| Term | 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 create 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 |
| efface | to wipe out, to keep onself from being noticed |
| muddle | to make a mess off; _______ ( the vocab word goes here) 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 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 | citizen of another country, foreign, strange |
| comely | having a pleasing appearance |
| compensate | to make up for, to repay for services |
| dissolute | loose in one's morals or behavior |
| erratic | not regular or consistent, different from what is ordinarily expected, undependable |
| expulsion | the process or driving or forcing out |
| feint | a deliberately deceptive movement, a pretense, to make a deceptive movement, to make a pretense of |
| fodder | food for horses or cattle, raw material designated purpose |
| fortify | to strengthen, build up |
| illegible | difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | to make fun of rudely or unkindly, a rude remark of derision |
| lucrative | bringing in money, profitable |
| mediocre | average, ordinary, undistinguished |
| proliferate | to reproduce, 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 follower, supporter, attached, sticking to |
| altercation | an angry argument |
| cherubic | resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face, sweet and innocent |
| condone | to pardon or overlook |
| dissent | to disagree, disagreement |
| eminent | famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting |
| exorcise | to drive out by magic, to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppresive |
| fabricate | to make, manufacture, to make up, invent |
| irate | angry |
| abscond | to run off and hide |
| access | approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; to get at, obtain |
| anarchy | a lack of government and law, confusion |
| arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort |
| auspicious | favorable, fortunate |
| biased | favoring one side unduly;predjudiced |
| daunt | to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
| disentangle | to free from tangles or complications |
| fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune (aka God) |
| hoodwink | to mislead by a trick, deceive |
| inanimate | not having life; without energy or spirit |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable |
| larceny | theft |
| pliant | bending readily; easily influenced |
| pompous | overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
| precipice | a very steep cliff; the brink of or edge of disaster |
| rectify | to make right, correct |
| reprieve | a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement |
| revile | to attack with words, call bad names |
| accomplice | a person who takes part in a crime |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| arbitrary | unreasonable, based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness |
| brazen | shameless, impudent, made of brass |
| catalyst | a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; an agent that causes change |
| exodus | a large-scale departure or flight |
| facilitate | to make easier; to assist |
| incorrigible | not able to be corrected; beyond control |
| latent | hidden; present but not realized |
| militant | given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; an activist |
| morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable |
| opaque | not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid |
| paramount | chief in importance, above all others |
| prattle | to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; baby talk; babble |
| rebut | to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute |
| reprimand | to scold; find fault with; a rebuke |
| servitude | slavery, forced labor |
| slapdash | careless and hasty |
| stagnant | not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull |
| succumb | to give way to superior force, yield |
| atone | make up for |
| bondage | slavery, any state of being bound or held down |
| credible | Believable |
| defray | to pay for |
| diligent | hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
| doleful | sad, dreary |
| ghastly | frightful, horrible; deathly pale |
| hamper | to hold back |
| hew | to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to |
| impoverished | poor, in a state of poverty, depleted |
| incessant | never stopping, going on all the time |
| intricate | complicated; difficult to understand |
| lucid | easy to understand, clear; rational, sane |
| posthumous | occurring or published after death |
| prim | Overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish |
| sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| superfluous | exceeding in what is sufficient or required, excess |
| supplant | to take the place of, supersede |
| taunt | to jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark |
| tenacious | persistent; holding together firmly; holding fast |
| adieu | a farewell; Farewell! |
| advent | an arrival; a coming into place or view |
| apex | the highest point, tip |
| assimilate | to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully |
| bogus | false, counterfeit |
| exorbitant | unreasonably high; excessive |
| interim | the time between; temporary, coming between two points of time |
| inundate | to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size |
| malign | to speak evil of, slander; evil |
| meander | wander about, wind about; sharp turn or twist |
| marauder | a raider. plunderer |
| obesity | excessive fatness |
| pauper | extremely poor person |
| pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
| rift | a split, break, or breach |
| semblance | a likeness; an outward appearence; an apparition |
| surmount | 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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