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English Vocab Ch.1
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| admonish | to scold mildly |
| breach | an opening, gap, rupture, or rift; to create an opening |
| 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 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 ; a hopeless mess |
| opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas; having a closed mind |
| perennial | lasting for a long time; persistent |
| predispose | 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 | lacking in restraint |