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Level D Unit 1
Sadlier
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| admonish | (v) to caution or advise against something, to scold mildly, to remind of a duty |
| breach | (n) an opening, gap, 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 eqaul forces or factions, (v) to bring to such a standstill |
| debris | (n) scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | (v) to spread or scatter freely or widely (adj) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused, scattered or widely spread |
| dilemma | (n) a dificult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface | (v) to wipe out, to keep oneself from being noticed |
| muddle | (v) to make a mess of, muddle thorugh, to get by, a hoepless mess |
| opinionated | (adj) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own idead, having a closed mind |
| perennial | (adj) lasting for a long time, persistent (a plant that lives for many years |
| predispose | (v) to incline to beforehand |
| relinguish | (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, intermittent |
| spurious | (adj) not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | (adj) uncontrolled, lacking restraint |