Freshman Vocabulary Unit 1

First Vocabulary Unit!

Here are the words for your first test! Study well! =)

Admonish - to scold or caution

Breach - an opening or to create an opening

Brigand - a robber or bandit

Circumspect - careful or cautious

Commandeer - to seize for military use

Cumbersome - clumsy or awkward

Deadlock - a standoff or stalemate

Debris - wreckage

Diffuse - to spread out or long winded

Dilemma - a problem

Efface - wipe out or erase

Muddle - to make a mess of or a mess

Opinionated - stubborn or having strong ideas

Perennial - lasting a long time

Predispose - to incline to beforehand

Relinquish - to let go or give up

Salvage - to save

Spasmodic - erratic or irregular

Spurious - not true or valid

Unbridled - uncontrolled or unchecked