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Vocabulary Words 1
Vocabulary workshop level D unit one
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English
9th Grade
09/02/2008

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admonish
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to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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Breach
Definition
an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction
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Brigand
Definition
a bandit or robber
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Circumspent
Definition
careful, cautous
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Cumbersome
Definition
clumsy, hard to handel; slow-moving
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Deadlock
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a standstill resulting from the opposition of equal forces or factions
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Debris
Definition
scattered fragments
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Diffuse
Definition
to spread or scatter freely or widely
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Deliemma
Definition
a difficult situation or problem
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Efface
Definition
to wipe out or keep oneself from being noticed
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Muddle
Definition
to make a mess of
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Opinionated
Definition
stubborn and often unreasonable in holding one's own ideas
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Perenial
Definition
lasting for a long time, persistant n. a plant that lives for many years
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Predispose
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to incline to beforehand
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Relinquish
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to let go or give up
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Salvage
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to save from fire or shipwreck
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spasmodic
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sudden and violent but brief
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Spurious
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not genuine or true
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Unbridled
Definition
uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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Commandeer
Definition
to seize for military or official use
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