Vocabulary Level D Unit 1-3

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Admonish

Back 1

to caution or advise against something;

to scold mildly;

to remind of a duty

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breach

Back 2

an opening, gap, rupture, rift;

a violation or infraction;

to create an opening, break through

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brigand

Back 3

a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

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circumspect

Back 4

careful, cautious

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commandeer

Back 5

a seize for military or official use

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cumbersome

Back 6

clumsy, hard to handle

slow-moving

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deadlock

Back 7

a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions

to bring to such a standstill

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debris

Back 8

scattered fragments, wreckage

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diffuse

Back 9

to spread or scatter freely or widely;

adj; wordy, long winded, or unfocused

scattered or widely spread

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dilemma

Back 10

a difficult or perplexing situation or problem.

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efface

Back 11

to wipe out

to keep oneself from being noticed

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muddle

Back 12

to make a mess of, to get by,

a hopeless mess

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opinionated

Back 13

stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas

have a closed mind

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perennial

Back 14

lasting for a long time

persistent

a plant that lives for many years

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predispose

Back 15

to incline to beforehand

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relinquish

Back 16

to let go, give up

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salvage

Back 17

to save from fire or shipwreck, property thus saved

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spasmodic

Back 18

sudden and violent but brief

fitful

intermittent

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spurious

Back 19

not genuine, not true, not valid

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unflinching

Back 20

firm, showing no signs of fear

not drawing back

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unbridled

Back 21

uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

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adjourn

Back 22

to stop proceedings temporarily

move to another place

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alien

Back 23

a citizen of another country

foreign

strange

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comely

Back 24

have a pleasure appearance

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compensate

Back 25

to make up for

to repay for services

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dissolute

Back 26

loose in one's morals or behavior

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erratic

Back 27

not regular or consistent

different from what is ordinarily
expected

undependable

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expulsion

Back 28

the process of driving or forcing out

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feint

Back 29

a deliberately deceptive movement
a pretense

to make a deceptive movement

to make a pretense of

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fodder

Back 30

food for horses or cattle

raw material or a designated purpose

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fortify

Back 31

to strengthen, build up

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illegible

Back 32

difficult or impossible to read

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jeer

Back 33

to make fun of rudely or unkindly

a rude remark of derision

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lucrative

Back 34

bringing in money; profitable

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mediocre

Back 35

average, ordinary, undistinguished

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proliferate

Back 36

to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

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subjugate

Back 37

to conquer by force, bring under complete control

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sully

Back 38

to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

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tantalize

Back 39

to tease, torment by teasing

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terse

Back 40

brief and to the point

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abridge

Back 41

to make shorter

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adherent

Back 42

a follower, supporter, attached,

sticking to

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altercation

Back 43

an angry argument

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cherubic

Back 44

resembling an angel portrayed as a

little child with a beautiul, round,

or chubby face


sweet and innocent

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condone

Back 45

to pardon or overlook

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dissent

Back 46

to disagree, disagreement

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eminent

Back 47

famous, outstanding, distinguished;

projecting

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exorcise

Back 48

to drive out by magic;

to dispose of something troublesome

menacing, or oppressive

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fabricate

Back 49

to make, manufacture; to make up,

invent

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irate

Back 50

angry

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marauder

Back 51

a raider, plunderer

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obesity

Back 52

excessive fatness

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pauper

Back 53

an extremely poor person

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pilfer

Back 54

to steal in small quantities

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rift

Back 55

a split, break, breach

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semblance

Back 56

a likeness;

an outward appearance

an apparition

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surmount

Back 57

to overcome, rise above

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terminate

Back 58

to bring to an end

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trite

Back 59

commonplace, overused, stale

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usurp

Back 60

to seize and hold a position by force or without right