Vocab(2) Flashcards
Admonish
To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
Breach
An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through
Brigand
A bandit, robber, outlaw,highwayman
Circumspect
Careful, cautions
Commandeer
To seize for military or official use
Cumbersome
Clumsy, hard to handle;slow moving
Deadlock
A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to bring to such a standstill
Debris
Scattered fragments, wreckage
Diffuse
To spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
Dilemma
A difficult or perplexing situation or problem
Efface
To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
Muddle
To make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; a hopeless mess
Opinionated
Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to ones own ideas, having a closed mind
Perennial
Lasting for a long time, persistent, a plant that lives for many years
Predispose
To incline to beforehand