Lesson 2 Vocab Definitions

to hear and decide judicially; to judge

• gird
• gratuitous 
• adjudicate
• precedent

a one-hundreth anniversary or its celebration

• countenance
• implacable
• spurious
• centennial 

to support or approve; to tolerate

• adjudicate
• illusory
• expedite
• countenance

to put in a bad mood

• disgruntle
• gird
• expedite
• mesmerize 

a state of balance

• expedite
• equilibrium
• adjudicate
• implacable 

to speed up a process; to facilitate

• illusory
• precedent
• luminary
• expedite

to get ready for action; to brace

• gird
• spurious
• illusory
• implacable

not called for; unnecessary

• precedent
• illusory
• manifesto
• gratuitous 

deceiving

• illusory
• implacable
• spurious
• expedite

incapable of being soothed, or significantly changed

• illusory
• implacable
• spurious
• mesmerize