Unit 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Adjourn

Answer 1

To stop proceedings for a time or move to another place.

Question 2

Alien

Answer 2

a citizen of another country.foreign

Question 3

Comely

Answer 3

having a pleasing appearance.

Question 4

Compensate

Answer 4

to repay or make up for.

Question 5

Dissolute

Answer 5

bad morals or behavior

Question 6

fortify

Answer 6

to strengthen or build up.

Question 7

erratic

Answer 7

not regular or consistent.

Question 8

subjugate

Answer 8

to conquer by force, or to control.

Question 9

expulsion

Answer 9

the process of driving or forcing out

Question 10

Fodder

Answer 10

food for horses or cattle

Question 11

Feint

Answer 11

a deliberately deceptive movement

Question 12

illegible

Answer 12

difficult or impossible to read.

Question 13

jeer

Answer 13

to make fun of rudely or unkindly.

Question 14

lucrative

Answer 14

bringing in money; profitable.

Question 15

proliferate

Answer 15

to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly.

Question 16

mediocre

Answer 16

average, ordinary, undistinguished

Question 17

sully

Answer 17

to soil, stain, tarnish, or ruin.

Question 18

tantalize

Answer 18

to tease.

Question 19

terse

Answer 19

brief and to the point.

Question 20

unflinching

Answer 20

firm, showing no signs of fear.