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