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jc Level D vocab 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| admonish | to caution or advise against something, reprimand |
| breach | an opening, gap, break through |
| brigand | a bandit, robber, outlaw |
| circumspect | careful, cautious |
| commandeer | to seize for military or offical use, take over |
| cumbersome | clumsy, slow-moving, hard to handle |
| deadlock | a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces, standoff |
| debris | scattered fragments, wreckage, remains |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely, wordy,, long-winded, disperse |
| dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation, problem, bind, pickle |
| efface | to wipe out, to keep oneself from being noticed, erase |
| muddle | to make a mess of, to get by, hopeless mess, disorder, confusion |
| opinionated | stubborn and unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind, pigheaded |
| perennial | lasting for a long time. persisten, a plant that lives for many years, recurring |
| predispose | to incline to beforehand, tending to, liable to |
| relinquish | to let go, give up, surrender |
| salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck, property thus saved, recover,retrieve |
| spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief, intermittent, irregular, occassional |
| spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid, false, conterfeit |
| unbridled | lacking in restraint, unchecked |