| Term | Definition |
|---|
| admonish | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly |
| breach | an opening, gap, rupture; to create an opening, break through |
| brigand | a bandit, robber, outlaw |
| circumspect | careful, cautious |
| commandeer | to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | clumsy, hard to handle |
| deadlock | a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces; to bring to such a standstill |
| debris | scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long winded |
| dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface | to wipe out |
| muddle | to make a mess of |
| opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas |
| perennial | lasting for a long time; a plant that lives for many years |
| predispose | to incline to before hand |
| relinquish | to let go, give up |
| salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved |
| spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief |
| spurious | not genuine |
| unbridled | uncontolled, lacking in restraint |
| adjourn | to stop proceedings temporarily, move to another place |
| comely | having a pleasing appearance |
| compensate | to make up for |
| dissolute | loose in one's morals or behavior |
| erratic | not regular or consistent |
| expulsion | the process of driving or forcing out |
| feint | a deliberately deceptive movement; to make a deceptive movement |
| fodder | food for horses or cattle |
| fortify | to strengthen |
| illegible | difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | to make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark or derision |
| lucrative | bringing in money |
| mediocre | average |
| proliferate | to reproduce |
| subjugate | to conquer by force |
| sully | to soil; stain |
| tantalize | to tease |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| unflinching | firm |
| abridge | to make shorter |
| adherent | a follower; attached |
| altercation | an angry argument |
| cherubic | resembling an angel |
| condone | to pardon |
| dissent | to disagree; disagreement |
| eminent | famous |
| exorcise | to drive out by magic (THE EXORCIST) he he he |
| fabricate | to make |
| irate | angry |
| marauder | a raider |
| obesity | excessive fatness |
| pauper | an extremely poor person |
| pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
| rift | a split |
| semblance | a likeness; an outward appearance |
| surmount | to overcome |
| terminate | to bring to an end |
| trite | overused |
| usurp | to seize and hold a position by force or without right |
| abscond | to run off and hide |
| access | approach or admittance to places; to get at |
| anarchy | a lack kof government and law; confustion |
| arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort |
| auspicious | favorable; fortunate |
| biased | favoring one side unduly |
| daunt | to overcome with fear |
| disentabgle(Spelling?) | to free from tangles |
| fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| hoodwink | to mislead by a tick |
| inanimate | not having life |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | very brave |
| larceny | theft |
| pliant | bending readily |
| pompous | overly self-importnat |
| precipice | a very steep cliff |
| rectify | to make right, |
| reprieve | a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement |
| revile | to attack with words |
| accomplice | a person who takes part in a crime |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| arbitrary | unreasonable |
| brazen | shameless |
| catalyst | a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction |
| exodus | a large scale departure |
| facilitate | to make easier |
| incorrigible | not able to be corrected |
| latent | hidden |
| militant | given to fighting;an avtivist |
| morose | having a gloomy manner |
| opaque | not letting light through |
| paramount | chief in importance |
| prattle | to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; baby talk |
| rebut | to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion |
| reprimand | to scold; a rebuke |
| servitude | slavery |
| slapdash | carelessand hasty |
| stagnant | not running or flowing |
| succumb | to give way to a supperior force |
| atone | to make up for |
| bondage | slavery |
| credible | believable |
| defray | to pay for |
| diligent | hardworking |
| doleful | sad |
| ghastly | frightful |
| hamper | to hold back |
| hew | to shape or cut down with an ax |
| impoverished | poor |
| incessant | never stopping |
| intricate | complicated |
| lucid | easy to understand |
| posthumous | occurring or published after death |
| prim | overly neat |
| sardonic | bitterly sarcastic |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required |
| supplant | to take the place of |
| taunt | to jeer at; an insulting or mocking remark |
| tenacious | holding fast |
| adieu | farewell |
| advent | an arrival |
| apex (think of the store) | the highest point |
| assimilate | to absorb fully |
| interim | the time between |
| bogus | false |
| exorbitant | unreasonably high |
| inundate | to flood |
| malign | to speak evil of; evil |
| meander | to wander about; a sharp turn or twist |
| metropolis | a large city |
| momentous | very important |
| obstreperous | noisy, unruly, disorderly |
| pensive | thoughtful |
| perilous | dangerous |
| shoddy | of poor quality |
| sprightly | lively, full of life |
| surly | angry and bad tempered; rude |
| tirade | a long, angry speech |
| vagrant | an idle wanderer; wandering aimelessly |
| assurance | a pledge; freedom from doubt; self-confidence |
| asylum | an institution for the care of children, elderly; a place of safety |
| console | to comfort; the keyboard of an organ |
| dilate | to make or become larger or wider |
| dross | refuse, waste products |
| dwindle | to lessen |
| flippant | lacking in seriousness |
| immunity | resistance to disease |
| insitute | to establish; an organization fo the promotion of learning |
| liability | a debt |
| preposterous | ridiculous |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome |
| rabid | furious; mad; infected with rabies |
| realm | a kingdom |
| rejuvenate | to make young again |
| renumerate | to reward, pay |
| sparse | meager, scant |
| sterling | genuine, excellent |
| venture | a risky or daring undertaking; to expose to danger |
| warp | to twist out of shape; an abnormality |
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