Unit 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

admonish

Answer 1

(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty.

Synonyms: warn, call on the carpet.
Antonyms: praise, pat on the back.

Question 2

breach

Answer 2

(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through.

Antonyms: (v.) close, seal.

Question 3

brigand

Answer 3

(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman.

Question 4

circumspect

Answer 4

(adj.) careful, cautious.

Synonyms: wary, prudent, guarded.
Antonyms: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless.

Question 5

commandeer

Answer 5

(v.) to seize for military or official use.

Synonyms: take over, requisition, expropriate.

Question 6

cumbersome

Answer 6

(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving.

Synonyms: unwieldy, ponderous.
Antonyms: manageable, easy to handle.

Question 7

deadlock

Answer 7

(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill.

Synonyms: (n.) standoff, stalemate, impasse.
Antonyms: (n.) agreement, accord, breakthrough.

Question 8

debris

Answer 8

(n.) scattered fragments, wreckage.

Synonyms: rubble, detritus, flotsam, & jetsam.

Question 9

diffuse

Answer 9

(v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread.

Synonyms: (v.) disperse; (adj.) rambling, verbose, prolix.
Antonyms: (v.) concentrate; (adj.) brief, concise, succinct.

Question 10

dilemma

Answer 10

(n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem.

Synonyms: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind.
Antonyms: cinch.

Question 11

efface

Answer 11

(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed.

Synonyms: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge.

Question 12

muddle

Answer 12

(v.) to make a mess of; muddle through; to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess.

Synonyms: (v.) jumble, mess up; (n.) confusion, disorder.
Antonyms: (n.) orderliness, tidiness, neatness.

Question 13

opinionated

Answer 13

(adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind.

Synonyms: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible.
Antonyms: open-minded, reasonable.

Question 14

perennial

Answer 14

(adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years.

Synonyms: (adj.) enduring, recurring.
Antonyms: (adj.) brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral.

Question 15

predispose

Answer 15

(v.) to incline to beforehand.

Synonyms: make susceptible to.
Antonyms: immunize against, shield from.

Question 16

relinquish

Answer 16

(v.) to let go, give up.

Synonyms: surrender, abandon.
Antonyms: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to.

Question 17

salvage

Answer 17

(v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved.

Synonyms: (v.) rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim.
Antonyms: (v.) abandon, scrap, junk.

Question 18

spasmodic

Answer 18

(adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent.

Synonyms: irregular, occasional.
Antonyms: steady, continuous, chronic.

Question 19

spurious

Answer 19

(adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid.

Synonyms: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus.
Antonyms: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid.

Question 20

unbridled

Answer 20

(adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint.

Synonyms: unrestrained, unchecked.
Antonyms: restrained, held in check, muted.