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english unit 1
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Admonish | v. to caution or advise |
| breach | n. an opening or gap |
| brigand | n. a bandit or robber |
| circumspect | adj. careful or cautious |
| commandeer | v. to sieze for official use |
| cumbersome | adj. clumsy or hard to handle |
| deadlock | n. a standstill between two equal forces |
| debris | n. scattered fragments |
| diffuse | v. to spread out freely |
| dilemma | n. a difficult situation |
| efface | v. to wipe out |
| muddle | v. to make a mess of |
| opinionated | adj. stubborn and unreasonable in holding to one`s own ideas |
| perenial | adj. lasting for a long time, a type of flower |
| predispose | v. to incline to beforehand |
| relinquish | v. to let go, give up |
| salvage | v. property thus saved |
| spasmodic | adj. sudden and violent but brief |
| spurious | adj. not genuine |
| unbridled | adj. uncontrolled |
| adjourn | v. to stop proceedings temporarily |
| alien | adj. foreign, strange |
| comely | adj. having a pleasing appearance |
| compensate | v. to make up for |
| dissolute | adj. loose in ones morals or behavior |
| erratic | adj. not regular or consistent |
| expulsion | n. the process of driving or forcing out |
| feint | n. a pretense |
| fodder | n. food for horses or cattle |
| fortify | v. to strengthen |
| illegible | adj. difficult to read |
| jeer | v. to make fun of rudely or unkindly |
| lucrative | adj. profitable |
| mediocre | adj. average |
| proliferate | v. to reproduce |
| subjugate | v. to conquer by force |
| sully | v. to soil |
| tantalize | v. to tease |
| terse | adj. breif and to the point |
| unflinching | adj. showing no signs of fear |
| abridge | v. to make shorter |
| adherent | n. a follower or supporter |
| altercation | n. an angry arguement |
| cherubic | adj. resembling an angel portrayed as a little child |
| condone | v. to pardon or overlook |
| dissent | v. to disagree |
| eminent | adj. famous or outstanding |
| exorcise | v. to drive out by magic |
| fabricate | v. to make or manufacture |
| irate | adj. angry |
| marauder | n. a raider |
| obesity | n. excessive fatness |
| pauper | n. an extremely poor person |
| pilfer | v. to steal in small quantities |
| rift | n. a split |
| semblance | n. a likeness |
| surmount | v. to overcome |
| terminate | v to bring to an end |
| trite | adj. common place |
| usurp | v. to sieze |
| abscond | v. to run off and hide |
| access | n. approach or admittance |
| anarchy | n. a lack of government and law |
| arduous | adj. hard to do |
| auspicious | adj. favorable |
| biased | adj. favoring one side unduly |
| daunt | v. to overcome with fear |
| disentangle | v. to free from tangles |
| fated | (blank) |
| hoodwink | (blank) |
| inanimate | (blank) |
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