Unit 1 Vocab
Terms
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- Brigand
- (n) a highway man, robber, outlaw...
- Diffuse
- (v) to spread of scatter freely (adj.) wordly, longwinded
- Debris
- (n) scattered fragments-wreckage
- Spasmodic
- (adj.) sudden and violent, but brief; fitful
- Relinquish
- (v) to let go; give up
- Spurious
- (adj.) not genuine or true
- Admonish
- (v) to caution or advise againt- to scold mildley
- Predispose
- (v) to incline beforehand.
- Salvage
- (v) to save from a shipwreck (n) oroperty thus saved
- Unbridled
- (adj.) uncontrolled; lacking in restraint.
- Opinionated
- (adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable
- Deadlock
- (n) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces. (v) to bring to such a stndstill.
- Muddle
- (v) to make a mess of; to get by (n) a hopeless mess
- Circumspect
- (adj.) careful/cautious
- Dilemma
- (n) a difficult or perplexing situation
- Cumbersome
- (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow moving.
- Commandeer
- (v) to seize for military or official use
- Breach
- (v) The act of making a hole or gap. (n) a hole gap or rupture.
- Perennial
- (adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent (n) a plant that lives for a long time.
- Efface
- (v) to wipe out; to keep ones self from being noticed.