UnIt OnE

Question 1

diffuse

Answer 1

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

Question 2

admonish

Answer 2

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

Question 3

circumspect

Answer 3

careful, cautious

Question 4

deadlock

Answer 4

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

Question 5

debris

Answer 5

scattered fragments, wreckage

Question 6

dilemma

Answer 6

a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

Question 7

breach

Answer 7

(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction;

Question 8

brigand

Answer 8

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

Question 9

commandeer

Answer 9

to seize for military or official use

Question 10

cumbersome

Answer 10

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

Question 11

efface

Answer 11

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

Question 12

muddle

Answer 12

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

Question 13

opinionated

Answer 13

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

Question 14

perennial

Answer 14

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

Question 15

predispose

Answer 15

to incline to beforehand

Question 16

relinquish

Answer 16

to let go, give up

Question 17

salvage

Answer 17

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

Question 18

spasmodic

Answer 18

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

Question 19

spurious

Answer 19

not genuine, not true, not valid

Question 20

unbridled

Answer 20

(adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint