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Vocabulary Workshop

Vocabulary Workshop. Unit 1 Level D. Unit 1 A. Admonish Breach Brigand Circumspect Commandeer. Unit 1 A. Admonish (v) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

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Vocabulary Workshop

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  1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Level D

  2. Unit 1 A • Admonish • Breach • Brigand • Circumspect • Commandeer

  3. Unit 1 A • Admonish (v) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty • Breach (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v) to create an opening, break through • Brigand (n) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman • Circumspect (adj) careful, cautious • Commandeer (v) to seize for military or official use

  4. Unit 1 B • Cumbersome • Deadlock • Debris • Diffuse • Dilemma

  5. Unit 1 B • Cumbersome (adj) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving • Deadlock (n) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v) to bring to such a standstill • Debris (n) scattered fragments, wreckage • Diffuse (v) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj) wordy, longwinded, or unfocused • Dilemma (n) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

  6. Unit 1 C • Efface • Muddle • Opinionated • Perennial • Predispose

  7. Unit 1 C • Efface (v) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed • Muddle (v) to make a mess of; to get by; (n) a hopeless mess • Opinionated (adj) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind • Perennial (adj) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n) a plant that lives for many years • Predispose (v) to incline to beforehand

  8. Unit 1 D • Relinquish • Salvage • Spasmodic • Spurious • Unbridled

  9. Unit 1 D • Relinquish (v) to let go, give up • Salvage (v) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n) property thus saved • Spasmodic (adj) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent • Spurious (adj) not genuine, not true, not valid • Unbridled (adj) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

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