1. Vocabulary Workshop
Unit 1 Level D
English 9A

2. Admonish
(v) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
Synonym: warn, call on the carpet
Antonym: praise, pat on the back

3. Breach
(n) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v) to create an opening, break through
Antonym: (v) close, seal

4. Brigand
(n) bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

5. Circumspect (adj.) careful, cautious Synonym: wary, prudent, guarded
Antonym: rash, reckless

6. commandeer (v) to seize for military or official use
Synonym: take over, requisition, expropriate
"Well, then, I confess. It is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder, and otherwise pilfer my weaselly black guts out.“ Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

7. Cumbersome (adj) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
Synonym: ponderous
Antonym: manageable, easy to handle

8. Deadlock
(n) n. a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v) to bring to such a standstill
Synonym: standoff, stalemate, impasse
Antonym: agreement, accord, breakthrough

9. Debris (n) scattered fragments, wreckage
Synonym: rubble, flotsam and jetsam

10. Diffuse
(v)to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
Synonym: (v) disperse; (adj) rambling, verbose
Antonym: (v) concentrate; (adj) brief, concise, succinct

11. Dilemma (n) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
Synonym: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind
Antonym: cinch

12. Efface (v) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being notice
Synonym: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge

13. Muddle
(v) to make a mess of, muddle through, to get by; (n) a hopeless mess
Synonym: (v) jumble, mess up; (n) confusion, disorder
Antonym: (n) orderliness, tidness, neatness

14. Opinionated
(adj) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind
Synonym: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible
Antonym: open-minded, reasonable

15. Perennial
(adj) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n) a plant that lives for many years
Synonym: (adj) enduring, recurring
Antonym: (adj) brief, short-lived, fleeting

16. Predisposed (v) to incline to beforehand Synonym: make susceptible to
Antonyms: immunize against, shield from

17. Relinquish (v) to let go, give up Synonym: surrender, abandon
Antonym: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to

18. Salvage (v) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n) property thus saved
Synonym: (v) rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim
Antonym: (v) abandon, scrap, junk

19. Spasmodic (adj) sudden and violent but brief, fitful; intermittent
Synonym: irregular, occasional
Antonym: steady, continuous, chronic

20. Spurious (adj) not genuine, not true, not valid
Synonym: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus
Antonym: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid

21. Unbridled (adj) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
Synonym: unrestrained, unchecked
Antonym: restrained, held in check, muted
The Unbridled Spirit by Nancy Glazier