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| admonish (v) | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| breach (n) (v) | an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v) to create an opening, 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) (v) | 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 |
| dliemma (n) | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface (v) | to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| muddle (v) (n) | to make a mess; (n) a hopeless mess |
| opinionated (adj) | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding on to one's own ideas, having a closed mind |
| perennial (adj) (n) | lasting for a long time, persistent; (n) a plant that lives for many years |
| predispose (v) | to incline to beforehand |
| relinquish (v) | to let go, give up |
| salvage (v) (n) | 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 |
| ubridled (adj) | lacking in restraint |
