Unit 1 Flashcards
Admonish
Advise against
The teacher admonished the students twice begore sending them to the principals office.
Breach
Breack into
The protestors breched the line of police defending the city hall.
Brigand
A bandit
The bandits held the civilians to gunpoint and took their money
Commandeer
To sieze for gov.
The police commandeered the evidance from the suspects and foung important info.
Circumspect
Careful When ditching class you must be circomspect with where you go.
Cumbersome
Clumsy
The cumbersome student slouched into hus chair after splilling his food for a third time.
Deadlock
A standstill
After the persistant court case, the jury reached a standstill on who to convict.
Debris
Scattered fragments
The hurricane left debris on each street.
Diffuse
To scatter widely
The serial killer diffused the body parts of several of his victims to the four corners of America.
Dilemma
A difficult situation
I had a dilema whether to postpone the meeting or not.
Efface
Wipe out
He evil villain effaced the young boy from the fave of the planet.
Muddle
To make a mess of something
He tried to muddle the facts and make it seem like he rob ed the bank.
Opinionated
Stubbon and unwilling to change sides
He is so opinionated he wont even take advice from the Ruv.
Perenianls
Lasting for a long time, flowers
The dead cat is a perrenial scent in the allyway.
Predispose
To incline beforehand
The judje always seems to predispose himself to one side.