Level D Unit 1 vocab

admonish

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

synonyms: reprimand, call on the carpet

antonyms: praise, pat on the back

breach

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

antonyms: (v.) close, seal

brigand

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

circumspect

(adj.) careful, cautious

synonyms: wary, prudent, guarded

antonyms: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless

commandeer

(v.) to seize for military or official use

synonyms: take over, requisition, expropriate

cumbersome

(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow moving

synonyms: ponderous, difficult, uncomfortable

antonyms: manageable, easy to handle

deadlock

(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill

synonyms: (n.) standoff, impasse

antonyms: (n.) agreement, accord, breakthrough

debris

(n.) scattered fragments, wreckage

synonyms: remains, detritus, flotsam and jetsam

diffuse

(v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

synonyms: (v.) disperse; (adj.) verbose, prolix

antonyms: (v.) concentrate; (adj.) brief, concise, succinct

dilemma

(n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

synonyms: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind

antonym: cinch

efface

(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

synonyms: blot out, erase, expunge

muddle

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

synonyms: (v.) jumble, mess up; (n.) confusion, disorder

antonyms: (n.) orderliness, neatness,

opinionated

(adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind

synonyms: obstinate, willful, inflexible

antonyms: open-minded, resonable

perennial

(adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years

synonyms: (adj.) enduring, recurring

antonyms: (adj.) brief, short lived, fleeting, ephemeral

predispose

(v.) to incline to beforehand

synonyms: tending to, liable to

antonyms: immunize against, shield from

relinquish

(v.) to let go, give up

synonym: surrender

antonyms: hold on to, keep, cling to

salvage

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

synonyms: (v.) recover, retrieve, reclaim

antonyms: (v.) abandon, scrap, junk

spasmodic

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

synonyms: irregular, occasional

antonyms: steady, continuous, chronic

spurious

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

synonyms: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus

antonyms: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid

unbridled

(adj.) lacking in restraint

synonyms: unrestrained, unchecked

antonyms: restrained, held in check, muted