Vocab Set 1

Front 1

admonish

Back 1

to caution or advise against something, to scold midly

Front 2

breach

Back 2

an opening, a gap, a violation

Front 3

brigand

Back 3

bandit

Front 4

circumspect

Back 4

cautious

Front 5

commandeer

Back 5

seize for official use

Front 6

cumbersome

Back 6

clumsy, hard to handle

Front 7

deadlock

Back 7

a complete standstill

Front 8

debris

Back 8

scattered fragments, wreckage

Front 9

diffuse

Back 9

to spread or scatter freely, widely

Front 10

dilemma

Back 10

a difficult problem

Front 11

efface

Back 11

to wipe out, to keep from being noticed

Front 12

muddle

Back 12

to make a mess of

Front 13

opinionated

Back 13

stubborn and unreasonable in one's ideas

Front 14

perennial

Back 14

lasting for a long time

Front 15

predispose

Back 15

to incline to beforehand

Front 16

relinquish

Back 16

to let go, to give up

Front 17

salvage

Back 17

to save from fire or shipwreck

Front 18

spasmodic

Back 18

sudden and violent but brief

Front 19

spurious

Back 19

not genuine, true, valid

Front 20

unbridled

Back 20

uncontrolled, lacking restraint

Front 21

adjourn

Back 21

to stop proceedings for a time

Front 22

alien

Back 22

a citizen of another country

Front 23

comely

Back 23

a pleasing appearance

Front 24

compensate

Back 24

to make up for

Front 25

dissolute

Back 25

loose in one's morals or behavior

Front 26

erratic

Back 26

not regular or consistent

Front 27

expulsion

Back 27

the process of driving or forcing out

Front 28

feint

Back 28

a deliberately deceptive movement

Front 29

fodder

Back 29

food for horses or cattle

Front 30

fortify

Back 30

to strengthen to build up

Front 31

illegible

Back 31

difficult or impossible to read

Front 32

jeer

Back 32

to make fun of rudely or unkindly

Front 33

lucrative

Back 33

bringing in money, profitable

Front 34

mediocre

Back 34

average, ordinary

Front 35

proliferate

Back 35

to reproduce, increase

Front 36

subjugate

Back 36

to conquer by force

Front 37

sully

Back 37

to soil, stain, tarnish

Front 38

tantlize

Back 38

to tease, torment by teasing

Front 39

terse

Back 39

brief and to the point

Front 40

unflinching

Back 40

firm, showing no fear

Front 41

adridge

Back 41

to make shorter

Front 42

adherent

Back 42

a follower, a supporter

Front 43

altercation

Back 43

an angry argument

Front 44

cherubic

Back 44

resembling an angel portrayed as a child

Front 45

condone

Back 45

to pardon or overlook

Front 46

dissent

Back 46

to disagree

Front 47

eminent

Back 47

famous, outstanding

Front 48

exorcise

Back 48

to drive out by magic

Front 49

fabricate

Back 49

to make, to manufacture

Front 50

irate

Back 50

angry

Front 51

marauder

Back 51

a raider, a plunderer

Front 52

obesity

Back 52

extreme fatness

Front 53

pauper

Back 53

an extremely poor person

Front 54

pilfer

Back 54

to steal in small quantities

Front 55

rift

Back 55

a split, a break

Front 56

semblance

Back 56

likeness, an outward appearance

Front 57

surmount

Back 57

to overcome, to rise above

Front 58

terminate

Back 58

to bring to an end

Front 59

trite

Back 59

commonplace, overused

Front 60

usurp

Back 60

to seize and hold a position by force or without right