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