Sadleir Oxford Unit 1

Admonish

to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

Breach

An opening or gap; to create a opening, break through

Brigand

A bandit, robber, or outlaw

Circumspect

Careful, cautious

Commandeer

To seize for military or official use

Cumbersome

Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

Deadlock

A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces

Debris

Scattered fragments, wreckage

Diffuse

to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, longwinded, or unfocused

Dilemma

A difficult situation or problem

Efface

To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

muddle

To make a mess of; to get by; a hopeless mess

Opinionated

Stubborn and often reasonable in holding to one's ideas; having a closed mind

Perennial

Lasting a long time, persistent; a plant that lives many years

Predispose

To incline to beforehand

Relinquish

To let go, give up

Salvage

To save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved

Spasmodic

Sudden or violent but brief; fitful

Spurious

Not genuine, not true, not valid

Unbridled

Lacking in restraint

adjourn

(v.) to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place

alien

a citizen of another country; 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

(adj.) 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

(n.) 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

a follower, supporter; attached, sticking to

altercation

an angry argument

cherubic

resembling an angel potrayed as a little child with a beautiful round or chubby face; sweet and innocent

condone

to pardon or overlook

dissent

to disagree; 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.

gluttony

engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgance

irate

angry

marauder

a raider, plunderer

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 or without right.