Vocab unit 1-3
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- unflinching
- firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
- terse
- brief and to the point
- opinionated
- stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
- diffuse
- to spread or scatter freely or widely; OR wordy, long winded or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
- terminate
- to bring to an end
- dissent
- to disagree OR a disagreement
- efface
- to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
- altercation
- an angry argument
- commandeer
- to seize for military or official use
- muddle
- to make a mess of OR a hopeless mess
- unbridled
- uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
- fodder
- food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose
- obesity
- excessive fatness
- pauper
- an extremely poor person
- expulsion
- the process of driving or forcing out
- pilfer
- to steal in small quantities
- adherent
- a follower, supporter OR attached, sticking to
- mediocre
- average, ordinary, undistinguised
- eminent
- famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
- deadlock
- a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions OR to bring to such a standstill
- salvage
- to save from fire or shipwreck OR property thus saved
- perennial
- lasting for a long time, persistent OR a plant that lives for many years
- sully
- to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
- illegible
- difficult or impossible to read
- compensate
- to make up for, to repay for services
- feint
- a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense OR to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of
- subjugate
- to conquer by force, bring under complete control
- tantalize
- to tease, torment by teasing
- rift
- a split, break, breach
- jeer
- to make fun of rudely or unkindly OR a rude remark of derision
- debris
- scattered fragments, wreckage
- spasmodic
- sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
- semblance
- a likeness, an outward appearance, an apparition
- cherubic
- resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent
- adjourn
- to stop proceedings temporarily; more to another place
- spurious
- not genuine, not true, not valid
- brigand
- a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
- dilemma
- a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
- marauder
- a raider, plunderer
- admonish
- to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
- proliferate
- to reproudce, increase or spread reapidly
- exorcise
- to drive otu by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive
- dissolute
- loose in one's morals or behavior
- breach
- an opening, gap, rupture, rift, a violation or infraction OR to create an opening, break through
- comely
- having a pleasing appearance
- erratic
- not regular or consistent, different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable
- alien
- a citizen of another country OR foreign, strange
- fortify
- to strengthen; build up
- predispose
- to incline beforehand
- irate
- angry
- condone
- to pardon or overlook
- abridge
- to make shorter
- surmount
- to overcome, rise above
- circumspect
- careful, cautious
- cumbersome
- clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving
- usurp
- to seize and hold a position by force or without right
- lucrative
- bringing in money; profitable
- fabricate
- to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
- trite
- commonplace, overused, stale
- relinquish
- to let go, give up