English I Vocabulary Unit 1

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Admonish

Back 1

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

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Breach

Back 2

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

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Brigand

Back 3

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

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Circumspect

Back 4

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

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Commandeer

Back 5

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

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Cumbersome

Back 6

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

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Deadlock

Back 7

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

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Debris

Back 8

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

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Diffuse

Back 9

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

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Dilemma

Back 10

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

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Efface

Back 11

(v) to destroy or remove something

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Muddle

Back 12

(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

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Opinionated

Back 13

(adj) expressing very strong opinions about things

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Perennial

Back 14

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

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Predispose

Back 15

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

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Relinquish

Back 16

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

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Salvage

Back 17

(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

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Spasmodic

Back 18

(adj) happening for short irregular periods, not continuously

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Spurious

Back 19

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

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Unbridled

Back 20

(adj) not controlled and too extreme or violent