vocab 20

Question 1

admonish

Answer 1

(v) to warm or scold mildly

Question 2

breach

Answer 2

(n,v) An opening, a failure to keep a promise or obey a law; to break through

Question 3

brigand

Answer 3

(n) a thief who robs on the road

Question 4

circumspect

Answer 4

(adj) careful or cautious

Question 5

commandeer

Answer 5

(v) to take for government or military use

Question 6

cumbersome

Answer 6

(adj) hard to handle because of size or weight

Question 7

deadlock

Answer 7

(n,v) a stop in a struggle because both sides are equally strong; to bring to a standstill

Question 8

debris

Answer 8

(n) to scatter fragments or reckage

Question 9

diffuse

Answer 9

(v, adj) to spread or scatter; wordy or unfocused

Question 10

dilemma

Answer 10

(n) a confusing problem or situation

Question 11

efface

Answer 11

(v) to wipe out, to keep yourself from being noticed

Question 12

muddle

Answer 12

(n,v) a hopeless mess; to make a mess

Question 13

opinionated

Answer 13

(adj) holding to an opinion in a stubborn way

Question 14

perennial

Answer 14

(adj, n) long lasting; a plant that last for a long time.

Question 15

predispose

Answer 15

(v) to make someone more likely to accept for receive something

Question 16

relinquish

Answer 16

(v) to let go or to give up

Question 17

salvage

Answer 17

(v) to sace from fire or some other disaster

Question 18

spasmodic

Answer 18

(adj) sudden, sharp, and irregular

Question 19

spurious

Answer 19

(adj) fake, not real

Question 20

unbridled

Answer 20

(adj) uncontrolled or unrestricted