Unit 1: Definition

Question 0

Breach

Answer 0

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

To creat an opening, break through

Question 1

Admonish

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Brigand

Answer 2

A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

Question 3

Circupspect

Answer 3

Careful, cautious

Question 4

Commandeer

Answer 4

To seize for military or official use

Question 5

Cumbersome

Answer 5

Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

Question 6

Deadlock

Answer 6

A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions
To bring to such a standstill

Question 7

Debris

Answer 7

Scattered fragments, wreckage

Question 8

Diffuse

Answer 8

To spread or scatter freely or widely

Wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

Question 9

Dilemma

Answer 9

A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

Question 10

Efface

Answer 10

To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

Question 11

Muddle

Answer 11

To make a mess of: to get by

A hopeless mess

Question 12

Opinionated

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Perennial

Answer 13

Lasting for a long time, persistent

A plant that lives for many years

Question 14

Predispose

Answer 14

To incline to beforehand

Question 15

Relinquish

Answer 15

To let go, give up

Question 16

Salvage

Answer 16

To save from fire or shipwreck

Property thus saved

Question 17

Spasmodic

Answer 17

Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

Question 18

Spurious

Answer 18

Not genuine, not true, not valid

Question 19

Unbridled

Answer 19

Uncontrolled, lacking in restraint