Vocab Unit 1
Terms
undefined, object
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- spurious
- (adj.) not genuine not true not valid.
- perennial
- (adj.) lasting for a long time (n.) a plant that lives for many years
- spasmodic
- (adj.) sudden and violent but breif, fitful
- opinionated
- (adj.) stubborn and often unresonable in holding to one's own ideas
- relinquish
- (v.) to let go, give up
- unbridled
- (adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
- deadlock
- (n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces.
- diffuse
- (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely. (adj.) wordy, long
- brigand
- (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw
- circumspect
- (adj.) careful, cautious
- cumbersome
- (adj.) clumsy, slow-moving, hard to handle
- debris
- (n.) scattered fragmrents, wreckage
- breach
- (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift
- muddle
- (v.) to make a mess of
- commandeer
- (v.) to sieze for military use
- admonish
- (v.) to caution or advise against something
- predispose
- (v.) to incline to beforehand
- efface
- (v.) to wipe out, keep oneself from being noticed
- dillema
- (n.) a difficult or perplexing situation.
- salvage
- (v.) to save from fire or shipwreck