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