SAT Vocab Unit One
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 admonish | (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| breach | an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation of infraction; to create an opening |
| brigand | a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| circumspect | careful, cautious |
| commandeer | to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving |
| deadlock | a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to bring such a stand still |
| 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 | (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (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 | to incline to beforehand |
| relinquish | to let go, give up |
| salvage | (v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved |
| spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
| spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | (adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
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