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English Vocab Ch.1
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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admonish | to scold mildly |
breach | an opening, gap, rupture, or rift; to create an opening |
brigand | a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
circumspect | careful, cautious |
commandeer | to seize for military or official use |
cumbersome | clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving |
deadlock | a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions |
debris | scattered fragments,wreckage |
diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely |
dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
efface | to wipe out;to keep oneself from being noticed |
muddle | to make a mess of ; a hopeless mess |
opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas; having a closed mind |
perennial | lasting for a long time; persistent |
predispose | to incline to beforehand |
relinquish | to let go; give up |
salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck |
spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid |
unbridled | lacking in restraint |