Vocab Unit 1 (Freshman)

Unbridled

(adj) Being without restraint.

Circumspect

(adj) Cautious, prudent, wary, careful.

Spasmodic

(adj) Convulsive, occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts.

Cumbersome

(adj) Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk.

Opinionated

(adj) Holding stubbornly and often unreasonably to one's own opinion.

Spurious

(adj) Not genuine, false or fake.

Muddle

(n) A confused or is ordered condition, a mess. (v) To mix up in a confused or bungling manner.

Perennial

(n) A plant that lasts for several years. (adj) Lasting a very long time, enduring.

Dilemma

(n) A situation in which a choice between opposing methods of conduct is necessary.

Deadlock

(n) A state in which progress is impossible, a standstill. (v) To bring or come into a standstill.

Breach

(n) An opening, tear, or rupture; A violation of a law or promise. (v) To make a hole or gal in, to break through.

Brigand

(n) One who lives by robbery or plunder.

Salvage

(n) Property saved from a shipwreck, fire, etc. (v) To save from a fire, shipwreck, etc.

Debris

(n) The scattered remains of something broken or destroyed; rubble or wreckage.

Efface

(v) To chase to disappear by rubbing out, striking out, etc.

Relinquish

(v) To give up using or having.

Predispose

(v) To make someone inclined to something in advance; to make susceptible.

Commander

(v) To seize for military use; confiscate.

Diffuse

(v) To spread or scatter. (adj) Wordy, tending to use more words than necessary.

Admonish

(v) To warm of a fault, lightly scold.