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Sadlier-Oxford vocab ch 1-3

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admonish   to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty  
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breach   an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to creat an opening, break through  
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brigand   a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman  
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circumspect   careful, cautious  
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commandeer   to seize for military or official use  
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cumbersome   clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving  
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deadlock   a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to bring to such a standstill  
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debris   scattered fragments, wreckage  
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diffuse   to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread  
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dilemma   a difficult or perplexing situation or problem  
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efface   to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed  
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muddle   to make a mess of; muddle through; to get by; a hopeless mess  
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opinionated   stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind  
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perennial   lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years  
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predispose   to incline to beforehand  
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relinquish   to let go, give up  
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salvage   to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved  
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spasmodic   sudden and violent but brief; fitful;intermittent  
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spurious   not genuine, not true, not valid  
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unbridled   uncontrolled, lacking in restraint  
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adjourn   to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place  
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alien   a citizen of another country; foreign, strange  
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comely   having a pleasing appearance  
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comprensate   to make up for; to repay for services  
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dissolute   loose in on's morals or behavior  
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erratic   not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable  
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expulsion   the process of driving or forcing out  
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feint   a delierately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of  
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fodder   food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose  
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fortify   to strengthen, build up  
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illegible   difficult or impossible to read  
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jeer   to make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remoark of derision  
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lucrative   bringing in money; profitable  
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mediocre   average, ordinary, undistinguished  
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proliferate   to repoduce, increase, or spread rapidly  
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subjugate   to conquer by force, bring under complete control  
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sully   to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch  
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tantalize   to tease, torment by teasing  
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terse   brief and to the point  
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unflinching   firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back  
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abridge   to make shorter  
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adherent   a follwer, supporter; attached, sticking to  
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altercation   an angry argument  
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cherubic   resembling an angel portrayed as littel child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent  
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condone   to pardon or overlook  
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dissent   to disagree; disagreement  
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eminent   famouse, outstanding, distinguished; projecting  
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exorcise   to drive out by magic; to sipose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive  
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fabricate   to make, manufacture; to make up, invent  
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irate   angry  
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marauder   a raider, plunderer  
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obesity   excessive fatness  
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pauper   anextremely poor person  
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pilfer   to steal in small quantities  
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rift   a split, break, breach  
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semblance   a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition  
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sumount   to overcome, rise above  
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terminate   to bring to an end  
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trite   commonplace; overused, stale  
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usurp   to seize and hold a position by force or without right  
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