Vocab Units 1-3

Front 1

To caution or advise against something, to scold mildly, to remind of a duty

Back 1

Admonish

Front 2

An opening, gap, a violation or infraction. To create an opening, break through.

Back 2

Breach

Front 3

A bandit.

Back 3

Brigand

Front 4

Careful, cautious.

Back 4

Circumspect

Front 5

To seize for military or official use.

Back 5

Commandeer

Front 6

Clumsy, hard to handle, slow moving

Back 6

Cumbersome

Front 7

A complete standstill.
To bring to a standstill.

Back 7

Deadlock

Front 8

Scattered fragments, wreckage.

Back 8

Debris

Front 9

To spread or scatter freely or widely.
Wordy, long-winded, or unfocused, scattered or widely spread.

Back 9

Diffuse

Front 10

A difficult or perplexing situation or problem.

Back 10

Dilemma

Front 11

To wipe out

Back 11

Efface

Front 12

To make a mess of.
A hopeless mess.

Back 12

Muddle

Front 13

Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind.

Back 13

Opinionated.

Front 14

Lasting for a long time, persistent.

Back 14

Perennial

Front 15

To incline beforehand.

Back 15

Predispose

Front 16

To let go, give up.

Back 16

Relinquish

Front 17

To save from fire or shipwreck.

Back 17

Salvage

Front 18

Sudden and violent but brief, 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 for a time, to 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 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, a pretense.
To make a deceptive movement, to make a pretense of.

Back 28

Feint

Front 29

Food for horses or cattle, raw material for a designated purpose.

Back 29

Fodder

Front 30

To strengthen, to build up.

Back 30

Fortify

Front 31

Difficult or impossible to read.

Back 31

Illegible

Front 32

To make fun of rudely or unkindly.
A rude remark of dension.

Back 32

Jeer

Front 33

Bringing in money, profitable.

Back 33

Lucrative

Front 34

Average, ordinary, undistinguished.

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, besmirch.

Back 37

Sully

Front 38

To tease, torment by teasing.

Back 38

Tantalize

Front 39

Brief 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 or supporter

Back 42

Adherent

Front 43

Heated or 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

Back 46

Dissent

Front 47

Eminent

Back 47

Important, famous

Front 48

To drive out by magic

Back 48

Exorcise

Front 49

Fabricate

Back 49

To make up

Front 50

Irate

Back 50

Angry

Front 51

Raider

Back 51

Marauder

Front 52

Extreme fatness

Back 52

Obesity

Front 53

Poor person

Back 53

Pauper

Front 54

To steal in small quantities

Back 54

Pilfer

Front 55

A split

Back 55

Rift

Front 56

A likeness

Back 56

Semblance

Front 57

To overcome

Back 57

Surmount

Front 58

To bring to an end

Back 58

Terminate

Front 59

Common place

Back 59

Trite

Front 60

To seize and hold without force

Back 60

Usurp