| Term | Definition |
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| Admonish | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| Breach | (n)an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation of infraction;(v) to create an opening |
| Brigand | a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| Circumspect | careful, cautious |
| Commandeer | to seize for military or official use |
| Cumbersome | clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving |
| Deadlock | (n) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions;(v) to bring such a stand still |
| Debris | scattered fragments, wreckage |
| Diffuse | (v) to spread or scatter freely or widely;(adj) long-winded, unfocused |
| Dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| Efface | to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| Muddle | (v) to make a mess of, to get by; (n) a hopeless mess |
| Opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in 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 | to incline to beforehand |
| Relinquish | to let go, give up |
| Salvage | (v) to save from fire or shipwreck;(n) property thus saved |
| Spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
| Unbridled | uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
| Adjourn | to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place |
| Alien | (n) a citizen of another country;(adj) foreign, strange |
| Comely | having a pleasing appearance |
| Compensate | to make up for; to repay for services |
| Dissolute | loose in one's morals or behavior |
| Erratic | not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable |
| Expulsion | the process of driving or forcing out |
| Feint | (n) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense;(v) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of |
| Fodder | food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
| Fortify | to strengthen; build up |
| Illegible | difficult or impossible to read |
| Jeer | (v) to make fun of rudely or unkindly;(n) a rude remark of derision |
| Lucrative | bringing in money; profitable |
| Mediocre | average, ordinary, undistinguished |
| Proliferate | to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
| Subjugate | to conquer by force, bring under complete control |
| Sully | to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch |
| Tantalize | to tease, torment by teasing |
| Terse | brief and to the point |
| Unflinching | firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |
| Abridge | to make shorter |
| Adherent | (n) a follower, supporter; (adj) attached, sticking to |
| Altercation | an angry argument |
| Cherubic | resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent |
| Condone | to pardon or overlook |
| Dissent | (v) to disagree; (n) disagreement |
| Eminent | famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting |
| Exorcise | to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive |
| Fabricate | to make, manufacture; to make up, 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, an apparition |
| Surmount | to overcome, rise above |
| Terminate | to bring to an end |
| Trite | commonplace; overused, stale |
| Usurp | to seize and hold a position by force |
| Spurious | not genuine, not true not valid |
| Abscond | to run off and hide |
| Access | (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v) to get at, obtain |
| Anarchy | a lack of government and law; confusion |
| Arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort |
| Auspicious | favorable, fortunate |
| Biased | favoring one side unduly; prejudiced |
| Daunt | to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
| Disentangle | to free of tangles or complications |
| Fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| Hoodwink | to mislead by trick, deceive |
| Inanimate | not having life; without energy or spirit |
| Incinerate | to burn to ashes |
| Intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable |
| Larceny | theft |
| Pliant | bending readily; easily influenced |
| Pompous | overly self-important in speech or manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
| Precipice | a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster |
| Rectify | to make right, correct |
| Reprieve | (n) a temporary relief or delay; (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 | unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness |
| Brazen | shameless, impudent; made of brass |
| Catalyst | a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any ag |
| 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 | (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist |
| Morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable |
| Opaque | not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid |
| Paramount | chief in importance, above all others |
| Prattle | (v) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; (n) baby talk, babble |
| Rebut | to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute |
| Reprimand | (v) to scold; find fault with; (n) a rebuke |
| Servitude | slavery, forced labor |
| Slapdash | careless and hasty |
| Stagnant | not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull |
| Succumb | to give way to superior force, yield |
| Atone | To make up for |
| Bondage | Slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
| Credible | Believable |
| Defray | To pay for |
| Diligent | Hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
| Doleful | Sad; dreary |
| Ghastly | Frightful, horrible; deathly pale |
| Hamper | To hold back |
| Hew | To shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to |
| Impoverished | Poor, in a state of poverty; depleted |
| Incessant | Never stopping, going an all the time |
| Intricate | Complicated; difficult to understand |
| Lucid | Easy to understand, clear; rational, sane |
| Posthumous | Occurring or published after death |
| Prim | Overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish |
| Sardonic | Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| Superfluous | Exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
| Supplant | To take the place of, supersede |
| Taunt | To jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark |
| Tenacious | Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |
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