vocab unit 1 Flashcards
What does ‘admonish’ mean?
(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
What is a ‘brigand’?
(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
What does ‘cumbersome’ describe?
(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
What does it mean to ‘commandeer’?
to seize for military or official use
What does ‘diffuse’ mean?
(v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
What is a ‘dilemma’?
a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
What does ‘muddle’ mean?
(v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess
What does it mean to ‘predispose’?
to incline to beforehand
What does ‘spurious’ mean?
not genuine, not true, not valid
What does ‘unbridled’ describe?
(adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
What is a ‘breach’?
(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through
What does ‘circumspect’ mean?
careful, cautious
What is a ‘deadlock’?
(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill
What does ‘debris’ refer to?
scattered fragments, wreckage
What does ‘efface’ mean?
(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
What does ‘opinionated’ mean?
stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind
What does ‘perennial’ describe?
(adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years
What does it mean to ‘relinquish’?
to let go, give up
What does ‘salvage’ mean?
(v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved
What does ‘spasmodic’ describe?
(adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
