Unit 1 Flashcards by Loïc Lepage

Find the synonym of : rubble, detritus, flotsam, jetsam

Debris

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Careful, cautious

Circumspect

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N.: a complete standstill

V.: to bring to a standstill

Deadlock

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A bandit

Brigand

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N.: a hopeless mess

V.: to make a mess of

Muddle

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

Admonish

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To seize for military or official use

Commandeer

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Scattered fragment, wreckage

Debris

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Uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

Unbridled

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To let go, give up

Relinquish

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Find the synonym of : a predicament, quandary, pickle, bind

Dilemma

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V.: to spread or scatter freely or widely

Adj.: wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widly spread

Diffuse

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Not genuine, not true, not valid

Spurious

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Clumsy, hard to handle

Cumbersome

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N.: an opening, gap; a violation or infraction

V.: to create an opening, break through

Breach

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To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

Efface

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

Opinionated

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Adj.: lasting for a long time, persistent

N.: a plant that lives for many years

Perennial

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To incline to beforehand

Predispose

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V.: to save from fire or shipwreck

N.: property thus saved

Salvage

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A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

Dilemma

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Sudden and violent but brief; fitful, intermittent

Spasmodic

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Find the antonym of : genuine, authentic, bona, fide, valid

Spurious

Find the synonym of : enduring, persistent, recurring

Perennial

Find the antonym of : restrained, held in check, muted

Unbridled

Find the synonym of : false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus

Spurious

Find the synonym of : take over, requisition, expropriate, seize

Commandeer

Find the antonyme of : brief, concise, succinct, to concentrate

Diffuse

Find the antonyme of : easy to handle, manageable

Cumbersome

Find the synonym of : confusion, disorder, to jumble, mess up

Muddle

Find the antonym of : open-minded, reasonable

Opinionated

Find the antonyme of : to praise, pat on the back

Admonish

Find the antonym of : incautious, rash, heedless, reckless

Circumspect

Find the antonym of : to immunize against, shield from

Predispose

Find the antonym of : orderliness, tidiness, neatness

Muddle

Find the synonym of : big and bulky, unwieldy, clumsy to handle

Cumbersome

Find the antonym of : brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral

Perennial

Find the synonym of : a gap, rupture, rift, to break through

Breach

Find the antonym of : continuous, steady, chronic

Spasmodic

Find the synonym of : to caution, warn, scold and call on the carpet

Admonish

Find the synonym of : a robber, bandit, highwayman, outlaw

Brigand

Find the synonym of : obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible

Opinionated

Find the synonym of : rambling, verbose, prolix, to disperse

Diffuse

Find the synonym of : cautious, wary, prudent, careful, guarded

Circumspect

Find the synonym of : to incline, make susceptible to

Predispose

Find the antonym of : an easily solved problem, cinch

Dilemma

Find the antonym of : an agreement, accord, a breakthrough

Deadlock

Find the antonym of : to imprint permanently

Efface

Find the synonym of : standoff, stalemate, impasse

Deadlock

Find the synonym of : to rescue, recover, retrieve

Salvage

Find the antonym of : to seal, close

Breach

Find the antonym of : to abandon, to scrap, junk

Salvage

Find the synonym of : uncontrolled, unrestrained, unchecked

Unbridled

Find the antonym of : to keep, hold on to, retain, cling to

Relinquish

Find the synonym of : to give up, let go, surrender, abandon

Relinquish

Find the synonym of : to blow out, erase, expunge

Efface

Find the synonym of : irregular, intermittent, occasional

Spasmodic