Quizlet Vocab Units 1-3

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  1. abridge: to make shorter
  2. adherent: a follower, supporter, attached, or sticking to
  3. adjourn: to stop proceedings temporarily
  4. admonish: to caution or advise against something
  5. alien: a citizen of another country, foreign, strange
  6. altercation: an angry argument
  7. breach: an opening, gap, rupture, a violation or infraction
  8. brigand: a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
  9. cherubic: resembling an angel
  10. circumspect: careful, cautious
  11. comely: having a pleasing appearance
  12. commandeer: to seize for military or official use
  13. compensate: to make up for, to repay for services
  14. condone: to pardon or overlook
  15. cumbersome: clunsy, hard to handle, slow-moving
  16. deadlock: a standstill
  17. debris: scattered fragments, wreckage
  18. diffuse: to spread or scatter freely or widely
  19. dilemma: a difficult or preplexing situation or problem
  20. dissent: to disagree, a disagreement
  21. dissolute: loose in one's morals or behavior
  22. efface: to wipe out
  23. eminent: famous, outstanding, distinguished
  24. erratic: not regular or consistent, different from what is ordinarily expected
  25. exorcise: to drive out by magic, to dispose of something troublesome
  26. expulsion: the process of driving or forcing out
  27. fabricate: to make, manufacture, to make up, invent
  28. feint: a deliberately deceptive movement, a pretense
  29. fodder: food for horses or cattle, raw material for a designated purpose
  30. fortify: to strengthen, build up
  31. illegible: difficult or impossible to read
  32. irate: angry
  33. jeer: to make fun of rudely or unkindly
  34. lucrative: bringing in money, profitable
  35. marauder: a raider, plunderer
  36. mediocre: average, ordinary, undistinguished
  37. muddle: to make a mess of
  38. obesity: excessive fatness
  39. opinionated: stubborn and often unreasonable, having a closed mind
  40. pauper: an extremely poor person
  41. perennial: lasting for a long time, persistent, a plant that lives many years
  42. pilfer: to steal in small quantities
  43. predispose: to incline to beforehand
  44. proliferate: to reproduct, increase, or spread rapidly
  45. relinquish: to let go, give up
  46. rift: a split, break, or breach
  47. salvage: to save from fire or shipwreck
  48. semblance: a likeness, an outward appearance, an apparition
  49. spasmodic: sudden and violent but brief, fitful
  50. spurious: not genuine, not true, not valid
  51. subjugate: to conquer by force, bring under complete control
  52. sully: to soil, stain, or tarnish
  53. surmount: to overcome, rise above
  54. tantalize: to tease, torment by teasing
  55. terminate: to bring to an end
  56. terse: brief and to the point
  57. trite: commonplace, overused, stale
  58. unbridled: uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
  59. unflinching: firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
  60. usurp: to seize and hold a position by force or without right