English I Vocabulry Unit 1

Admonish

(v) to tell someone severely that they have done something wrong

Breach

(n) an action that breaks a law, rule, or agreement (v) to break a law, rule, or agreement

Brigand

(n) a thief, especially one of a group that attacks people in mountains or forests

Circumspect

(adj) thinking carefully about something before doing it, in order to avoid risk

Commandeer

(v) to take someone else's property for your own use, especially during a war

Cumbersome

(adj) a process or system that is cumbersome is slow and difficult

Deadlock

(n) a situation in which a disagreement cannot be settled (v) to create a a situation in which a disagreement cannot be settled

Debris

(n) the pieces of something that are left after it has been destroyed in an accident, explosion etc

Diffuse

(v) to make heat, light, liquid etc spread through something, or to spread like this (adj) spread over a large area

Dilemma

(n) a situation in which it is very difficult to decide what to do, because all the choices seem equally good or equally bad

Efface

(v) to destroy or remove something

Muddle

(v) to confuse one person or thing with another, and make a mistake (n) when there is confusion about something, and things are done wrong as a result

Opinionated

(adj) expressing very strong opinions about things

Perennial

(adj) continuing or existing for a long time, or happening again and again (n) a plant that lives for more than two years

Predispose

(v) to make someone more likely to behave or think in a particular way

Relinquish

(v) to let someone else have your position, power, or rights, especially unwillingly

Salvage

(v) to save something from an accident or bad situation in which other things have already been damaged, destroyed, or lost (n) when you save things from a situation in which other things have already been damaged, destroyed, or lost

Spasmodic

(adj) happening for short irregular periods, not continuously

Spurious

(adj) a statement, argument etc. that is not based on facts or good thinking and is likely to be incorrect

Unbridled

(adj) not controlled and too extreme or violent