| A | B |
|---|
| adjourn, v. | postpone/suspend |
| alien, n. and adj. | citizen of another country; foreign/strange/not familiar |
| comely, adj. | bonny/not homely |
| compensate, v. | reimburse/make up for/recompense |
| dissolute, adj. | debauch/immoral |
| erratic, adj. | unpredictable/inconsistent |
| expulsion, n. | ejection/eviction/ouster |
| feint, n. and v. | dodge/ruse/trick/subterfuge; to move in a deceptive way |
| fodder, n. | provender/feed (for livestock) |
| fortify, v. | reinforce/strengthen |
| illegible, adj. | unreadable |
| jeer, n. and v. | mock/taunt |
| lucrative, adj. | gainful/profitable |
| mediocre, adj. | average/run-of-the mill |
| proliferate, v. | burgeon/mushroom/multiply |
| subjugate, v. | conquer/master/vanquish |
| sully, v. | tarnish/soil/taint |
| tantalize | tease/tempt |
| terse, adj. | succinct/concise/brief |
| unflinching, adj. | unwavering/resolute/steadfast/ |
| alien (adj) | *I found myself in unfamiliar territory; everything seemed __ (). |
| subjugate (v) | *I tried to master my hot temper and __ ( ) the feelings of anger that bubbled forth. |
| compensation (n) | *The judge ordered the bank to reimburse the victims of the swindle; the __ ( ) was to be paid by the end of the year. |
| erratic (adj) | *Harry had a reputation for being unpredictable and down right __ ( ). |
| expulsion (n) | *They ordered the ouster of seven career diplomats, an __ ( ) that was long overdue. |
| feint (n) | *The receiver JP dodged to the left and ran to the right; this __ ( ) always worked well for him. |
| fodder (n) | *A delivery of necessary provisions for our farm included __ ( ) for our livestock. |
| illegible (adj) | *The documents were written in an indecipherable scrawl; they were __ ( ) from top to bottom. |
| adjourn (v) | *Let's suspend the discussion because of the late hour and __ ( ) until tomorrow. |
| terse (adj) | *Give me a concise answer, and I'll give you a __ ( ) reply in return. |
| lucrative (adj) | The contributions of cowgirls turned struggling ranches into __ ( ) enterprises, ones that made a profit year in and year out. |
| adjourn (verb) | Rather than __ ( ) to a humdrum life after her husband's death, Susan McSween purchased a ranch and began an exciting life as The Cattle Queen of New Mexico. |
| tantalizing (adj) | Lily Casey found ranch work __ ( ); it tempted her into overseeing much of the work on her parents' ranch in West Texas in the early 1900's. |
| proliferated (verb) | Calamity Jane traveled through most of the West, and stories of her adventures __ ( ), spreading rapidly throughout the rest of the United States. |
