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unit 1d
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly, to remind of a duty S:warn, call on the carpet A: praise, pat on the back | admonish |
| N:an opening, gap, rupture, rift, a violation of inraction V: to create an opening, break through A: close,seal | breach |
| N: bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman | brigand |
| ADJ: careful,cautious S: wary,prudent,guarded A:incautious, rash,reckless,heedless | circumspect |
| V: to sieze for military or official use S: take over, requistion,exproperiate | comamndeer |
| ADJ: clumbsy, hard to handle;slow-moving S: unwiedly, ponderous A: manageable, easy to handle | cumbersome |
| N: a standstill resulting from the opposistion of two equal orces or fractions V:to bring to such a standstill S:standstill,stalemate,impasse A: agreement,accord,breakthrough | deadlock |
| N: scattered fragments,wreckage S:rubble,detrious,flotsom and jetsom | debris |
| V: to spread or scatter freely or widely ADJ: wordy,long-winded, or unfocused;scattered or widely spread S: v: disperse, adj: rambling.verbose,prolix A: concentrate, adj: brief,consice,succinct A: | diffuse |
| N: aq dificult or perplexing situatio or problem S: prediciment, quandry,pickle, or bind A: cinch | dilemma |
| V: to wipe out, to keep onesel from being noticed S: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge | efface |
| V: to make a mess of, muddle through: to get by N: a hopeless mess S: v: jumble mess up n: conusion,disorder A: orderliness, tidiness, neatness | muddle |
| ADJ: stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind S: obstinate,pigheaded,inflexibe A: open-minded, reasonable | opinionated |
| ADJ: lasting for a long time, persistent N: a plant that lives for many years S: adj: enduring, recurring A: adj: brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral | perennial |
| V: to incline to beforehand S: make susceptible to A: immunize,against, shield from | predispose |
| V: to let go, give up S: surrender, abrabdon A: hold on to,keep,retain,cling to | relinquish |
| V: to save from fire or shipwreck N: property thus saved S: v: rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim A: v: abandon, scrap, junk | salvage |
| ADJ: sudden and violent but brief, fitul; intermittent S: irregular,occasional A: steady, continous, chronic | spasmodic |
| ADJ: not genuine, not true, not valid S: false, counterfeit, fraudulent,bogus A: genuine authentic, bona fide, valid | spurious |
| ADJ: uncontrolled, lacking in restraint S: unrestrained, unchecked A: restrained, held in check, muted | unbridled |
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