Question | Answer |
Admonish | (v) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildy; to remind of a duty |
breach | (n) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v) to create an opening, break through |
brigand | (n) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
circumspect | (adj) careful, cautious |
commandeer | (v) to seize for military or official use |
cumbersome | (adj) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving |
deadlock | (n) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions; (v) to bring to such a standstill |
debris | (n) scattered fragments, wreckage |
defuse | (v) to spread or scatter freely or wildly; (adj) wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; (adj) 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 hopelessness |
opinionated | (adj) stubborn and often unreasonable and often 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 geuine, not true, not valid |
unbridled | (adj) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |