unit 2 vocabulary

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 ordinary.

expulsion

the process of driving or forcing out.

feint

a deliberately deceptive movement; s 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; a rude remark or derision.

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.