| A | B |
|---|
| abridge | to make shorter |
| admonish | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of duty |
| altercation | an angry argument |
| breach | an opening, gap, rupture; a violation or infraction; to create an opening |
| brigand | a bandit, robber |
| circumspect | careful, cautious |
| comely | having a pleasing appearance |
| commandeer | to seize for military or official use |
| compensate | to make up for; to repay for services |
| cumbersome | clumsy, hard to handle, slow moving |
| debris | scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter freely; wordy, long, or unfocused |
| dissent | to disagree |
| eminent | famous, outstanding, distinguished |
| erratic | not regular or consistent |
| expulsion | the process of driving or forcing out |
| fabricate | to make, manufacture; to make up, invent |
| fortify | to strengthen, build up |
| gluttony | engaging in extreme eating or drinking |
| irate | angry |
| marauder | a raider, plunderer |
| mediocre | average, ordinary, undistinguished |
| muddle | to make a mess of, a hopeless mess |
| opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to ones own ideas |
| perennials | lasting for a long time, a plant that lives for many years |
| pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
| predispose | to incline to beforehand |
| proliferate | to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
| rift | a split, break, or breach |
| salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck; property saved |
| semblance | a likeness, an outward appearance |
| spasmodic | sudden and violentl but brief |
| spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid |
| sully | to soil, stain, or tarnish |
| surmount | to overcome, rise above |
| tantalize | to tease, torment by teasing |
| terminate | to bring to an end |
| trite | commonplace, overused, stale |
| unbridled | lacking in restraint |
| unflinching | firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |
