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Vocab Unit 2
From Vocabulary Workshop Level D
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English
9th Grade
02/10/2011

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Adjourn
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To stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place
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Alien
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A citizen of another country; foreign, stange
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Comely
Definition
Having a pleasing appearance
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Compensate
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To make up for; to repay for services
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Dissolute
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Loose in one's morals or behavior
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Erratic
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Not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable
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Expulsion
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The process of driving or forcing out
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Feint
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A deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive mobement; to make a pretene of
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Fodder
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Food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose
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Fortify
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To stregthen, build up
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Illegible
Definition
Difficult or impossible to read
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Jeer
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To make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark of derision.
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Lucrative
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Bringing in money; profitable
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Mediocre
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Average, ordinary, undistinguised
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Proliferate
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To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
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Subjugate
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To conquer by force, bringing under complete control
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Sully
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To soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
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Tantalize
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To tease, torment by teasing
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Terse
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Brief and to the point
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Unflinching
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Firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
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