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Week One
Vocabulary words for Week One
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Admonish (verb) | To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| Breach (noun or verb) | Noun: An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction Verb: To create an opening, break through |
| Brigand (noun) | A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| Circumspect (adjective) | Careful, cautious |
| Commandeer (verb) | To seize for military or official use |
| Cumbersome (adjective) | Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving |
| Deadlock (noun or verb) | Noun: A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions Verb: To bring to such a standstill |
| Debris (noun) | Scattered fragments; wreckage |
| Diffuse (verb or adjective) | Verb: To spread or scatter freely or widely Adjective: Wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread Adjective: |
| Dilemma (noun) | A difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| Efface (verb) | To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| Muddle (verb or noun) | Verb: To make a mess of ("muddle through"); to get by Noun: A hopeless mess |
| Opinionated (adjective) | Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind |
| Perennial (adjective or noun) | Adjective: Lasting fora long time, persistent Noun: A plant that lives for many years |
| Predispose (verb) | To incline to beforehand |
| Relinquish (verb) | To let go, give up |
| Salvage (verb or noun) | Verb: To save from fire or shipwreck Noun: Property that has been saved |
| Spasmodic (adjective) | Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
| Spurious (adjective) | Not genuine, not true, not valid |
| Unbridled (adjective) | Uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |