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Vocabulary 1
Term | Definition | Synonyms |
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Admonish | Warn someone firmly. | Reprimend |
Breach | -Breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct. -A break, barrier. wall, gap. | |
Brigid | Bride of Ireland, Saint. | |
Circumspect | Wary and unwilling to take risks. | Prudent, guarded. |
Commandeer | Take possession of (something) without authority. | Take over. |
Cumbersome | Large or heavy therefor, difficult to carry or use. | Difficult, uncomfortable. |
Deadlock | No progress can be made. | Standoff. |
Debris | Dirt or loose material consisting of mainly broken up rock. | Remains. |
Diffuse | Spread over a wide area. | Disperse. |
Dilemma | A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones. | Bind, pickle. |
Efface | -Erase (a mark) from a surface. -Make oneself appear conspicuous. | Blot out. |
Muddle | -Bring to a disordered or confusing state. -Untidy and disorganized state or collection. | Jumble, mess up, disorder, confusion. |
Opinionated | Assertive and dogmatic in ones opinion. | Inflexible. |
Perennial | Lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time. | Enduring, recurring. |
Predispose | Make someone liable or inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition. | Tending to, liable to. |
Relinquish | Give up. | Surrender. |
Salvage | The rescue of a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo from loss at sea. | Recover, retrieve, reclaim. |
Spasmodic | Occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts. | Irregular, occasional. |
Spurious | False or fake, apparently but not actually valid, and illegitimate. | False, bogus. |
Unbridled | Uncontrolled. | Unchecked. |