English 9 Vocabulary Unit 2

Tantalize

• Harass with persistent teasing or baiting

• Encourage someone to take action

• Provide comfort and support

• Ignore someone's presence

Comely

• Very pleasing to the eye

• Unattractive and dull

• Somewhat pleasing but not beautiful

• Extremely ugly and offensive

Compensate

• Make reparations or amends for

• Ignore a mistake

• Enhance a situation

• Create a problem

Feint

• A type of dance move

• A deceptive maneuver in sports

• A method of cooking

• A style of painting

Sully

• Make clean and tidy

• Make dirty or spotty

• Make bright and shiny

• Make smooth and polished

Dissolute

• Unrestrained by convention or morality

• Strictly adhering to moral principles

• Living a life of moderation

• Conforming to societal norms

Lucrative

• Producing a sizeable profit

• Causing a loss

• Involving minimal effort

• Being unprofitable

Erratic

• Liable to sudden unpredictable change

• Consistent and reliable

• Calm and steady

• Predictable and stable

Unflinching

• Showing fear in the face of danger.

• Showing courage and determination in the face of danger.

• Avoiding confrontation at all costs.

• Being indifferent to danger.

Jeer

• To laugh at with contempt and derision

• To applaud enthusiastically

• To criticize harshly

• To ignore completely