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Vocab 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| admonish | (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty Synonyms: warn, call on the carpet Antonyms: praise, pat on the back |
| breach | an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through Antonyms: close, seal |
| brigand | ) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman circumspect — (adj.) careful, cautious Synonyms: wary, prudent, guarded Antonyms: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless |
| commandeer | .) to seize for military or official use Synonyms: take over, requisition, expropriate |
| cumbersome | (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving Synonyms: unwieldy, ponderous Antonyms: manageable, easy to handle |
| deadlock | a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill |
| circumspect | adj.) careful, cautious Synonyms: wary, prudent, guarded Antonyms: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless |
| debris | scattered fragments, wreckage Synonyms: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread Synonyms: (v.) disperse; (adj.) rambling, verbose, prolix Antonyms: (v.) concentrate; (adj.) brief, concise, succinct |
| dilemma | ) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem Synonyms: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind Antonym: cinch |
| efface | to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed Synonyms: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge |
| muddle | to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess Synonyms: (v.) jumble, mess up; (n.) confusion, disorder Antonyms: (n.) orderliness, tidiness, neatness |
| opinionated | (adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind Synonyms: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible Antonyms: open-minded, reasonable |
| perennial | (adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years Synonyms: (adj.) enduring, recurring Antonyms: (adj.) brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral |
| predispose | to incline to beforehand Synonym: make susceptible to Antonyms: immunize against, shield from |
| relinquish | to let go, give up Synonyms: surrender, abandon Antonyms: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to |
| salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved Synonyms: (v.) rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim Antonyms: (v.) abandon, scrap, junk |
| spasmodic | (adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent Synonyms: irregular, occasional Antonyms: steady, continuous, chronic |
| spurious | adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid Synonyms: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus Antonyms: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid |
| unbridled | adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint Synonyms: unrestrained, unchecked Antonyms: restrained, held in check, muted |