English Vocabulary D2

20 cards   |   Total Attempts: 193
  

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Adjourn
(v.) to stop proceedings for a time
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 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
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