Unit 1 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards
Breach
Noun
- the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture
- severance of friendly relations
Admonish
Verb
-to caution, advise, scold
Brigand
Noun
-a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
Circumspect
Adjective
- watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent
- well-considered
Commandeer
Verb
- to order/force into active military service
- to seize for military/other public use
Cumbersome
Adjective
-burdensome; troublesome
Deadlock
Noun
- a state in which progress is impossible (dispute, opposing forces); standstill; stalemate
- a maximum-security for a prisoner
Debris
Noun
-the remains of anything broken down/destroyed; ruins; rubble
Diffuse
Verb
-to pour out and spread, as a fluid
Adjective
-characterized by great length or discursiveness in speech/writing; wordy
Dilemma
Noun
-a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives
Efface
Verb
-to wipe out; do away with; expunge; to keep oneself from being noticed
Muddle
Verb
-to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble
Opinionated
Adjective
-obstinate/conceited with regard to the merit of one’s own opinions; conceited lay dogmatic;
Sure that their opinion is right
Perennial
Adjective
-lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring
Noun
-a perennial plant
Relinquish
Verb
-to renounce, surrender
Predispose
Verb
- to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand
- to render subject, susceptible, or liable
- to dispose beforehand
Salvage
Noun
-the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the sea
Verb
-to save from shipwreck, fire, etc
Spasmodic
Adjective
- pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm
- given or characterized by bursts of excitement
- changeable
Spurious
Adjective
- not genuine, authentic, or true; counterfeit
- having a weak or faulty argument
- Biology: having a similar appearance but different structure
Unbridled
Adjective
-not controlled or restrained
