| Term | Definition |
|---|
| dilemma | (n)a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| admonish | (v)to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; 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 factions; (v) to bring to such a standstill |
| debris | (n) scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | (v) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
| 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 hopeless mess |
| opinionated | (adj) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind |
| perennial | (adj) lasting for a lont time, persistent; (n) to 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 bried; fitful; intermittent |
| spurious | (adj) not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | (adj) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
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