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Unit 1 Vocabulary - Terry Parker High School
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English
10th Grade
09/23/2011

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admonish
Definition
v - to scold
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breach
Definition
n - an opening or gap
OR
v - to break through
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brigand
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n - a bandit, robber, or outlaw
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circumspect
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adj - careful or cautious
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commandeer
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v - to seize for government or military use
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cumbersome
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adj - clumsy or hard to handle
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deadlock
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n - a standstill because no one will compromise
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debris
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n - scattered fragments, wreckage
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diffuse
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v - to spread
AND
adj - not focused
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dilemma
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n - a difficult choice between usually two things
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efface
Definition
v - to wipe out
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muddle
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v - to mess up
OR
n - something that's messed up
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opinionated
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adj
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perenial
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adj - lasting for a long time
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predispose
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v - to invline to beforehand (often like a disease)
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relinquish
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v - to give up something or let something go
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salvage
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v - to save from a shipwreck or fire
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spasmodic
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adj - sudden, violent, and brief - fitful
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spurious
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adj - not genuine, not true, not valid
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unbridled
Definition
adj - not controlled or restrained (usually passion or emotion)
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