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Standard Vocab Week 1

Standard Vocab Week 1. English II Standard Vocab. Admonish. Warn or reprimand someone firmly SYN: Advise, warn, notice, forewarn ANTONYM: allow, compliment, permit. Breach. An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct SYN : crack, break, hole, rupture

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Standard Vocab Week 1

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  1. Standard Vocab Week 1 English II Standard Vocab

  2. Admonish • Warn or reprimand someone firmly • SYN: Advise, warn, notice, forewarn • ANTONYM: allow, compliment, permit

  3. Breach • An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct • SYN: crack, break, hole, rupture • ANTONYM: agreement, closing, solid • Example: Waterpark rules • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaLXyDpuaVQ

  4. Brigand • A member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains • SYN: bandit, desperado, marauder • ANTONYM: good Samaritan • Example: Scooby Doo pirates ambush • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAnre-EnUK0

  5. Circumspect • Wary and unwilling to take risks • SYN: careful, prudent, vigilant • ANTONYM: careless, foolish, reckless • Example: Hermione Granger • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P76rU-C4pXg

  6. Commandeer • Officially take possession or control of (something), usually military purpose • SYN: confiscate, hijack, annex, enslave • ANTONYM: give, keep, let go, receive • Example: Pirates of the Caribbean • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGWYNgjvddc

  7. Cumbersome • Large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy • SYN: bulky, heavy, tiresome, burdensome • ANTONYM: aiding, airy, convenient, easy • Example: Friends Pivot • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2u0sN9stbA

  8. Deadlock • A situation, typically one involving opposing parties, in which no progress can be made • SYN: gridlock, predicament, • standoff, standstill • ANTONYM: good fortune, • solution

  9. Debris • Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed • SYN: junk, remains, rubbish, rubble • ANTONYM: processions, sense, mementos, neatness

  10. Diffuse • Spread or cause to spread information over a wide area or among a large number of people • SYN: broadcast, circulated, diluted • ANTONYM: concentrated, condensed, brief • Example: MLK I have a dream • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAtOV_cp2b8

  11. Dilemma • A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives • SYN: difficulty, embarrassment, impasse, mess • ANTONYM: good fortune, solution, advantageDi • Example: Dilemma by Nelly • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WYHDfJDPDc • Based on the lyrics in the song Dilemma by Nelly it is about a girl who is interested in Nelly, but cannot pursue it because she is already involved in a relationship with someone else.

  12. Efface • Erase (a mark) from a surface • SYN: cancel, delete, destroy, edit • ANTONYM: build, construct, create

  13. Muddle • Bring into a disordered or confusing state • SYN: chaos, botch, clutter, confusion • ANTONYM: advantage, blessing, calm, clarity • Example: Black Friday shopping • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xL8rE9DT4g

  14. Opinionated • Conceitedly assertive and dogmatic in one’s opinions • SYN: assertive, cocky, stubborn • ANTONYM: shy, compromising, indifferent

  15. Perennial • lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time • SYN: chronic, continuing, eternal, longstanding • ANTONYM: ceasing, ending, halting, occasional

  16. Predispose • Make someone liable or inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition • SYN: incline, activate, affect, induce • ANTONYM: be fair, comply, consent

  17. Relinquish • Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up • SYN: • ANTONYM: • Example: Princess Diaries • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpnl9rrmpqk

  18. Salvage • Rescue (a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo) from loss at sea • SYN: • ANTONYM: • Example: saving man from the titanic • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmMWNAV3vRM

  19. Spasmodic • Occurring or done in brief, Irregular bursts • SYN: • ANTONYM: • Example: Prancercise • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew

  20. Spurious • No being what it is supposed to be; false or fake • SYN: • ANTONYM:

  21. Unbridled • Uncontrolled; Unconstrained • SYN: • ANTONYM: • Example: Sandman in football stadium • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blzftASduNc

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