| A | B |
|---|
| admonish | to caution or advise against; reprimand |
| breach | an opening, gap, close |
| brigand | a bandit, robber, outlaw |
| circumspect | careful, cautious, prudent |
| commandeer | to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | clumsy, hard to handle, slow moving |
| deadlock | a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces |
| debris | scattered fragments, remains, flotsam |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely, disperse, verbose |
| dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation, predicament |
| efface | to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| muddle | to make a mess of, to get by, jumble |
| opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas |
| perennial | lasting for a long time, a plant that lives for many years |
| predispose | to incline to beforehand, liable to |
| relinquish | to let go, give up, surrender |
| salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck, recover |
| spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief; fitful; irregular |
| spurious | not genuine, not true, false |
| unbridled | lacking in restraint, unrestrained |
| adjourn | to stop proceedings temporarily; postpone; discontinue |
| alien | a citizen of another country; foreign |
| comely | having a pleasing appearance; good looking |
| compensate | to make up for; to repay for services |
| dissolute | loose in one's morals or behavior |
| erratic | not regular or consistent |
| expulsion | the process of driving or forcing out; removal |
| feint | a deliberately deceptive movement; trick |
| fodder | food for horses or cattle; raw material for a purpose |
| fortify | to strengthen, build up, reinforce |
| illegible | difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | to make fun of rudely or unkindly, mock, laugh at |
| lucrative | bringing in money; gainful; money making |
| mediocre | average, ordinary, run of the mill |
| proliferate | to reproduce, increase, multiply |
| subjugate | to conquer by force; bring under complete control |
| sully | to soil, stain, tarnish, pollute |
| tantalize | to tease, torment by teasing, lead on |
| terse | brief and to the point, succinct |
| unflinching | firm, showing no signs of fear, resolute |
| abridge | to make shorter, shorten |
| adherent | a follower, supporter, attached, disciple |
| altercation | an angry argument, quarrel |
| cherubic | resembling an angel, sweet and innocent; beautific |
| condone | to pardon or overlook, ignore, look the other way |
| dissent | to disagree, disagreement, differ |
| eminent | famous, outstanding, distinguished, illustrious |
| exorcise | to drive out by magic, expel |
| fabricate | to make, manufacture, to make up, invent |
| gluttony | engaging in extreme eating or drinking, overeating |
| irate | angry, incensed, livid |
| marauder | a raider, plunderer, looter |
| pauper | an extremely poor person, distitute person |
| pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
| rift | a split, break, breach, crack |
| semblance | a likeness; an outward appearance; air , facade |
| surmount | to overcome, rise above, conquer |
| terminate | to bring to an end, conclude |
| trite | commonplace, overused, stale |
| usurp | to seize and hold a position by force or without right |
