Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 1 Definitions

Definitions for the first unit in the vocab book

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Admonish
-To caution or advise against something -To scold mildly -To remind of a duty
Breach
-An opening, gap, rupture,rift -A violation -To creat an opening, break through
Brigand
A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
Circumspect
Careful, cautious
Commandeer
-To seize for military or official use
Cumbersome
-Clumsy, hard to handle - slow-moving
Deadlock
-A standstill resolting from an opposition of two equal forces or fractions -To bring to a standstill
Debris
-Scattered fragments, wreckage
Diffuse
-To spread or scatter freely or widely -Wordy, longwinded, or unfocused -scattered or widly used.
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 -A hopless mess
Opinionated
-Stuborn and often unreasonable in -holding to one's owns ideas -having a closed mind
Perennial
-Lasting for a long time, persistent -A plant that lives for many years
Predispose
-To incline to beforehand