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Spelling Unit 1
Complete Stack
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| admonish | (v.) - to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| breach | (n.) - an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction (v.) - to create an opening, break through |
| brigand | (n.) - a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| circumspect | (adj.) - careful, cautious |
| commandeer | (v.) - to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | (adj.) - clumsy, hard to handle; slow moving |
| deadlock | (n.) - standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions (v.) - to bring to such a standstill |
| debris | (n.) - scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | (v.) - to spread or scatter freely or widely (adj.) - wordy, 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 by (n.) - 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, persistent n. - a plant that lives for many years |
| predispose | (v.) - to incline to beforehand |
| relinquished | (v.) - to let go, give up |
| salvage | (v.) - to save from fire or shipwreck (n.) - property thus saved |
| spasmodic | (adj) - sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
| spurious | (adj.) - not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | (adj.) - uncontrolled, lacking restraint |
| altar/alter | altar - (noun) a structure where a sacrifice is offered alter - (verb) to change |