Vocabulary Column 1
to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place
What is adjourn
Loose in one morals or behavior
What is dissolute
Synonyms: strengthen, build up
Antonym: weaken, undermine
What is fortify
Synonyms: laugh at, mock
Antonyms: applaud, praise
What is jeer
Synonyms: gainful, moneymaking
Antonyms: unprofitable, losing, in the red
What is lucrative
Synonyms: exotic, foreign
Antonyms: native endemic
What is alien
Synonyms: tempt, tease, lead on
Antonyms: satisfy, fulfill, gratify
What is tantlize
When the national economy is expanding, new housing developments begin to ______________; when times are lean, construction slacks off.
What is proliferate
Their so called peace initiative proved to be noting more than a clever ____________ designed to lull the enemy into a false sense of security.
What is feint
Though he had a great sinker ball, he was so _________ on the mound that fans started to call him "Wild Pitch Hickok."
What is erratic
To enlarge the areas under their control, kings of old send out their armies to ____________ their neighbors.
What is subjugate
A telegram was usually as ___________ as possible, since there was a charge for every word used in it.
What is terse
What is unflinching
Despite my efforts to make this a(n)___________ enterprise, it continues to be a decidedly unprofitable organization.
What is lucrative
The fact that you say you are truly sorry does not________________for the pain I have suffered as a result of your cruelty.
What is compensate
The speaker advised us not to imitate the _________________kind of person who squanders time and money in the vain pursuit of pleasure.
What is dissolute
A(n)_______________ student is one who neither fails any subject nor receives any marks that are above average.
What is mediocre