Unit 2 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards
Alien
N.
-a foreigner; resident born In another country who has not acquired citizenship
Adj.
-unlike one’s own; strange; not belonging to one
Adjourn
V.
- To postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings
- To suspend a meeting to a future time, another place or indefinitely
Comely
Adj
-pleasing in appearance, attractive, fair
Compensate
V
- to repay, remunerate(recompense) for something
- to provide or be an equivalent; make up; make amends
Dissolute
Adj
-indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct, licentious, dissipated
Erratic
Adj
-not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected
Expulsion
N
-the act of driving out or expelling
Feint
N
-a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement
Fodder
N
- course food for livestock, composed of entire plants ( stalks, leaves, grains, etc)
- people considered as readily available and of little value
- raw material
Fortify
V
-to protect or strengthen against attack
Illegible
Adj
-bot legible; impossible/ hard to read because of poor handwriting, etc.
Jeer
V
-to speak or shout derisively; mock; taunt; to make fun of rudely
Lucrative
Adj
-profitable: moneymaking; remunerate
Mediocre
Adj
- of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate
Proliferate
V
-to grow or produce by multiplication of parts
