| A | B |
|---|
| to caution or advise against something; to scold | admonish |
| an opening; gap, rupture | breach |
| a bandit, robber, outlaw | brigand |
| careful, cautious | circumspect |
| to seize for military or official use | commandeer |
| clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving | cumbersome |
| a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions | deadlock |
| scattered fragments | debris |
| to spread or scatter freely or widely | diffuse |
| a difficult or perplexing situation or problem | dilemma |
| to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed | efface |
| to make a mess of | muddle |
| stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind | opinionated |
| lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years | perennial |
| to incline to beforehand | predispose |
| to let go, give up | relinquish |
| to save from fire or shipwreck | salvage |
| sudden and violent but brief; fitful | spasmodic |
| not genuine, not true, not valid | spurious |
| uncontrolled, lacking in restraint | unbridled |
