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Unit 2 Vocabulary - Terry Parker High School
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English
10th Grade
09/23/2011

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adjourn
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v - to stop proceedings temporarily (usually a court case)
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alien
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n - a citizen of another country (or planet)
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adj - strange or unfamiliar
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comely
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adj - pretty
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compensate
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v - to repay (like a salary)
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dissolute
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adj - loose in one's morals or behavior
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erratic
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adj - not regualr or consistent
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expulsion
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n - the process of being driven or forced out
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feint
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n - a fake movement (just like a head fake in basketball)
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fodder
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n - food for horses or cattle
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fortify
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v - to strengthen or build up
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illegible
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adj - difficult to read
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jeer
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v - to make fun of
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lucrative
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adj - profitable (as in money)
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mediocre
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adj - average, ordinary
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proliferate
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v - to reproduce or increase
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subjugate
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v - to conquer by force and enslave
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sully
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v - to soil or stain
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tantalize
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v - to tease with something you can't have
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terse
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adj - brief and to the point
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unflinching
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adj - firm and resolved
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