Unit 1 Vocab

3. Lacking in restraint
5. Sudden and violent but brief
6. To seize for military or official use
9. A difficult or perplexing situation or problem
10. (n.) An opening, gap, rupture, rift, violation - (v.) to create an opening, break through
13. Clumsy, hard to handle, slow moving
17. Careful, cautious
18. Not genuine, not true, not valid
20. Scattered fragments, wreckage

1. (adj.) Lasting for a long time, persistent - (n.) A plant that lives for many years
2. (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely - (n.) wordy, long, or unfocused
4. (n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces of fractions (v.) to bring to a standstill
7. (v.) To make a mess of, muddle through,to get by - (n.) a hopeless mess
8. (v.) To save from fire or shipwreck - (n.) property thus saved
11. To let go, give up
12. To caution or advise against something, to scold mildly, to remind of a duty
14. A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
15. To wipe out, to keep oneself from being noticed
16. To incline to beforehand
19. Stubborn and often unreasonable to one's own ideas, having a closed mind