Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary Workshop

Front 1

admonish

Back 1

(verb) to caution or advise against something, to scold mildly, to remind of a duty

Hint 1

s - warn, call on the carpet
a - praise, pat on the back

Front 2

breach

Back 2

(noun) an opening, gap, rupture, rift, a violation or infraction
(verb) to create an opening, break through

Hint 2

a - close, seal

Front 3

brigand

Back 3

(noun) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

Hint 3

Ancient caravans passing through desolate areas were sometimes attacked by_________

Front 4

circumspect

Back 4

(adj.) careful, cautious

Hint 4

s - wary, prudent, guarded
a - incautious, rash, reckless, heedless

Front 5

commandeer

Back 5

(verb) to seize for military or official use

Hint 5

s - take over, requisition, expropriate

Front 6

cumbersome

Back 6

(adj) clumsy, hard to handle, slow moving

Hint 6

s - unwieldly, ponderous
a - manageable, easy to handle

Front 7

deadlock

Back 7

(noun) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions, (verb) to bring to such a standstill

Hint 7

s - standoff, stalemate, impasse
a - agreement, accord, breakthrough

Front 8

debris

Back 8

(verb) scatter fragments, wreckage

Hint 8

s - rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam

Front 9

diffuse

Back 9

(verb) to spread or scatter freely or widely (adj.) wordy, longwinded or unfocused, scatter or widely spread

Hint 9

s - disperse, rambling, verbose, prolix
a - concentrate, brief, concise, succinct

Front 10

dilemma

Back 10

(noun) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

Hint 10

s - predicament, quandary, pickle, bind
a - cinch

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efface

Back 11

(verb) to wipe out, to keep onself from being notices

Hint 11

s - blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge

Front 12

muddle

Back 12

(verb) to make a mess of, to get by (noun) a hopeless mess

Hint 12

s - jumble, mess up, confusion, disorder
a - orderliness, tidiness, neatness

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opinionated

Back 13

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

Hint 13

s - obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible
a - open-minded, reasonable

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perennial

Back 14

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

Hint 14

s - enduring, recurring
a - brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral

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predispose

Back 15

(verb) to incline to beforehand

Hint 15

s - make susceptible to
a - immunize against, shield from

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relinquish

Back 16

(verb) to let go, give up

Hint 16

s - surrender, abandon
a - hold on to, keep, retain, cling to

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salvage

Back 17

(verb) to save from fire or shipwreck (noun) property thus saved

Hint 17

s - rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim
a - adandon, scrap, junk

Front 18

spasmodic

Back 18

(adj.) sudden and violent but brief, fitful, intermittent

Hint 18

s - irregular, occasional
a - steady, continuous, chronic

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spurious

Back 19

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

Hint 19

s - false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus
a - geuine, authentic, bona fide, valid

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unbridled

Back 20

(adj.) uncontrolled, lacking restraint

Hint 20

s - unrestrained, unchecked
a - restrained, held in check, muted