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Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1
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General Vocab
9th Grade
09/17/2011

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Breach
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n. an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; v. create an opening, break through
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Admonish
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adj. to caution or advise against something; to sclod mildly; to remind of a duty
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Brigand
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n. a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwyman
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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. standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions; v. to bring to such 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
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Dilemma
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n. difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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Efface
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v. to wipe out; 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. 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 shopwreck; n. porperty 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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