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Unit one vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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, caution |
| Cumbersome | ADJ. to seize for military or official use |
| Deadlock | N. a 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, long-winded, or unfocused, scattered or widely spread |
| Dilemma | N. a difficult of perplexing situation or problem |
| Efface | V. to wipe out to keep one 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, 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 in restraint |
| Commandeer | V. to seize for military or official use |