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Vocab 1-3
Sadlier-Oxford vocab ch 1-3
| Words | definition |
|---|---|
| admonish | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| breach | an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to creat an opening, break through |
| brigand | a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| circumspect | careful, cautious |
| commandeer | to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving |
| deadlock | a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to bring to such a standstill |
| debris | scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
| dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface | to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| muddle | to make a mess of; muddle through; to get by; a hopeless mess |
| opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind |
| perennial | lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years |
| predispose | to incline to beforehand |
| relinquish | to let go, give up |
| salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved |
| spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief; fitful;intermittent |
| spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
| adjourn | to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place |
| alien | a citizen of another country; foreign, strange |
| comely | having a pleasing appearance |
| comprensate | to make up for; to repay for services |
| dissolute | loose in on's morals or behavior |
| erratic | not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable |
| expulsion | the process of driving or forcing out |
| feint | a delierately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of |
| fodder | food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
| fortify | to strengthen, build up |
| illegible | difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | to make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remoark of derision |
| lucrative | bringing in money; profitable |
| mediocre | average, ordinary, undistinguished |
| proliferate | to repoduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
| subjugate | to conquer by force, bring under complete control |
| sully | to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch |
| tantalize | to tease, torment by teasing |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| unflinching | firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |
| abridge | to make shorter |
| adherent | a follwer, supporter; attached, sticking to |
| altercation | an angry argument |
| cherubic | resembling an angel portrayed as littel child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent |
| condone | to pardon or overlook |
| dissent | to disagree; disagreement |
| eminent | famouse, outstanding, distinguished; projecting |
| exorcise | to drive out by magic; to sipose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive |
| fabricate | to make, manufacture; to make up, invent |
| irate | angry |
| marauder | a raider, plunderer |
| obesity | excessive fatness |
| pauper | anextremely poor person |
| pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
| rift | a split, break, breach |
| semblance | a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition |
| sumount | to overcome, rise above |
| terminate | to bring to an end |
| trite | commonplace; overused, stale |
| usurp | to seize and hold a position by force or without right |
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