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Units 1-3 Vocab 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| admonish | to caution against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| breach | an opening or gap; a violation or infraction to create an opening; to break through |
| brigand | bandit |
| circumspect | careful; cautious |
| comandeer | to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | clumsy; hard to handle; slow-moving |
| deadlock | a complete standstill; to bring to a standstill |
| debris | scattered fragments; wreckage |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy; longwinded; unfocused; scattered; widely spread |
| dilemma | 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 unreasonable in holding to one's own 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 or give up |
| salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved |
| spasmodic | sudden and violent, but brief; fitful; intermittent |
| spurious | not genuine; not true; not valid |
| unbridled | uncontrolled; lacking in restraint |
| adjourn | to stop proceedings for a time; to move to another place |
| alien | a citizen of another country; foreign; strange |
| comely | having a pleasing or pleasant appearance |
| compensate | to make up for; to repay for services |
| dissolute | loose in one's morals or behavior |
| erratic | not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable |
| expulsion | the process of driving or forcing out |
| feint | to make a deliberately deceptive movement; to make a pretense |
| fodder | food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
| fortify | to strengthen; to build up |
| illegible | difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | to make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark or derision |
| lucrative | bringing in money; profitable |
| mediocre | average; ordinary; undistinguised |
| proliferate | to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
| subjugate | to conquer by force; to bring under complete control |
| sully | to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch |
| tantalize | to tease; to torment by teasing |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| unflinching | firm; showing no sign of fear; not drawing back |
| surmount | to overcome or rise above |
| fabricate | to make, manufacture, or invent |
| dissent | to disagree; a disagreement |
| pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
| usurp | to seize and hold a position by force and without right |
| marauder | a raider or plunderer |
| altercation | an angry argument |
| semblance | a likeness; an outward appearance |
| cherubic | resembling an angel |
| exorcise | to drive out by magic |
| terminate | to bring an end |
| abridge | to make shorter |
| condone | to pardon or overlook |
| obesity | extreme fatness |
| trite | commonplace; overused; stale |
| irate | angry |
| rift | a split, break, or breach |
| adherent | a follower or supporter; to stick to |
| pauper | a extremely poor person |
| eminent | famous, outstanding, distinguished |
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