Vocab Quiz Jan 31 2022 TMS

(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

• admonish
• usurp
• trite
• terminate

(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through

• breach
• admonish
• usurp
• trite

(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

• brigand
• breach
• admonish
• usurp

(adj.) careful, cautious

• circumspect
• brigand
• breach
• admonish

(v.) to seize for military or official use

• commandeer
• circumspect
• brigand
• breach

(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

• cumbersome
• commandeer
• circumspect
• brigand

(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill

• deadlock
• cumbersome
• commandeer
• circumspect

(n.) scattered fragments; wreckage

• debris
• deadlock
• cumbersome
• commandeer

(v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

• diffuse
• debris
• deadlock
• cumbersome

(n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

• dilemma
• diffuse
• debris
• deadlock