unit 1 vocabulary workshop

Question 1

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

Answer 1

admonish

Question 2

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

Answer 2

breach

Question 3

a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

Answer 3

brigand

Question 4

careful, cautious

Answer 4

circumspect

Question 5

to seize for military or official use

Answer 5

commandeer

Question 6

clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

Answer 6

cumbersome

Question 7

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

Answer 7

deadlock

Question 8

scattered fragments, wreckage

Answer 8

debris

Question 9

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

Answer 9

diffuse

Question 10

a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

Answer 10

dilemma

Question 11

to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

Answer 11

efface

Question 12

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

Answer 12

muddle

Question 13

stubborn and often unseasonable in holding to ones own ideas; having a closed mind

Answer 13

opinionated

Question 14

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

Answer 14

perennial

Question 15

to incline to beforehand

Answer 15

predispose

Question 16

to let go, give up

Answer 16

relinquish

Question 17

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

Answer 17

salvage

Question 18

sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

Answer 18

spasmodic

Question 19

not genuine, not true, not valid

Answer 19

spurious

Question 20

lacking in restraint

Answer 20

unbridled