English Midterm Vocab

Admonish

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

Breach

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

Brigand

a bandit, outlaw, robber, highwayman

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 or factors (v)to bring to such a standstill

debris

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

to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

muddle

to make a mess of; muddle through to get by:(n) a hopeless mess

opinionated

(adj)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

(v) to incline o beforehand

relinquish

to let go, give up

salvage

v) to save from a fire or a shipwreck;(n) property thus saved

spasmodic

sudden and violent but brief;fitful;intermittent

spurious

(adj) not genuine, not true, not valid

unbridled

(adj)lacking in restraint

adjourn

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

alien

n)a citizen of another country;(adj) foreign , strange

comely

(adj)having a pleasing appearance

compensate

(v)to make up for; to repay for services

dissolute

(adj)loose in one’s morals or behavior

erratic

(adj)not regular or consistent; different from what s ordinarily expected; undependabl

expulsion

(n) 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

(v)to strengthen, buildup

illegible

(adj)difficult or impossible to read

jeer

(v)to make fun of rudely or unkindly;(n) a rude remark of derision

lucrative

(adj)bringing in money; profitable

mediocre

adj.)average, ordinary, undistinguished

proliferate

to reproduce, increase or spread rapidly

subjugate

(v)to conquer by force, bring under complete contro

sully

(v)to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

tantalize

(v)to tease torment by teasing

terse

adj)brief and to the point

unflinching

(adj)firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back