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8th gr. Unit 1 vocab
Unit 1 vocab terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| admonish | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of duty |
| breach | an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction |
| 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 2 equal forces or factions; to bring to such a standstill |
| debris | scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely;wordy, long winded or unfocused |
| dilemna | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface | to wipe out;to keep oneself from being noticed |
| muddle | to make a mess of; to get by; a hopeless mess |
| opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's ideas;having a closed mind |
| perennial | lasting for a long time;persistent;a plant that lives for many years |
| predispose | to incline to beforehand |
| relinquish | to let go;give up |
| salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved |
| spasmodic | sudden or violent but brief;fitful;intermittent |
| spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |