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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 |
| abscond | to run off and hide |
| access (n.) | 1. approach or admittance to places, persons, things; 2. an increase |
| access (v.) | to get at, obtain |
| anarchy | 1. a lack of government and law; 2. confusion |
| arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort |
| auspicious | favorable, fortunate |
| biased | favoring one side unduly, prejudiced |
| daunt | 1. to overcome with fear, intimidate; 2. to dishearten, discourage |
| disentangle | to free from tangles or complications |
| hoodwink | to mislead by a trick, deceive |
| inanimate | 1. not having life; 2. without energy or spirit |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable |
| larceny | theft |
| pliant | 1. bending readily; 2. easily influenced |
| pompous | 1. overly self-important in speech and manner; 2. excessively stately or ceremonious |
| precipice | 1. a very steep cliff; 2. the brink or edge of disaster |
| rectify | to make right, correct |
| fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| reprieve (n.) | a temporary relief or delay |
| reprieve (v.) | to grant a postponement |
| revile | to attack with words, call bad names |
| accomplice | a person who takes part in a crime |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| arbitrary | 1. unreasonable; 2. based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness |
| brazen | 1. made of brass; 2. shameless, impudent |
| catalyst | a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change |
| exodus | a large-scale departure or flight |
| facilitate | to make easier; to assist |
| incorrigible | not able to be corrected; beyond control |
| latent | hidden, present but not realized |
| militant (n.) | an activist |
| militant (adj.) | given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause |
| morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable |
| opaque | 1. not letting light through; 2. not clear or lucid; 3. dense, stupid |
| paramount | chief in importance, above all others |
| prattle | to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble |
| rebut | to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute |
| reprimand (v.) | 1. to scold; 2. find fault with |
| reprimand (n.) | a rebuke; an act of criticism |
| servitude | slavery, forced labor |
| slapdash | careless and hasty |
| stagnant | 1. not running or flowing; 2. foul from standing still; 3. inactive, sluggish, dull |
| succumb | to give way to superior force, yield |
| atone | to make up for |
| bondage | 1. slavery; 2. any state of being bound or held down |
| credible | believable |
| defray | to pay for |
| diligent | hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
| doleful | sad, dreary |
| ghastly | 1. frightful, horrible; 2. deathly pale |
| hamper | to hold back |
| hew | 1. to shape or cut down with an ax; 2. to hold to |
| impoverished | 1. poor, in a state of poverty; 2. depleted |
| incessant | never stopping, going on all the time |
| intricate | complicated, difficult to understand |
| lucid | 1. easy to understand, clear; 2. rational, sane |
| posthumous | occurring or published after death |
| prim | 1. overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; 2. prudish |
| sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
| supplant | to take the place of, supersede |
| taunt (v.) | to jeer at, mock |
| tenacious | 1. holding fast; 2. holding together firmly; 3. persistent |