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Vocabulary Flash Cards
English 9 Unit 1
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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
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Think, McFly, think!
• relinquish – v.
• to let go, give up
• debris – n.
• scattered fragments, wreckage
• commandeer – v.
• to seize for military or official use
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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
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My mental server is crashing!
• unbridled – adj.
• uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
• cumbersome – adj.
• clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
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We faced a dilemma: Face the Wyoming street gang, or turn and
run?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Even the TV stations believed the spurious report about
Lincoln.
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More Words? Why not?
• circumspect – adj.
• careful, cautious
• efface – v.
• to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The anaconda decided to be more circumspect about his dinner choices from
now on.
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You’re pretty good at this . . .
• an opening, gap• breach – n
• to spread or scatter freely or widely• diffuse – v.
• careful, cautious • circumspect – adj.
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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.
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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.
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37/40 is an A!
• a complete standstill
• deadlock – n
• to caution or advise against something
• admonish –n
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Consumer advocates admonish buyers to check products carefully before
eating.