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English Vocab 7 #3
Test Thursday
| 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 | n. an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction antonyms: close, seal |
| brigand | n. a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| circumspect | adj. careful, cautious synonyms: wary, prudent, guarded antonyms: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless |
| commandeer | v. 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 | n. a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions v. to bring to such a standstill synonyms: standoff, stalemate, impasse antonyms: agreement, accord, breakthrough |
| debris | n. scattered fragments, wreckage synonyms: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam |
| diffuse | v. to spread or scatter freely or widely; adj. wordy, longwinded, or unfocused, scattered or widely spread synonyms:v. disperse adj.rambling, verbose, prolix antonyms:v. to concentrate; adj.brief, concise, succint |
| dilemma | n. a difficult or perplexing situation or problem synonyms: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind antonym: cinch |
| efface | v.to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed synonyms: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge |
| muddle | v. to make a mess of; muddle through; to get by; n. a hopeless mess synonyms: v. jumble, mess up n. comfusion, disorder antonyms: n. orderliness, tidiness, neatness |
| opinionated | adj. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to ones 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: enduring, recurring antonyms: brief, short lived, fleeting, ephemeral |
| predispose | v. to incline to beforehand synonyms: make susceptible to antonyms: immunize against, shield from |
| relinquish | v. to let go, give up synonyms: surrender, abandon antonyms: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to |
| salvage | v. to save from fire or shipwreck; n. property thus saved synonyms: rescue, recover,retrieve, reclaim antonyms: 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 |
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