ENGLISH9 vocab unit 1

Admonish

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

Breach

(n) an opening, gap rupture; a rift; a violation or infraction; (to create an opening, break through

brigand

(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

circumspect

careful, cautious

commandeer

to seize for military or official use

cumbersome

(adi.) clumsy, hard to handle: slow-moving

deadlock

(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill

debris

(n.) scattered fragments, wreckage

diffuse

(v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

Dilemma

a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

efface

(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

muddle

(v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: 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

(adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

spurious

not genuine, not true, not valid

unbridled

(adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint