| admonish | to caution or advise against something |
| breach | an opening, gap, rupture, a violation or infraction |
| brigand | a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| circumspect | careful, cautious |
| commandeer | to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | clunsy, hard to handle, slow-moving |
| deadlock | a standstill |
| debris | scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely |
| dilemma | a difficult or preplexing situation or problem |
| efface | to wipe out |
| muddle | to make a mess of |
| opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable, having a closed mind |
| perennial | lasting for a long time, persistent, a plant that lives many years |
| predispose | to incline to beforehand |
| relinquish | to let go, give up |
| salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck |
| spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief, fitful |
| spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
| adjourn | to stop proceedings temporarily |
| alien | a citizen of another country, 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 |
| expulsion | the process of driving or forcing out |
| feint | a deliberately deceptive movement, a pretense |
| fodder | food for horses or cattle, 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, undistinguished |
| proliferate | to reproduct, increase, or spread rapidly |
| subjugate | to conquer by force, bring under complete control |
| sully | to soil, stain, or tarnish |
| 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 | a follower, supporter, attached, or sticking to |
| altercation | an angry argument |
| cherubic | resembling an angel |
| condone | to pardon or overlook |
| dissent | to disagree, a disagreement |
| eminent | famous, outstanding, distinguished |
| exorcise | to drive out by magic, to dispose of something troublesome |
| 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, or 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 or without right |