1. Vocabulary Level D Unit 1

2. admonish
(verb) to caution or
advise against
something;

3. breach
(noun) an opening
gap, rupture or a violation

4. brigand
(noun) a
bandit,
robber,
outlaw,
highwayman

5. circumspect
(adjective) careful,
cautious

6. commandeer
(verb) to
seize for
military or
official use

7. cumbersome
(adjective)
clumsy,
hard to handle;
slow-moving

8. deadlock
(noun) a standstill

9. debris
(noun)
scattered
fragments,
wreckage

10. diffuse
(verb) to spread or
scatter freely or widely

11. dilemma
(noun) a difficult
situation or problem

12. efface
(verb) to wipe
out

13. muddle
(verb) to make
a mess
of; to get by

14. opinionated (adjective) stubborn in holding to one’s own
ideas; having a closed mind

15. perennial
(adjective)
lasting for
a long time

16. predispose
(verb) to incline to
beforehand; to have a
tendency

17. relinquish
(verb) to let go,
give up

18. salvage
(verb) to save from
fire or shipwreck

19. spasmodic
(adjective)
sudden or violent but brief;

20. spurious
(adjective) fake,
not true, not valid

21. unbridled
(adjective)
uncontrolled,