| A | B |
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| admonish | v. to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind or warn |
| breach | n. an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; v. to create an opening, to 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, long-winded, 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 many years |
| predisposed | 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 |
