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Question 1

admonish

Answer 1

(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly, to remind of a duty

Question 2

breach

Answer 2

(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through

Question 3

brigand

Answer 3

(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

Question 4

circumspect

Answer 4

(adj.) careful, cautious

Question 5

commandeer

Answer 5

(v.) to seize for military/official use

Question 6

cumbersome

Answer 6

(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow moving

Question 7

deadlock

Answer 7

(n.) standstill resulting from opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill

Question 8

debris

Answer 8

(n.) scattered fragments, wreckage

Question 9

diffuse

Answer 9

(v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

Question 10

dilemma

Answer 10

(n.) difficult or perplexing situation or problem

Question 11

efface

Answer 11

(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

Question 12

muddle

Answer 12

(v.) to make a mess of; (n.) a hopeless mess

Question 13

opinionated

Answer 13

(adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding one’s own ideas, having a closed mind

Question 14

perennial

Answer 14

(adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years

Question 15

predispose

Answer 15

(v.) to incline beforehand

Question 16

relinquish

Answer 16

(v.) to let go, to give up

Question 17

salvage

Answer 17

(v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved

Question 18

spasmodic

Answer 18

(adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

Question 19

spurious

Answer 19

(adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid

Question 20

unbridled

Answer 20

(adj.) lacking in restraint