Grade 9 Vocabulary

to warn or reprimand

firmly

• brigand

• deadlock

• admonish

• dilemma

the act of breaking

an agreement or the

law; a violation

• cumbersome

• breach

• admonish

• diffuse

a bandit, robber, or

outlaw

• debris

• breach

• commandeer

• brigand

wary, prudent,

guarded; unwilling to

take risks

• brigand

• circumspect

• dilemma

• cumbersome

to officially take possession or control

• commandeer

• diffuse

• cumbersome

• admonish

large or heavy and difficult to carry or handle

• brigand

• debris

• cumbersome

• circumspect

a standstill resulting from two equal, opposing forces

• diffuse

• deadlock

• commandeer

• breach

scattered fragments, wreckage

• dilemma

• admonish

• brigand

• debris

to spread or scatter freely or widely

• debris

• diffuse

• deadlock

• dilemma

a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

• dilemma

• circumspect

• deadlock

• admonish