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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Admonish | to warn or reprimand firmly |
| Breach | the act of breaking an agreement or the law; a violation |
| Brigand | a bandit, robber or outlaw |
| Circumspect | wary, prudent, guarded; unwilling to take risks |
| Commander | to officially take possession or control |
| Cumbersome | large or heavy and difficult to carry or handle |
| Deadlock | A standstill resulting from two equal, opposing sides. |
| debris | scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter freely and widely |
| Dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| Efface | to erase a mark from a surface; to make yourself unnoticeable |
| Muddle | to make a mess of |
| Opinionated | clinging to one's own ideas in a stubborn way; inflexible |
| Perennial | lasting a long time; persistent |
| Predispose | inclined to a specific attitude, action, or condition |
| Relinquish | To let go or give up |
| Salvage | to rescue or save form a disastrous situation, especially a shipwreck |
| Spasmodic | sudden and violent, brief, fitful, intermittent |
| Spurious | false or fake; not genuine |
| Unbridled | uncontrolled; lacking in restraint |