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english vocab unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| admonish | (v)to caution or advise against something;to scold midly;to remind of a duty |
| breach | (n)an opening, gap, or rupture, rift; a violation or infraction(v) to create an opening, break through |
| brigand | (n) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| circumspect | (adj) careful,cautious |
| commandeer | (v) to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | (adj) clumsy,hard to handle;slow moving |
| deadlock | (n) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v) to bring such a standstill |
| debris | (n) scattered fragments,wreckage |
| diffuse | (v) to spread or scatter freely or widely. (adj) wordy,longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
| dilemma | (n) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface | (v) to wipe out; to keep to oneself 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; intermitent |
| spurious | (adj) not genuine,not ture, not valid |
| unbridled | (adj) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |