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LD ELA List 1 (Def)
LD ELA 9th Grade Vocabulary List One Definitions
Term | Definition |
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Admonish | To caution or advise against something |
Breach | An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; |
Brigand | A bandit; Robber; outlaw, highwayman |
Circumspect | Cautious; Careful |
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 |
Debris | Scattered fragments, wreckage |
Diffuse | To spread or scatter freely or widely |
Dilemma | A difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
Efface | To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
Muddle | To make a mess of; to get by |
Opinionated | Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas |
Perennial | Lasting a long time, persistent |
Predisposed | To incline to beforehand |
Relinquish | To let go, give up |
Salvage | To save from fire or shipwreck |
Spasmodic | Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
Spurious | Not genuine, not true, not valid |
Unbridled | Uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |