Sadlier Oxford Level D Units 1-3

admonish

to caution or advise against something, to remind of a duty

breach

an opening, gap, a violation/ infraction or to create an opening

brigand

a bandit

circumspect

careful, cautious

commandeer

to seize for military or official use

cumbersome

clumsy, hard to handle, slow moving

deadlock

a complete standstill

debris

scattered fragments, wreckage

diffuse

to spread or scatter freely or wordy, long-winded

dilemma

difficult problem or situation

efface

to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

muddle

to make a mess of, to get by; a hopeless mess

opinionated

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

to incline to beforehand

relinquish

to let go, give up

salvage

to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved

spasmodic

sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

spurious

not genuine, not true, not valid

unbridled

uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

adjourn

to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place

alien

a citizen of another country, foreign/strange

comely

having a pleasing appearance

compensate

to make up for, to repay for services

dissolute

loose on one's moral's or behavior

erratic

not regular or consistent, undependable

expulsion

the process of driving or forcing out

feint

a deliberately deceptive movement, a pretense

fodder

food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose

fortify

to strengthen; build up

illegible

difficult or impossible to read

jeer

to make of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark

lucrative

bringing in money, profitable

mediocre

average, ordinary, undistinguished

proliferate

to reproduce, increase or spread rapidly

subjugate

to conquer by force, bring under complete control

sully

to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

tantalize

to tease, torment by teasing

terse

brief and to the point

unflinching

firm, showing no signs of fear

abridge

to make shorter

adherent

a follower, supporter; attached, sticking to

altercation

an angry argument

cherubic

angelic, round and chubby face/ sweet and innocent

condone

to pardon or overlook

dissent

to disagree, disagreement

eminent

famous, outstanding, distinguished

exorcise

to drive out by magic, to dispose of something troublesome, menacing or oppressive

fabricate

to make , manufacture; to make-up, invent

irate

angry

marauder

raider, plunderer

obesity

extreme fatness

pauper

extremely poor person

pilfer

to steal in small quantities

rift

a split, break, breach

semblance

a likeness, an outward appearance; an apparition

surmount

to overcome, rise above

terminate

to bring to an end

trite

commonplace; overused, stale

usurp

to seize and hold a position by force, seize and take control without authority and possibly with force