Vocabulary Tests for Freshmen - Unit 1

admonish

(v.) To warn of a fault, lightly scold

breach

(n.) An opening, tear, or rupture.; A violation of a law or promise; (v.) To make a hole or gap in, to break through

brigand

(n.) One who lives by robbery and plunder

circumspect

(adj.) Cautious; prudent; wary; careful

commandeer

(v.) To seize for military use; confiscate

cumbersome

(adj.) Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk

deadlock

(n.) A state in which progress is impossible, a standstill; (v.) To bring or come into a standstill

debris

(n.) The scattered remains of something broken or destroyed; rubble or wreckage

diffuse

(v.) To spread out or scatter, to disseminate; (adj.) Wordy, tending to use more words than are necessary

dilemma

(n.) A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary

efface

(v.) To cause to disappear by rubbing out, striking out, etc.

muddle

(n.) A confused or disordered condition, a mess; (v.) To mix up in a confused or bungling manner

opinionated

(adj.) Holding stubbornly and often unreasonably to one's own opinions

perennial

(n.) A plant that lasts for several years; (adj.) Lasting a very long time, enduring

predispose

(v.) To make someone inclined to something in advance; To make susceptible

relinquish

(v.) To give up using or having

salvage

(n.) Property saved from a shipwreck, fire, etc.; (v.) To save from a shipwreck, fire, etc.

spasmodic

(adj.) Convulsive

spurious

(adj.) Not genuine

unbridled

(adj.) Being without restraint