| A | B |
|---|
| admonish | (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| breach | (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through |
| brigand | (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| 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 the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill |
| debris | (n.) scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
| dilemma | (n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface | (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| muddle | (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess |
| opinionated | (adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, 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 |
| relinquish | (v.) to let go, give up |
| salvage | (v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved |
| spasmodic | (adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
| spurious | (adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | (adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
