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Sadler-Oxford Level D
Unit 1
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English
9th Grade
12/19/2006

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Breach
Definition
an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create and opening, break through
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admonish
Definition
to caution or advise against; to scold mildly; to remind of duty
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Brigand
Definition
a bandit, robber outlaw, highwayman
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Circumspect
Definition
careful, cautious
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commandeer
Definition
to seize for military or official use
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cumbersome
Definition
clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
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deadlock
Definition
a standstill resulting from the opposition ot two equal forces or factions; to bring to such standstill
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debris
Definition
scattered fragments, wreckage
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diffuse
Definition
to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widley spread.
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dilemma
Definition
a difficult or perplexing situatuion or problem
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efface
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to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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muddle
Definition
to make a mess of; to bet by; a hopeless mess
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opinionated
Definition
stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind.
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perennial
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lasint for a lond time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years
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predispose
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to incline beforehand
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relinquish
Definition
to let go, give up
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salvage
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to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved
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spasmodic
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sudden and violent but brief;fitful;intermittent
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spurious
Definition
not genuine, not true, not valid
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unbridled
Definition
uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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