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Level D-Unit 1
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, New Edition
Question | Answer |
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admonish | v-to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
breach | n-an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a biolation or infraction v-to create an opening, break through |
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 handle |
deadlock | n-a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions v-to bring to such a standstill |
debris | n-scattered fragments, wreckage |
diffuse | v-to spread or scatter freely or widely adj-wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
dilemma | n-a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
efface | v-to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
muddle | v-to make a mess of; muddle through:to get by n-a hopeless mess |
opinionated | adj-stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, habing a closed mind |
perennial | adj-lasting for a long time, persistent n-a plant that lives for many years |
predispose | v-to incline to beforehand |
relinquish | v-to let go, give up |
salvage | v-to save from fire or shipwreck n-property thus saved |
spasmodic | adj-sudden and violent but vrief; fitful; intermittent |
spurious | adj-not genuine, not true, not valid |
unbridled | adj-uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |