Unit 2 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards

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Alien

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N.
-a foreigner; resident born In another country who has not acquired citizenship

Adj.
-unlike one’s own; strange; not belonging to one

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Adjourn

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V.

  • To postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings
  • To suspend a meeting to a future time, another place or indefinitely
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Comely

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Adj

-pleasing in appearance, attractive, fair

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Compensate

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V

  • to repay, remunerate(recompense) for something
  • to provide or be an equivalent; make up; make amends
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Dissolute

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Adj

-indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct, licentious, dissipated

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Erratic

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Adj

-not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected

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Expulsion

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N

-the act of driving out or expelling

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Feint

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N

-a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement

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Fodder

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N

  • course food for livestock, composed of entire plants ( stalks, leaves, grains, etc)
  • people considered as readily available and of little value
  • raw material
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Fortify

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V

-to protect or strengthen against attack

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Illegible

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Adj

-bot legible; impossible/ hard to read because of poor handwriting, etc.

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Jeer

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V

-to speak or shout derisively; mock; taunt; to make fun of rudely

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Lucrative

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Adj

-profitable: moneymaking; remunerate

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Mediocre

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Adj

- of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate

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Proliferate

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V

-to grow or produce by multiplication of parts

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Subjugate

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V

-to bring under complete control/subjection; conquer, master

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Sully

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V

-to soil, stain, or tarnish

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Tantalize

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V
-to torment with, or with the sight of something desired out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed

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Terse

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Adj

-neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy

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Unflinching

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Adj

-not drawing back, not shrinking; not flinching