| A | B |
| admonish | to caution or advise against something |
| breach | an opening, gap |
| brigand | a bandit |
| circumspect | careful, cautious |
| commandeer | to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | clumsy, hard to handle |
| deadlock | a complete standstill |
| debris | scattered fragments |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely |
| dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface | to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| muddle | to make a mess of; a hopeless mess |
| opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holdiing to one's own ideas |
| perennial | lasting for a long time, persistent |
| predispose | to incline to beforehand |
| relinquish | to let go, give up |
| salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck |
| spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief |
| spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |