Vocabulary Unit 2 Flash Cards

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Title: Vocabulary Unit 2
Description: Vocabulary Workshop
Level D
Jerome Shostak
Sadlier-Oxford
Unit 2-Page 15
Number of Cards: 20
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Author: jackiesmiller7
Created: 2001-09-18
Tags: middleschool
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    • illegible
    • adj.-difficult or impossible
      to read
    • fodder
    • n.-food for horses or cattle;
      raw material for a designated purpose
    • terse
    • adj.-brief and to the point
    • subjugate
    • v.-to conquer by force,
      bring under complete
      control
    • dissolute
    • adj.-loose in one's morals
      or behavior
    • alien
    • n.-a citizen of another
      country; adj.-foreign,
      strange
    • adjourn
    • v.-to stop proceedings for
      a time; to move to another
      place
    • erratic
    • adj.-not regular or consistent;different from what
      is ordinarily expected;
      undependable
    • expulsion
    • n.-the process of driving
      or forcing out
    • feint
    • n.-a deliberately deceptive
      movement; a pretense
      v.-to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of
    • mediocre
    • adj.-average,ordinary,
      undistinguished
    • lucrative
    • adj.-bringing in money,
      profitable
    • fortify
    • v.-to strengthen, build up
    • comely
    • adj.-having a pleasing
      appearance
    • proliferate
    • v.- to reproduce, increase,
      or spread rapidly
    • compensate
    • v.-to make up for; to repay
      for services
    • tantalize
    • v.-to tease, torment by
      teasing
    • unflinching
    • adj.-firm, showing no signs
      of fear, not drawing back
    • jeer
    • v.-to make fun of rudely or
      unkindly;
      n.-a rude remark of derision
    • sully
    • v.-to soil, stain, tarnish,
      defile, besmirch