Vocabulary Flash Cards

English 9 Unit 1

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

Think, McFly, think!

• relinquish – v.

• to let go, give up

• debris – n.

• scattered fragments, wreckage

• commandeer – v.

• to seize for military or official use

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

My mental server is crashing!

• unbridled – adj.

• uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

• cumbersome – adj.

• clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

We faced a dilemma: Face the Wyoming street gang, or turn and

run?

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.

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.

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.

Even the TV stations believed the spurious report about

Lincoln.

More Words? Why not?

• circumspect – adj.

• careful, cautious

• efface – v.

• to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

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

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

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

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

The anaconda decided to be more circumspect about his dinner choices from

now on.

You’re pretty good at this . . .

• an opening, gap• breach – n

• to spread or scatter freely or widely• diffuse – v.

• careful, cautious • circumspect – adj.

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.

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.

37/40 is an A!

• a complete standstill

• deadlock – n

• to caution or advise against something

• admonish –n

Consumer advocates admonish buyers to check products carefully before

eating.