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Unit 1 Vocabulary
Word | Definition |
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Admonish | (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind lf 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.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill |
Debris | (n.) scattered fragments, wreckage |
Diffuse | (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) 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; muddle through; 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 |
Relinquish | (v.) to let go, to 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.) lacking in restraint |