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Admonish

(v) To caution or advise against something; to scold mildy; to remind of a duty

Breach

(n) An opening, gap; a violation or infraction; (v) to create an opening, break through

Brigand

(n) a bandit

Circumspect

(adj) careful, cautious

Commandeer

(v) to seize for military or official use

Cumbersome

(adj) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

Deadlock

(n) a complete standstill; (v) to bring to 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; muddle through: 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 genuine, not true, not vaild

Unbridled

(adj) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint