E1H Vocab

admonish

to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of duty

breach

(n) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction

(v) to create an opening, breakthrough

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 fraction

(v) to bring to such a standstill

debris

scatter fragments, wreckage

diffuse

(v) to spreader, scatter freely or widely

(adj) Wordy, long winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

dilemma

a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

efface

to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

muddle

(v)to make a mess out of; model through: to get by

(n) 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 beforehand

relinquish

to let go, give up

salvage

(v)to save from fire or shipwreck

(n) Property thus saved

spasmodic

set in violet But brief; fitful; intermittent

spurious

not genuine, not true, not valid

unbridled

uncontrolled, lacking in restraint