Vocab Quiz 1

5 Written Questions

1. To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
2. not genuine, not true, not valid
3. careful, cautious
4. scattered fragments, wreckage
5. uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

5 Matching Questions

1. commandeer
2. muddle
3. spasmodic
4. predispose
5. breach

1. a to make a mess of; a hopeless mess
2. b an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation of infraction; to create an opening
3. c to incline to beforehand
4. d sudden and violent but brief, fitful, intermittent
5. e to seize for military or official use

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
   1. brigand
   2. opinionated
   3. spurious
   4. unbridled
2. a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
   1. debris
   2. brigand
   3. unbridled
   4. breach
3. a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to bring such a stand still
   1. efface
   2. deadlock
   3. breach
   4. muddle
4. to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved
   1. salvage
   2. efface
   3. breach
   4. brigand
5. lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years
   1. perennial
   2. breach
   3. dilemma
   4. debris

5 True/False Questions

1. dilemma → to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused

   True        False

2. diffuse → to wipe out, to keep oneself from being noticed

   True        False

3. cumbersome → clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving

   True        False

4. efface → to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused

   True        False

5. relinquish → To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

   True        False