JLHS Goldbeck Freshmen Set 4 11/17/10
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adjourn | to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place |
| alien | a citizen of another country; foreign, strange |
| comely | having a pleasing appearance |
| 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 expected; undependable |
| expulsion | the process of driving or forcing out |
| feint | a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of |
| fodder | Food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
| fortify | to strengthen, build up |
| illegible | difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | to make fun of rudely or unkindly |
| lucrative | bringing in money, profitable |
| mediocre | Average, ordinary, undistinguished |
| proliferate | To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
| subjugate | To conquer by force, bring under complete control |
| sully | To soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch |
| tantalize | to tease, torment by teasing |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| unflinching | Firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |
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