| A | B |
| admonish | ”to caution; warn; scold; call on the carpet” |
| breach | ”a gap; rupture; rift; to break through” |
| brigand | ”a bandit; a robber; highwayman |
| circumspect | ”watchful; discreet; cautious; prudent” |
| commandeer | ”to take over; to seize; requisition; expropriate” |
| cumbersome | ”burdensome; clumsy to handle; heavy; troublesome” |
| deadlock | ”an impass; stalemate; standstill; a standoff” |
| debris | ”litter; trash; rubble; the remains of anything broken-down or destroyed; ruins” |
| diffuse | ”to spread or scatter widely or thinly; rambling; verbose” |
| dilemma | ”predicament; quandary; ‘pickle’; ‘bind’” |