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| admonish | 1. to scold mildly; 2. to advise against something |
| breach | 1. (n). rift, opening, gap, rupture; 2. (v.) to create an opening |
| brigand | a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| circumspect | careful, cautious |
| commandeer | to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | hard to handle, unwieldy |
| deadlock | a standstill, standoff, stalemate |
| debris | scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse (v.) | to spread or scatter freely or widely, disperse |
| diffuse (adj.) | wordy, longwinded, unfocused, verbose |
| dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface | 1. to wipe out; 2. to keep oneself from being noticed |
| muddle | 1. (v.) to make a mess of; 2. (n.) a hopeless mess |
| opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind |
| perennial | lasting for a long time, persistent |
| predispose | make susceptible to, to incline to beforehand |
| relinquish | to let go, give up |
| salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck |
| spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief |
| spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |