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Vocab 2a - 8th

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  1. adjourn
    close at the end of a session
    Colonel Lind will announce Private Manning’s full sentence before adjourning the court-martial, a legal expert said.
  2. alien
    from another place or part of the world
    Argentine ants have spread across Europe, but there are many more alien species The problem of invasive ants may be far worse than previously thought.
  3. comely
    very pleasing to the eye
    Taken all in all, she was a very comely person; she was stylishly dressed, and her manners denoted high social position. Kock, Charles Paul de
  4. compensate
    make amends for
    In the United States airlines aren’t required to compensate passengers on delayed or canceled flights, but it’s a different story in Europe.
  5. dissolute
    unrestrained by convention or morality
    The lad then leaves home, falls into dissolute courses, and at last hides himself beyond the seas. Austin, Alfred
  6. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
    The last 20 years of Morrison’s life would be defined by extensive legal troubles, erratic behavior and mounting health problems. Seattle Times (Sep 3, 2013)
  7. expulsion
    the act of forcing out someone or something
    The boy’s classroom disruptions led to 11 days of suspensions last year, and at one point, he faced possible expulsion twice within six weeks.
  8. feint
    any distracting or deceptive maneuver
    After many delays and feints the real crisis was at hand at last. Wingfield, Lewis
  9. fodder
    soldiers regarded as expendable under artillery fire
    But Martin, who last year became the chancellor at Colorado State, recently said: “ESPN treated the WAC as marginal cannon fodder.
  10. fortify
    make strong or stronger
    Dozens of fighters stormed the highly fortified facility and freed 500 inmates, including many senior al-Qaeda members.
  11. breach
    an opening, especially a gap in a dike or fortification
  12. muddle
    make clouded as with sediment
  13. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  14. dilemma
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  15. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
Created on Tue Sep 03 08:04:01 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Sep 05 08:02:00 EDT 2013)

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