| A | B |
|---|
| admonish | (v.) to caution or advise against doing; to scold |
| breach | (n.) an opening, gap; a violation or infraction (v.) to break through |
| brigand | (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw |
| circumspect | (adj.) careful, cautious |
| commandeer | (v.) to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving |
| deadlock | (n.) a standstill resulting from two equal forces in opposition (v.) to create a standstill |
| debris | (n.) scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | (v.) to spread or scatter widely (adj.) wordy, long-winded, unfocused |
| dilemma | (n.) a problem or perplexing situation |
| efface | (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| muddle | (v.) to make a mess of (n.) a hopeless mess |
| opinionated | (adj.) stubborn, having a closed mind |
| perennial | (adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent (n.) a plant that lives for many years |
| predispose | (v.) to incline to beforehand, make susceptible to |
| relinquish | (v.) to let go, to give up |
| salvage | (v.) to save from fire, shipwreck, etc. (n.) property save from such places |
| spasmodic | (adj.) sudden and violent but brief |
| spurious | (adj.) false, not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | (adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
