Unit 1
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Admonish | (v.) To caution or advice against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty. |
| Breach | (n.) An opening, gap; a violation or infraction;(v.) to create an opening, break through. |
| Brigand | (n.) A bandit . |
| Circumspect | (adj.) Careful, Cautious. |
| Commandeer | (v.) To seize for military or official use. |
| Cumbersome | (adj.) Clumsy, Hard to handle, slow-moving. |
| Deadlock | (n.) A complete standstill; (v.) to bring to a standstill. |
| Debris | (n.) Scattered fragments, wreckage. |
| Diffuse | (v.) To spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy long- winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread. |
| Dilemma | (n.) A difficult or perplexing situation or problem. |
| Efface | (v.) To wipe out, to keep oneself from being noticed. |
| Muddle | (v.) To make a mess of; 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.) Tasting for a long time, persistent,(n.) a plant that lives for many years. |
| Predispose | (v.) To incline to beforehand. |
| Relinquish | (v.) To let go, give up. |
| Salvage | (v.) To save from fire or shipwreck;(n.) property thus saved. |
| Spasmodic | (adj.) Sudden and violent but brief; fitful, intermittent. |
| Spurious | (adj.) Not genuine, not true, not valid. |
| Unbridled | (adj.) Uncontrolled, lacking in restraint. |
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