9th grade vocab words

admonish

• (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to

  remind of a duty

• (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to

  create an opening, break through

• careful, cautious

• to forget

Breach

• (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to

  create an opening, break through

• (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to

  remind of a duty

• (v.) to seize for military or official use

• (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

brigand

• (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

• (v.) to seize for military or official use

• (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

• (n.) scattered fragments, wreckage

circumspect

• (v.) to seize for military or official use

• (adj.) careful, cautious

• (n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces

  or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill

• (n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

comandeer

• (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

• (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

• (v.) to seize for military or official use

• (n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

cumbersome

• (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

• (n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces

• (n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

• (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

deadlock

• (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

• (n.) scattered fragments, wreckage

• (n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces

• (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a

  hopeless mess

debris

• (adj,) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own

  ideas, having a closed mind

• (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-

  winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

• (n.) scattered fragments, wreckage

• (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a

  hopeless mess

Diffuse

• (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a

  hopeless mess

• (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

• (adj,) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own

  ideas, having a closed mind

• (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-

  winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

dilemma

• (adj,) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own

  ideas, having a closed

• (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a

  hopeless mess

• (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

• (n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem