vocab ela 24

Admonish

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

Breach (Noun)

An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction

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 (Noun)

A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions

Debris

Scattered fragments, wreckage

Diffuse (Verb)

To spread or scatter freely or widely

Dilemma

A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

Efface

To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

Muddle (Verb)

To make a mess of; muddle through:to get by

Opinionated

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

Perennial (Adj)

Lasting for a long time, persistent

Predispose

To incline to beforehand

Relinquish

To let go, give up

Salvage (Verb)

To save from fire or shipwreck

Spasmodic

Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

Spurious

Not genuine, not true, not valid

Unbridled

Lacking in restraint

Appreciable

Sufficient to be noticed or measured

Autocratic

Absolute power or authority

Blanch

To remove the color from; to make or turn pale; to parboil

Blasphemy

An act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something

Brawny

Strong, muscular

Concerted

Planned or performed in cooperation with others

Contend

To fight, struggle; to compete to argue

Humane

Kind, merciful

Illustrious

Very famous, distinguished

Intolerable

unbearable

Irreverent

disrespectful

Laborious

Not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking

Lithe

Bending easily, limber

Maltreat

To abuse, use roughly or crudely

Ponder

To consider carefully, reflect on

Subversive (Adj)

Intended to undermine or overthrow

Synthetic (Adj)

Made or put together by people

Temperate

mild, moderate

Venomous

Poisonous; spiteful, mean

Wily

Sly, shrewd, cunning