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English vocab unit 1
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Question | Answer |
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admonish | (v)to caution or advise against something; to scold midly; to remind of a duty |
breach | (n)an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; |
brigand | (n)a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
circumspect | (adj) careful, cautious |
commandeer | (v)to seize for military or official use |
cumbersome | (adj)clumsy, hard to handel; slow-moving |
deadlock | (n) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions |
debris | (n)scattered fragments, wreckage |
diffuse | (n)to spread or scatter freely or widley |
dilemma | (n)a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
efface | (v) to wipe out ;to keep oneself form being noticed |
muddle | (v) to make a mess of;to get by |
opinionated | (adj)stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind |
perennial | (adj) lasting for a long time, persistent; |
predispose | (v) to incline to beforehand |
relinquish | (v) to let go , give up |
salvage | (v) to save from fire or shipwreck; |
spasmodic | (adj)sudden and violent but brief; fitful |
spurious | (adj) not genuine, not true, not valid |
unbridled | (adj) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |