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Vocab unit 1 2015
Term | Definition |
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admonish | To caution or advise against |
breach | (noun): an opening/gap, or having broken the rules (verb): to create an opening or break through |
brigand | a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions |
circumspect | watchful and discreet;cautious; prudent |
commandeer | (v.) to seize for military or official use |
cumbersome | Clumsy, hard to handle; slow moving |
deadlock | (n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill |
debris | (n.) scattered fragments, wreckage |
diffuse | (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
dilemma | (v.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
efface | (verb) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
muddle | (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess |
oppinionated | (adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind. |
perannial | (adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent. (noun) a plant that lives for many years |
predispose | (verb) to incline beforehand |
relinquish | (verb) to let go, to give up |
salvage | (verb) to save from a fire or shipwreck (noun) property thus saved |
spasmodic | (adj.) Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
spurious | (adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid |
unbridled | (adj.) Uncontrolled, unrestrained. |