Unit 1 Flashcards

(20 cards)

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Admonish

A

To advise (used negativily)

He admished his friend for kicking him.

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Breach

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An issue, an opening, a gap

There was a breach in the system, and all the files where deleted.

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Brigand

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A robber, a theif

The brigand broke into my house from the breach in the wall.

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Circumspect

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Careful

He ran circumspectly through the halls so he didn’t trip.

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5
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Commandeer

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To seize for milatary or official use

The commander commandeered the house so they can find clues.

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Cumbersome

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Clumsy, hard to handle,slow moving

The man was very cumbersome and always tripping on things.

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Deadlock

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Equal, no is winning

The score for our game was in a deadlock so eveyone left but the palying teams.

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Debris

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Scattered stuff,

After the wreckage the debris was out of control.

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Diffuse

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To spread around

The smell of my moms coockies were diffusing around the house.

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Dilemma

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I had a huge dillema, i want to have fun but i don’t want the teacher to hate me.

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Efface

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To forget, to be wiped away

The face of my brother in the army was effced from my memory.

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Muddle

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Make a mess of, hopeless mess,

The puddle turned into a muddle all over my room

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Opinionated

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Stuburn, has an opinion

The man was very opionated and would not listen to other ideas

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Perennial

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Lasts a long time, a flower

My garden in full of perenials, and they are buitoful

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Predispose

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Knowing beforehand, inclined to

He was predisposed for bad studff for his first day.

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16
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Relinquish

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To let go

I relinquished at learning to bike.

17
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Salvage

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To save from fire or shipwreck

That goodness we are able to salvage everything from the fire.

18
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Spasmodic

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Sudden and violent

Spasmodically moving around, dog took a last breathe and died.

19
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Spurious

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Not genuine, not true

My answer was spurious and my teacher cried.

20
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Unbridled

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Lacking to restrain

My dog gets unbridled so we had to put him to sleep.