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Admonish

Admonish. To caution or advise against something; scold mildly; to remind of a duty. The doctor admonished the man for smoking. Breach. An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v) to create an opening, break through “Oh man, I have three breaches in my barrel!”

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Admonish

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  1. Admonish To caution or advise against something; scold mildly; to remind of a duty. The doctor admonished the man for smoking.

  2. Breach • An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; • (v) to create an opening, break through “Oh man, I have three breaches in my barrel!” John and Kate have breached their marriage vows.

  3. Brigand • A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman I’m such a great brigand that I’ll never get caught!

  4. Circumspect • Careful, cautious • Syns: prudent, guarded • Ants: rash, reckless • Would “circumspect” have a favorable or unfavorable connotation? Are you?

  5. Commandeer • To seize for military or official use. • Syn: take over, requisition, expropriate • Break this word apart. What will be your hint on the quiz? Can you use this in a sentence?

  6. Cumbersome • Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving Syn: unwieldy, ponderous Ant: manageable, easy to handle

  7. Deadlock • A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces. • (v) to bring to such a standstill • Do you know what it is called when you tie in chess?

  8. Debris • Scattered fragments, wreckage • Syns: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam • When you open your locker, is there debris all over?

  9. Diffuse • To spread or scatter freely or widely. • (adj.) wordy, longwinded, scattered or wildly spread. • Weeds often diffuse in my garden.

  10. Dilemma • A difficult or perplexing situation or problem. Syn: predicament, quandary, pickle Ant: cinch “Don’t you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?”

  11. Efface • V- to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed • Syn: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge Not studying for the final exam effaced my hopes of being on the honor roll.

  12. Muddle • V- to make a mess of; muddle through: get by. • N- a hopeless mess • Syn: (v) jumble mess up. (n) confusion, disorder • Ant (n) orderliness, tidiness, neatness It’s so much fun to muddle my way through dinner!

  13. Opinionated • Adj. Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind. • Syn- obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible • Ant- open-minded, reasonable Is this what it means to be pigheaded?

  14. Perennial • Adj.-Lasting for a long time, persistent • n,.- a plant that lives for many years • Syn: enduring, recurring • Ant.: brief, shirt-lived, fleeting, ephemeral

  15. Predispose • V. To incline to beforehand • Syn: make susceptible to • Ant: immunize against • Break the word into parts. How does this help? • Are you predisposed to getting sick easily?

  16. Relinquish • V. to let go, give up • Syn: surrender, abandon • Ant: hold on to, keep, restrain • Awhite flag symbolizes surrendering and relinquishing. • Lincoln-Way will never relinquish its reign as the greatest school in Illinois!

  17. Salvage • V. To save from fire or shipwreck • N. property thus saved SYN: rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaimAnt: abandon, scrap, junk • Does this remind you of another word from this unit? • The salvage from the boat consisted of ancient jewels and coins

  18. Spasmodic • ADJ. sudden and violent but brief • Syn: irregular, occasional • Ant: steady, continuous, chronic • The spasmodicstorm caused their basement to flood.

  19. Spurious • Adj. Not genuine, not true • Syn.: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus • Ant.: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid • Does the word “spurious” have a favorable or unfavorable connotation? Here is an example of a spurious $50.00

  20. Unbridled • Adj.: uncontrolled, lacking in restraint • Syn.: unrestrained, unchecked • Ant.: restrained, held in check, muted What do you do when you feel unbridledanger?

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