Sadlier level d unit 1 definitions

Admonish

(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

Breach

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

Brigand

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

Circumspect

(adj.) careful, cautious

Commandeer

(v.) to seize for military or official use

cumbersome

(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow

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

dilemma

(n.) 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

(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 make susceptible; to put in a frame of mind for; to incline toward

relinquish

(v.) to give up or actively surrender

salvage

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

spasmodic

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

spurious

(adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid

unbridled

(adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint