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Vocabulary Unit 1
Sadlier-Oxford Level D Unit 1
Question | Answer |
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admonish | v. to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
breach | n. an opening, gap; a violation or infractionv. to create an opening, break through |
brigand | n. a bandit |
circumspect | adj. careful, cautious |
commandeer | v. to sieze for military or official use |
cumbersome | adj. clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving |
deadlock | n. a complete standstillv. to bring to a standstill |
debris | n. scattered fragments, wreckage |
diffuse | v. to spread or scatter freely or widelyadj. wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
dilemma | n. a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
efface | v. to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
muddle | v. to make a mess of; to get byn. a hopeless mess |
opinionated | adj. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind |
perennial | adj. lasting for a long time; persistentn. a plant that lives for many years |
predispose | v. to incline to beforehand |
relinquish | v. to let go, give up |
salvage | v. to save from fire or shipwreckn. property saved from fire or shipwreck |
spasmodic | adj. sudden and violent but brief; fitful, intermittent |
spurious | adj. not genuine, not true, not valid |
unbridled | adj. uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |