Unit 1 level D Vocab Definitions

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 fractions; 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 longtime, 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