Let’s Improve That Vocabulary! English 9 Unit 2

Isn’t this fun? adjourn (v.) to stop proceedings for a time; to move to another place feint (n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of

You’ll be good at the dictionary game after this. fortify (v.) to strengthen, build up subjugate (v.) to conquer by force, bring under complete control unflinching (adj.) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back

We need to fortify our vocabulary! jeer (v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly; (n.) a rude remark of derision alien (n.) a citizen of another country; (adj.) foreign, strange

It’s not time to adjourn yet. erratic (adj.) not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; Undependable fodder (n.) food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose

Though erratic, Animal proved to be a good addition to the Stones.

Learning makes you smarter (adj.) not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; Undependable erratic (n.) food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose fodder

to stop proceedings for a time; to move to another place adjourn (v.) (n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of feint

My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. – Steven Wright (v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly; (n.) a rude remark of derision jeer (n.) a citizen of another country; (adj.) foreign, strange alien

Your brain can’t be full! to strengthen, build up fortify (v.) to conquer by force, bring under complete control subjugate (v.) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back unflinching (adj.)

I’m not comfortable with the speed scorpions proliferate.

The more you memorize, the easier memorizing becomes. sully (v.) to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch compensate (v.) to make up for; to repay for services mediocre (adj.) average, ordinary, undistinguished

Are you feeling smarter yet? tantalize (v.) to tease, torment by teasing comely (adj.) having a pleasing appearance illegible (adj.) difficult or impossible to read

It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it. – Steven Wright terse (adj.) brief and to the point proliferate (v.) to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly lucrative (adj.) bringing in money, profitable

Is that all you’ve got? expulsion (n.) the process of driving or forcing out dissolute (adj.) loose in one’s morals or behavior

The transportation business was not lucrative, so drivers packed on as many customers as they could.

I could do this by myself . . . the process of driving or forcing out expulsion (n.) loose in one’s morals or behavior dissolute (adj.)

What is red and looks like a fire truck? to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch sully (v.) average, ordinary, undistinguished mediocre (adj.) to make up for; to repay for services compensate (v.)

A fire truck, of course! brief and to the point terse (adj.) to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly proliferate (v.) bringing in money, profitable lucrative (adj.)

Congratulations, you know more than you did earlier. to tease, torment by teasing tantalize (v.) having a pleasing appearance comely (adj.) difficult or impossible to read illegible (adj.)

It took years before humans were able to subjugate the South American Tapir.