| A | B |
| admonish | (V) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| breach | (N) 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) 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; 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 for many years |
| predispose | (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 geniune, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | (ADJ) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |