9th Grade Unit #1 Vocabulary

to warn or reprimand firmly

• admonish

• breach

• brigant

the act of breaking an agreement or the law; a violation

• breach

• admonish

• brigant

a bandit, robber, or outlaw

• brigant

• breach

• admonish

wary, prudent, guarding; unwilling to take risks

• circumspect

• commander

• cumbersome

to officially take control

• circumspect

• commander

• cumbersome

large or heavy and hard to carry

• cumbersome

• commander

• circumspect

a stand still resulting from opposing forces

• deadlock

• debris

• difuse

scattered fragments, wreckage

• debris

• deadlock

• diffuse

to spread or scatter freely or wildly

• diffuse

• debris

• deadlock

a difficult or perplexing situation

• dilemma

• efface

• muddle