Vocab 1-3

Front 1

to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly

Back 1

admonish

Front 2

an opening or a gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction

Back 2

breach

Front 3

a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

Back 3

brigand

Front 4

careful, cautious

Back 4

circumspect

Front 5

to sieze for military or offical use

Back 5

commandeer

Front 6

clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving

Back 6

cumbersome

Front 7

a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces

Back 7

deadlock

Front 8

scattered fragments, rubble, wreckage

Back 8

debris

Front 9

to spread or scatter freely or widely

Back 9

diffuse

Front 10

a difficult or perplexing situation

Back 10

dilemma

Front 11

to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

Back 11

efface

Front 12

to make a mess of

Back 12

muddle

Front 13

stubborn and often unreasonable

Back 13

opinionated

Front 14

lassting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives many years

Back 14

perennial

Front 15

to incline to beforehand

Back 15

predispose

Front 16

to let go, give up

Back 16

relinquish

Front 17

to save from shipwreck; property saved

Back 17

salvage

Front 18

sudden and violent but breif; fitful;intermittent

Back 18

spasmodic

Front 19

not genuine, not true, not valid

Back 19

spurious

Front 20

uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

Back 20

unbridled

Front 21

to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place

Back 21

adjourn

Front 22

a citizen of another country; foreign, strange

Back 22

alien

Front 23

having a pleasing appearance

Back 23

comely

Front 24

to make up for, to repay for services

Back 24

compensate

Front 25

loose in one's morals or behavior

Back 25

dissolute

Front 26

not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable

Back 26

erratic

Front 27

the process of driving or forcing out

Back 27

expulsion

Front 28

a deliberately deceptive movement

Back 28

feint

Front 29

food for horses or cattle ; raw material for a designated purpose

Back 29

fodder

Front 30

to strengthten, build up

Back 30

fortify

Front 31

difficult or impossible to read

Back 31

illegible

Front 32

to make fun of rudely or unkindly

Back 32

jeer

Front 33

bringing in the money

Back 33

lucrative

Front 34

average, ordinary

Back 34

mediocre

Front 35

to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

Back 35

proliferate

Front 36

to conquer by force, bring under complete control

Back 36

subjugate

Front 37

to soil, stain, tarnish, defile

Back 37

sully

Front 38

to tease, torment by teasing

Back 38

tantalize

Front 39

breif and to the point

Back 39

terse

Front 40

firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back

Back 40

unflinching

Front 41

to make shorter

Back 41

abridge

Front 42

a follower, supporter; attached to, sticking to

Back 42

adherent

Front 43

an angry argument

Back 43

altercation

Front 44

resembling an angel

Back 44

cherubic

Front 45

to pardon or overlook

Back 45

condone

Front 46

to disagree; disagreement

Back 46

dissent

Front 47

famous, outstanding, distinguished

Back 47

eminent

Front 48

to drive out by magic, to dispose of something troublesome

Back 48

exorcise

Front 49

to makeup, invent, manufacture

Back 49

fabricate

Front 50

angry

Back 50

irate

Front 51

a raider, plunderer

Back 51

marauder

Front 52

excessive fatness

Back 52

obesity

Front 53

an extremely poor person

Back 53

pauper

Front 54

to steal in small quantities

Back 54

pilfer

Front 55

a split, break, breach

Back 55

rift

Front 56

a likeness, an outward appearence, an apparition

Back 56

semblance

Front 57

to overcome, rise above

Back 57

surmount

Front 58

to bring to an end

Back 58

terminate

Front 59

commonplace, overused, stale

Back 59

trite

Front 60

to seize and hold a position by force or without right

Back 60

usurp