Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 1

Unit 1 Vocabulary Words

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; to create an opening, break through

Brigand

A bandit, robber, outlaw, 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 factions; to bring to such a standstill

Debris

scattered fragments, wreckage

Diffuse

to spread or scatter freely or widely; 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; a hopeless mess

Opinionated

Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind

Perennial

Lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for 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 and violent but brief, fitful; intermittent

Spurious

not genuine, not true, not valid

Unbridled

lacking in restraint