9th vocab quiz 1

What does the word 'deadlock' mean?

• to caution or advise against something
• a bandit, robber, outlaw
• an opening, gap, rupture, rift
• a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions

What does the word 'cumbersome' mean?

• an opening, gap, rupture, rift
• to caution or advise against something
• clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
• a bandit, robber, outlaw

What does the word 'admonish' mean?

• careful, cautious
• a bandit, robber, outlaw
• to create an opening
• to caution or advise against something

What does the word 'dilemma' mean?

• a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
• a bandit, robber, outlaw
• to caution or advise against something
• an opening, gap, rupture, rift

What does the word 'commandeer' mean?

• to seize for military or official use
• to caution or advise against something
• an opening, gap, rupture, rift
• a bandit, robber, outlaw

What does the word 'breach' mean?

• to caution or advise against something
• careful, cautious
• a bandit, robber, outlaw
• an opening, gap, rupture, rift

What does the word 'circumspect' mean?

• an opening, gap, rupture, rift
• careful, cautious
• to caution or advise against something
• a bandit, robber, outlaw

What does the word 'debris' mean?

• a bandit, robber, outlaw
• to caution or advise against something
• an opening, gap, rupture, rift
• scattered fragments, wreckage

What does the word 'diffuse' mean?

• an opening, gap, rupture, rift
• to spread or scatter freely or widely
• to caution or advise against something
• a bandit, robber, outlaw

I needed to ______________ the situation before it got worse.

• circumspect

• commandeer

• diffuse

• brigand