unit 1. admonish to caution or advise against something admonish advise against
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circumspectcareful; cautious
circumspect = circus = tight rope or the trapeze artist must be careful!
commandeerto seize for military or official
useThe commander told the troops to
commandeer the enemy camp.
cumbersomeclumsy; hard to handle; slow
movingcumber = cucumber
A barrel of cucumbers can be
very cumbersome to carry.
diffuseTo spread or scatter freely or widely
If a candle has a long “fuse” (wick) the light may spread widely.
dilemmaa difficult or perplexing situation
difficult = dilemmaperplexing situation = problem =
problemaproblema = dilemma
(Spanish)
effaceto wipe-out or to keep oneself from being noticed
erase = wipe-out (rhymes with efface)
face = wipe off your face when you don’t want to be noticed
opinionatedstubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas having a closed mind
OPINION = one’s own ideas
perenniallasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years
perennial = persistentannual = (a flower blooms) once a
year vs.
perennial = lives for many years
spasmodicsudden and violent, but brief; fitful; intermittent
“spaz” = intermittent = randomly act out = fitful
or muscle spasm (sudden, painful/violent, brief= short time)
spuriousnot genuine, not true, not valid
not genuine = bogus = spuriousTell a spurious tale-- it might
make your parents curious about the truth.