feint
- (n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense. (v.) to make a deceptive movement to make a pretene of. Synonyms: trick, ruse, subterfuge, dodge, bluff
- erratic
- (adj,) not regular or consisten; different form waht is ordinaryly expected, undependable. Synonyms: irregular, inconsistent unpredictable. Antonyms: steady consistent, dependable