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Mrs. Pasukinis Vocab Unit 1
Mrs. Pasukinis Vocab Unit 1
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English
8th Grade
12/09/2012

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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
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an opening, a gap, rupture, rift, violation, or infraction, to break through, to create an opening
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brigand
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a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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circumspect
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careful, cautious
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commandeer
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to seize for military or official use
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cumbersome
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clumsy, hard to handle, slow moving
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deadlock
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a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions, to bring to such a standstill
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debris
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scattered fragments, wreckage
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diffuse
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to spread or scatter freely or widely, wordy, long winded, or unfocused, scattered, or widely spread
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dilemma
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a difficult or perplexing situation 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
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to make a mess of, muddle through, to get by, a hopeless mess
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opinionated
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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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perennial
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lasting for a long time, persistant, 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, 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
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not genuine, not true, not valid
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unbridled
Definition
uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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