1. Vocabulary Flash Cards English 9 Unit 1

2. Words, Words, Words dilemma – n. a difficult or perplexing situation or problem muddle – v. to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by (n) a hopeless mess

3. Think, McFly, think! relinquish – v. to let go, give up debris – n. scattered fragments, wreckage commandeer – v. to seize for military or official use

4. My brain is melting! brigand – n. a bandit spurious – adj. not genuine, not true, not valid perennial – adj. lasting for a long time, persistent (n) a plant that lives for many years

5. My mental server is crashing! unbridled – adj. uncontrolled, lacking in restraint cumbersome – adj. clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

6. We faced a dilemma: Face the Wyoming street gang, or turn and run?

7. Backwards? Oh, no! uncontrolled, lacking in restraint unbridled – adj. lasting for a long time, persistent perennial – adj. to seize for military or official use commandeer – v.

8. Hey, this isn’t so hard clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving cumbersome – adj. not genuine, not true, not valid spurious – adj. a difficult or perplexing situation or problem dilemma – n.

9. I might do okay on this test. a bandit brigand – n. to let go, give up relinquish – v. scattered fragments, wreckage debris – n. a hopeless mess muddle – n.

10. Even the TV stations believed the spurious report about Lincoln.

11. More Words? Why not? circumspect – adj. careful, cautious efface – v. to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

12. Repetition, though “boring,” helps, eh? salvage – v. to save from fire or shipwreck (n.) property thus saved deadlock – n a complete standstill; (v) to bring to a standstill

13. Memorize a piece, recognize the whole diffuse – v. to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread opinionated – adj. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind

14. 20 new words isn’t too much spasmodic – adj. sudden and violent but brief; fitful, intermittent admonish –n to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

15. Know them well and use them often! breach – n an opening, gap; a violation or infraction; (v) to create an opening, break through predispose – v. to incline to beforehand

16. The anaconda decided to be more circumspect about his dinner choices from now on.

17. You’re pretty good at this... an opening, gap breach – n to spread or scatter freely or widely diffuse – v. careful, cautious circumspect – adj.

18. Yyyyesss! to save from fire or shipwreck salvage – v. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas opinionated – adj. to incline to beforehand predispose – v.

19. This is pretty much the best vocabulary ever. to wipe out; to keep oneself from being efface – v. sudden and violent but brief; fitful, intermittent spasmodic – adj.

20. 37/40 is an A! a complete standstill deadlock – n to caution or advise against something admonish –n

21. Consumer advocates admonish buyers to check products carefully before eating.