English Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Front 1

(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

Back 1

admonish

Front 2

(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create a opening, break through

Back 2

breach

Front 3

(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

Back 3

brigand

Front 4

(adj.) careful, cautious

Back 4

circumspect

Front 5

(v.) to seize for military or official use

Back 5

commandeer

Front 6

(v.) to let go, give up

Back 6

relinquish

Front 7

(v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved

Back 7

salvage

Front 8

(adj.) sudden and violent but brief ; fifful; intermittent

Back 8

spasmodic

Front 9

(adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid

Back 9

spurious

Front 10

(adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

Back 10

unbridled

Front 11

(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

Back 11

cumbersome

Front 12

(n.) a standstill resulting form the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill

Back 12

deadlock

Front 13

(n.) scattered fragments, wreckage

Back 13

debris

Front 14

(v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

Back 14

diffuse

Front 15

n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

Back 15

dilemma

Front 16

(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

Back 16

efface

Front 17

(v.) to make a messof, muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess

Back 17

muddle

Front 18

(adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind

Back 18

opinionated

Front 19

(adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years

Back 19

perennial

Front 20

(v.) to incline to beforehand

Back 20

predispose