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Vocab 1
The Vanguard School- English- Tripoli
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English
9th Grade
09/03/2008

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admonish
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v. to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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breach
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n. an opening, gap; a violation or infraction; v. to create an opening, break through
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brigand
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n. a bandit
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circumspect
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adj. careful, cautious
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commandeer
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v. 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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n. a complete standstill; v. to bring to a standstill
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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 or scatter freely or widely; adj. wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
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dilemma
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n. a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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efface
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v. to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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muddle
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v. to make a mess of; to get by; n. 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; n. a plant that lives for many years
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predispose
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v. to incline to beforehand
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relinquish
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v. to let go, give up
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salvage
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v. to save from fire or shipwreck; n. 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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