| Term | Definition |
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| Admonish | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| Breach | (n)an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation of infraction;(v) to create an opening |
| 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 | (n) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions;(v) to bring such a stand still |
| Debris | scattered fragments, wreckage |
| Diffuse | (v) to spread or scatter freely or widely;(adj) long-winded, unfocused |
| Dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| Efface | to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| Muddle | (v) to make a mess of, to get by; (n) a hopeless mess |
| Opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind |
| Perennial | (adj) lasting for a long time, persistent;(n) a plant that lives for many years |
| Predispose | to incline to beforehand |
| Relinquish | to let go, give up |
| Salvage | (v) to save from fire or shipwreck;(n) property thus saved |
| Spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
| Unbridled | uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
| Adjourn | to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place |
| Alien | (n) a citizen of another country;(adj) 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 of driving or forcing out |
| Feint | (n) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense;(v) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of |
| Fodder | food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
| Fortify | to strengthen; build up |
| Illegible | difficult or impossible to read |
| Jeer | (v) to make fun of rudely or unkindly;(n) 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 | (n) a follower, supporter; (adj) 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 | (v) to disagree; (n) disagreement |
| Eminent | famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting |
| Exorcise | to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive |
| Fabricate | to make, manufacture; to make up, invent |
| Irate | angry |
| Marauder | a raider, plunderer |
| Obesity | excessive fatness |
| Pauper | an extremely poor person |
| Pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
| Rift | a split, break, breach |
| Semblance | a likeness, an outward appearance, 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 |
| Spurious | not genuine, not true not valid |
| Abscond | to run off and hide |
| Access | (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v) 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; prejudiced |
| Daunt | to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
| Disentangle | to free of tangles or complications |
| Fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| Hoodwink | to mislead by 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 or manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
| Precipice | a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster |
| Rectify | to make right, correct |
| Reprieve | (n) a temporary relief or delay; (v) 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; any ag |
| 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 | (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) 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 | (v) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; (n) baby talk, babble |
| Rebut | to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute |
| Reprimand | (v) to scold; find fault with; (n) 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 | To 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 an 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 what is sufficient or required, excess |
| Supplant | To take the place of, supersede |
| Taunt | To jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark |
| Tenacious | Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |
| Adieu | (int.) "Farewell!"; (n.) a 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 | (n.) the time between; (adj.) temporary, coming between two points in time |
| Inundate | to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size |
| Malign | (v.) to speak evil of, slander; (adj.) evil |
| Meander | (v.) to wander about, wind about; (n.) a sharp turn or twist |
| Metropolis | a large city; the chief city of an area |
| Momentous | very important |
| Obstreperous | noisy; unruly, disorderly |
| Pensive | thoughtful; melancholy |
| Perilous | dangerous |
| Shoddy | of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship |
| Sprightly | lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful |
| Surly | angry and bad-tempered; rude |
| Tirade | a long, angry sppech, usually very critical |
| Vagrant | (n.) an idle wanderer, tramp; (adj.) wandering aimlessly |
| Assurance | a pledge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence |
| Asylum | an institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety |
| Console | (v.) to comfort; (n.) the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device |
| Dilate | to make larger or wider; to expand upon |
| Dross | refuse, waste products |
| Dwindle | to lessen, diminish |
| Flippant | lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy |
| Immunity | resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation |
| Institute | (v.) to establish, set up; (n.) an organization for the promotion of learning |
| Liability | a debt; something disadvantageous |
| Preposterous | ridiculous, senseless |
| Pugnacious | quarrelsome, fond of fighting |
| Rabid | furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies |
| Realm | a kingdom; a region or field of study |
| Rejuvenate | to make young again; to make like new |
| Remunerate | to reward, pay, reimburse |
| Sparse | meager, scant; scattered |
| Sterling | genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fineness |
| Venture | (n.) a risky or daring undertaking; (v.) to expose to danger; to dare |
| Warp | (v.) to twist out of shape; (n.) an abnormality |
| auxiliary | (adj) giving assistance or support; (n) a helper, aid |
| candid | (adj) frank, sincere;impartial;unposed |
| cubicle | (n) a small room or compartment |
| drudgery | (n) work that is hard and tiresome |
| envoy | (n) a representative or messenger (as ofa government) |
| escalate | (v) to elevate; to increase in intensity |
| expedient | (n) a means to an end; (adj) advanageous, useful |
| feign | (v) to pretend |
| flair | (n) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style |
| grievous | (adj) casuing sorrow or pain; serious |
| heterogeneous | (adj) composed of different kinds, diverse |
| horde | (n) a vast number (as of poeple); a throng |
| impel | (v) to force, drive forward |
| incredulous | (adj) disbelieving, skeptical |
| inscribe | (v) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list |
| monologue | (n) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person |
| prognosis | (n) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation |
| rasping | (adj) with a harsh, grating sound; (n) a harsh sound |
| repugnant | (adj) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful |
| scuttle | (v) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; (n) a pail |
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