Eng. 1 Vocab. Unit 1 Practice Game

Admonish

• To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

• Lacking in restraint

Breach

• To incline to beforehand

• An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; To create an opening, break through

Brigand

• A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

• To let go, give up

Circumspect

• Careful, cautious

• Not genuine, not true, not valid

Commandeer

• To incline to beforehand

• To seize for military or official use

Cumbersome

• Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

• To save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved

Deadlock

• A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; To bring to such a standstill

• To make a mess of; muddle through; to get by; a hopeless mess

Debris

• scattered fragments, wreckage

• To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

Diffuse

• To spread or scatter freely or widely; Wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

• Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding one's own ideas, having a closed mind

Dilemma

• A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

• To seize for military or official use