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English vocab unit 1
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| admonish | (v)to caution or advise against something; to scold midly; to remind of a duty |
| breach | (n)an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; |
| 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 handel; slow-moving |
| deadlock | (n) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions |
| debris | (n)scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | (n)to spread or scatter freely or widley |
| dilemma | (n)a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface | (v) to wipe out ;to keep oneself form being noticed |
| muddle | (v) to make a mess of;to get by |
| 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; |
| predispose | (v) to incline to beforehand |
| relinquish | (v) to let go , give up |
| salvage | (v) to save from fire or shipwreck; |
| spasmodic | (adj)sudden and violent but brief; fitful |
| spurious | (adj) not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | (adj) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |