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Vocabulary 9: Unit 1-3
Match the following vocabulary words from units 1, 2 and 3 to their correct definitions
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| admonish | to caution or advise against |
| breach | an opening |
| brigand | a bandit |
| circumspect | careful, cautious |
| commandeer | to seize for military use |
| cumbersome | clumsy |
| deadlock | a complete standstill |
| debris | wreckage |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter freely |
| dilemma | a difficult situation or problem |
| efface | erase |
| muddle | to make a mess of |
| opinionated | having a closed mind |
| perennial | lasting a long time |
| predispose | to incline to beforehand |
| relinquish | to let go |
| salvage | to save from wreckage |
| spasmodic | fitful |
| spurious | not genuine |
| unbridled | uncontrolled |
| adjourn | to stop proceedings for a time |
| alien | foreign, strange |
| comely | attractive |
| compensate | to repay for services |
| dissolute | loose in one's morals |
| erratic | not egular or consistent |
| expulsion | process of forcing out |
| feint | a deliberately deceptive move |
| fodder | food for cattle |
| fortify | strengthen |
| illegible | difficult to read |
| jeer | ridicule |
| lucrative | profitable |
| mediocre | average, ordinary |
| proliferate | increase |
| subjugate | to conquer |
| sully | to soil, stain |
| tantalize | tease, torment |
| terse | brief |
| unflinching | not drawing back |
| abridge | to make shorter |
| adherent | a follower; sticking to something |
| altercation | an angry argument |
| cherubic | angelic |
| condone | to pardon, overlook |
| dissent | to disagree |
| eminent | famous, distinguished |
| exorcise | to drive out by magic |
| fabricate | to make up |
| irate | angry |
| marauder | a raider |
| obesity | extreme fatness |
| pauper | a poor person |
| pilfer | to steal |
| rift | a break, breach |
| semblance | a likeness |
| surmount | to rise above |
| terminate | to bring to an end |
| trite | overused |
| usurp | to seize a position by force |
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