Vocab Workshop D Unit 1-5
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- Admonish
- to caution or advise against
- Breach
- an opening, gap
- Brigand
- a bandit
- Circumspect
- careful, cautious
- Commandeer
- to sieze for military or offical use
- Cumbersome
- clumsy
- Deadlock
- a complete standstill
- Debris
- Scattered fragments, wreckage
- Diffuse
- to spread or scatter freely or widely
- Dilemma
- a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
- Efface
- to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
- Muddle
- to makee a mess of
- Opinionated
- stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
- Perennial
- lasting for a long time
- Predispose
- to incline to beforehand
- Relinquish
- to let go, give up
- Salvage
- to save from fire or shipwreck
- Spasmodic
- sudden and violent but brief
- Spurious
- not genuine, not true, not valid
- Unbridled
- uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
- Adjourn
- to stop proceedings for a time
- Alien
- a citizen of another country
- Comely
- having a pleasing appearance
- Compensate
- to make up for
- Dissolute
- loose in one's morals or behaivor
- Erratic
- not regular or consistent
- Explusion
- the process of driving or forcing out
- Feint
- a deliberately deceptive movement
- Fodder
- food for hourses or cattle
- Fortify
- to strengthen, build up
- Illegible
- difficult or impossible to read
- Jeer
- to make fun or rudely or unkindly
- Lucrative
- bringing in money, profitable
- Mediocre
- average, ordinary, undistinguished
- Proliferate
- to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
- Subjugate
- to conquer by force
- Sully
- to soil, stain tarnish
- Tantalize
- to tease, torment by teasing
- Terse
- brief and to the point
- Unflinching
- firm, showing no signs of fear
- Abridge
- to make shorter
- Adherent
- a follower, supporter
- Altercation
- an angry argument
- Cherubic
- resembling an angel
- Condone
- to pardon or overlook
- Dissent
- to disagree
- Eminent
- famous, outstanding
- Exorcise
- to drive out by magic
- Fabricate
- to make, manufacture
- Irate
- angry
- Marauder
- a raider, plunderer
- Obesity
- extreme fatness
- Pauper
- an extremely poor person
- Pilfer
- to steal in small quantities
- Rift
- a split, break, breach
- Semblance
- a likeness, an outward appearance
- Surmount
- to overcome, rise above
- Terminate
- to bring to an end
- Trite
- commonplace, overused, state
- Usurp
- to sieze and hold a position by force or without right
- Abscond
- to run off and hide
- Access
- approach or admittance to places
- Anarchy
- a lack of government and law, confusion
- Arduous
- hard to do, requiring much effort
- Auspcicious
- favorable, fortunate
- Biased
- favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
- Daunt
- to oversome with fear, intimidate, to dishearten, discourage
- Disentangle
- to free from tangles or complications
- Fated
- determined in advance by destiny or fortune
- Hoodwink
- to mislead by a trick, deceive
- Inanimate
- not having life, withuot energy or spirit
- Incinerate
- to burn to ashes
- Intrepid
- very brave, fearless, unshakeable
- Larceny
- theft
- Pliant
- bending readily, easily influenced
- Pompous
- overly self-important in speech or manner, excessively stately or ceremonious
- Precipice
- a very steep cliff
- Rectify
- to make right, correct
- Reprieve
- a temporary relief or delay
- Revile
- to attack with words
- Accomplice
- a person who takes part in a crime
- Annihilate
- to destroy completely
- Arbitrary
- unreasonable
- Brazen
- made of brass; smaeless, impudent
- Catalyst
- a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction
- Exodus
- a large-scale departure or flight
- Facilitate
- to make easier, assist
- Incorrigible
- not able to be corrected, beyond control
- Latent
- hidden, present but not realized
- Militant
- given to fighting, active and agressive
- Morose
- having a gloomy or sullen manner
- Opaque
- not letting light through
- Paramount
- chief in importance, above all others
- Prattle
- to talk in aimless, foolish, or simple way; baby talk
- Rebut
- to offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion, to refute
- Reprimand
- to scold, find fault with
- Servitude
- slavery, forced labor
- Slapdash
- careless and hasty
- Stagnant
- not running or flowing
- Succomb
- to give way to superior force, yield