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english vocab unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| admonish | (v) to caution or advice agaisnt something; to scold mildy; to remind of a duty |
| breach | (n) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction |
| brigand | (n) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highway man |
| circumspect | (adj) careful, cautious |
| commandeer | (v) to seize for military or offical use |
| cumbersome | (adj) clumsy, hard to handle |
| deadlock | (n) a standstil resulting from the oppostition of two equal forces or fractions;(v.) to bring to such a standstill |
| debris | (v.) scattered fragments, weckage |
| diffuse | (v) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordly, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
| dilemma | (n.) a diffcult or preplexing situation or problem |
| efface | (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| muddle | (v.) to make a messof ; muddle through;: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess |
| opinionated | (adj) stubborn and oftn unresonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind |
| predispose | (v) to incline to beforehand |
| relinquish | (v.) to let go, give up |
| salvage | (v.) to save from fire or shipwreak; (n.) property thus saved |
| spasmodic | (adj.) sudden and violent but brief |
| spurious | (adj) not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | (adj) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |