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LD ELA List 1 (Def)
LD ELA 9th Grade Vocabulary List One Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Admonish | To caution or advise against something |
| Breach | An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; |
| Brigand | A bandit; Robber; outlaw, highwayman |
| Circumspect | Cautious; Careful |
| Commandeer | To seize for military or official use |
| Cumbersome | Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving |
| Deadlock | A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions |
| Debris | Scattered fragments, wreckage |
| Diffuse | To spread or scatter freely or widely |
| 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 |
| Opinionated | Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas |
| Perennial | Lasting a long time, persistent |
| Predisposed | To incline to beforehand |
| Relinquish | To let go, give up |
| Salvage | To save from fire or shipwreck |
| Spasmodic | Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
| Spurious | Not genuine, not true, not valid |
| Unbridled | Uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |