vocab definitions unit 1
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admonish | ![]() to caution or advise against something |
breach | ![]() an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through |
brigand | ![]() a bandit, robber, outlaw, or 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 |
debris | ![]() scattered fragments, wreckage |
diffuse | ![]() to spread or scatter freely or widely |
dilemma | ![]() a choice between two unpleasant or difficult options |
efface | ![]() to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
muddle | ![]() to make a mess of, to get by; a hopless 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 | ![]() property or goods saved from damage or destruction |
spasmodic | ![]() sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
spurious | ![]() not genuine, not true, not valid |
unbridled | ![]() uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
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- "deadlock" image
- "debris" image
- "diffuse" image
- "dilemma" image
- "efface" image
- "muddle" image
- "opinionated" image
- "perennial" image
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- "relinquish" image
- "salvage" image
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- "spurious" image
- "unbridled" image
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