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Vocabulary unit 1
english 9 honors unit 1
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9th Grade
11/03/2009

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Admonish
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(Verb) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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Breach
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(Noun) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infaction; (Verb) to create an opening, break through
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Brigand
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(Noun) a bandit, robber, outlaw
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Circumspect
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(Adj) careful, cautious
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Commandeer
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(Verb) to seize for military or official use
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Cumbersome
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(Adj) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
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Deadlock
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(Noun) a standtill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces of factions; (Verb) to bring to a standstill
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Debris
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(Noun) scattered fragments, wreckage
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Diffuse
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(Verb) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (Adj) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
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Dilemma
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(Noun) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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Efface
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(Verb) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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Muddle
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(Verb) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (Noun) a hopeless mess
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Opinionated
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(Adj) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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Perennial
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(Adj) lasting for a long time, persistent; (Noun) a plant that lives for many years
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Predispose
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(Verb) to incline to beforehand
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Relinquish
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(Verb) to let go, give up
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Salvage
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(Verb) to save from a fire or shipwreck; (Noun) property thus saved
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Spasmodic
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(Adj) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
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Spurious
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(Adj) not genuine, not true, not valid
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Unbridled
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(Adj) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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