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Alexis' Unit 1 Vocab
Alexis' Unit 1 of Level D, Part 1 (1-20)
| Word | Definition | Part Of Speech | SYNONYMS | ANTONYMS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admonish | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty. | verb | warn, call on the carpet | praise, pat on the back |
| Breach | an opening, gap, rift; a violation or infraction. (AND) to create an opening, brak through. | noun, verb | -------- | (v) close, seal |
| Brigand | a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman. | noun | ------- | ------- |
| Circumspect | careful, cautious. | adjective | wary, prudent, guarded | incautious, rash, reckless, heedless |
| Commandeer | to seize for military use | verb | take over, requisition, expropriate | ------- |
| Cumbersome | clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving. | adjective | unwieldy, ponderous | managable, easy to handle |
| Deadlock | a standstill resulting from the opposite of two equal forces or fractions. (AND) to bring to such a standstill. | noun, verb | (n) standoff, stalemate, impasse | (n) agreement, accord, breakthrough |
| Debis | scattered fragments, wreckage. | noun | rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam | ------- |
| Diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely. (AND) wordy, long-winded, or unconfused; scattered or widely spread. | verb, adjective | (v)disperse (adj) rambling, verbose, prolix | (v) concentrate (adj) brief, concise, succinct |
| Dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem. | noun | predicament, quandary, pickle, bind | cinch |
| Efface | to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed. | verb | blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge | ------- |
| Muddle | to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (AND)a hopeless mess | verb, noun | (v) jumble, mess up (n) confusion, disorder | (n) orderliness, tidiness, neatness |
| Opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind. | adjective | obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible | open-minded, reasonable |
| Perennial | lasting for a long time, persistent. (AND) a plant that lives for many years. | adjective, noun | (adj) enduring, recurring | (adj) brief, short-lived, fleeing, elephemeral |
| Predispose | to incline to beforehand. | verb | make suseptible to | immunize against, shield from |
| Relinquish | to let go, give up | verb | surrender, abandon | hold on to, keep, retain, cling to |
| Salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck. (AND) property thus saved. | verb, noun | (v) rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim | (v) abandon, scrap, junk |
| Spasmodic | sudden and vilent but brief; fitful; intermittent | adjective | irregular, occasional | steady, continuos, chronic |
| Spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid | adjective | false, counterfeit, fraudlent, bogus | genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid |
| Unbridled | uncontrolled, lacking in restrainet | adjective | unrestrained, unchecked | restrained, held in check, muted |