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Vocab Unit 1 9 D D
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 1 Definitions 9th grade Level D
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 equal 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 difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| Efface | v. to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| Muddle | v. to make a mess of; muddle through; to get b; n. a hopeless mess |
| 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; n. a plant that lives for many years |
| Predispose | v. to incline to beforehand |
| Relinquish | 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 in restraint |