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English Terms 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Admonish | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| Breach | an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction to create and opening, break through |
| Brigand | a bandit, Robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| Circumspect | careful, cautious |
| Commadeer | to seize for ,military or official use |
| Deadlock | a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions to bring such to a standstill |
| Debris | scattered fragments; wreckage |
| Diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
| Dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| Efface | to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| Muddle | to make a mess of; muddle through; to get by ; 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; a plant that lives for many yeasts |
| Predispose | to incline beforeand |
| Relinquish | to let go, give up |
| Salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved |
| Spasmodic | sudden or violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
| Spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid |
| Unbridled | lacking in restraint |