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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 |
| adjourn | to stop proceedings temporarily |
| alien (n.) | a citizen of another country |
| alien (adj.) | foreign, strange |
| comely | having a pleasing appearance |
| compensate | to make up for |
| dissolute | loose in one's morals or behavior |
| erratic | not regular or consistent |
| expulsion | the process of driving or forcing out |
| feint | a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense |
| fodder | 1. food for horses or cattle; 2. raw material for a designated purpose |
| fortify | to strengthen, build up |
| illegible | difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | to make fun of rudely or unkindly |
| lucrative | bringing in money, profitable |
| mediocre | average, ordinary |
| proliferate | to reproduce, increase |
| subjugate | to conquer by force |
| sully | to soil, stain, tarnish |
| tantalize | to tease |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| unflinching | firm, showing no fear |
| abridge | to make shorter |
| adherent (n.) | a follower, supporter |
| adherent (adj.) | attached, sticking to |
| altercation | an angry argument |
| cherubic | resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face |
| condone | to pardon or overlook |
| dissent | to disagree |
| eminent | famous, outstanding |
| exorcise | 1. to drive out by magic; 2. to dispose of something troublesome |
| fabricate | to make, manufacture, to invent |
| irate | angry |
| marauder | a raider, plunderer |
| obesity | excessive fatness |
| pauper | an extremely poor person |
| pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
| rift | a split, break, breach |
| semblance | a likeness, an outward appearance |
| surmount | to overcome, rise above |
| terminate | to bring to an end |
| trite | commonplace; overused, stale |
| usurp | to seize and hold a position by force or without right |