admonish
To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly;
BREACH
verb: to create an opening, break through.
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
A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions;
Debris
Scattered fragments, wreckage
Diffuse
To spread or scatter freely or widely
Dilemma
A difficult or perplexing situation or problem
Efface
To wipe out;
Muddle
To make a mess of;
Opinionated
Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas,
Perennial
lasting for a long time, persistent;
Predispose
To incline to beforehand
Relinquish
To let go, give up
Salvage
To save from fire or shipwreck,
Spasmodic
Sudden and violent but brief;
Spurious
Not genuine, not true, not valid
Unbridled
Lacking in restraint
Adjourn
To stop proceedings temporarily;
Alien
(adj) foreign, strange
Comely
Having a pleasing appearance
Compensate
To make up for;
Dissolute
Loose in one's morals or behavior
Erratic
Not regular or consistent;
Expulsion
The process of driving or forcing out
Feint
A deliberately deceptive movement;
Fodder
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 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
Abridge
To make shorter
Adherent
(adj) attached, sticking to
Altercation
An angry argument
Cherubic
sweet and innocent
Condone
To pardon or overlook
Dissent
Disagreement;
Eminent
Famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting
Exorcise
to dispose of something troublesome, menacing or oppressive.
Fabricate
to make up, invent
Gluttony
greedy overindulgence
Irate
angry
Marauder
A raider, plunderer
Pauper
An extremely poor person
Pilfer
To steal in small quantities
Rift
A split, break, breach
Semblance
an outward appearance;
Surmount
To overcome, rise above
Terminate
To bring to an end
Trite
Commonplace;
Usurp
To seize and hold a position by force or without right.
Abscond
To run off and hide
Access
(n) Approach or admittance to places, persons, things;
Anarchy
confusion
Arduous
(adj) hard to do, requiring much effort
Auspicious
(adj) favorable, fortunate
daunt
(v) to overcome with fear, intimidate;
Disentangle
(v) to free from tangles or complications
Fated
(adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune
Hoodwink
To mislead by a trick, swindle
Inanimate
(adj) not having life;
Incinerate
(v) to burn to ashes
Intrepid
(adv) very brave, fearless, unshakable
larceny
(n) theft
Pliant
(adj) bending readily;
Pompous
(adj) overly self important in speech and manner;
precipice
the brink or edge of disaster
Prototype
(n) an original modern on which later versions are patterned
Rectify
(v) to make right;
reprieve
(n) a temporary relief or delay;
Revile
(v) to attack with words;
accomplice
(n) a person who takes part in a crime
Annihilate
(v) to destroy completely
Arbitrary
based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness
Brazen
(adj) shameless, impudent;
Catalyst
any agent that causes change
exodus
(n) a large scale departure or flight
Facilitate
(v) to make easier;
Incorrigible
(adj) not able to be corrected;
Latent
present, but not realized
Militant
active and aggressive in support of a cause;
morose
(adj) having a gloomy or sullen manner;
Opaque
not clear or lucid;
Paramount
(adj) chief in importance, above all others
Prattle
(v) to talk in an aimless, simple or foolish way;
Rebut
(v) to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion;
reprimand
(v) to scold;
Servitude
forced labor
Slapdash
(n) careless and hasty
Stagnant
foul from standing still;
Succumb
(v) to give way to a superior force;
atone
(v) to make up for
bondage
any state of being bound or held down
credible
(adj) believable
defray
(v) to pay for
diligent
(adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy
ghastly
(adj) frightful, horrible;
hamper
(v) to hold back
hew
(v) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
impoverished
(adj) poor, in a state of poverty;
incessant
(adj) never stopping, going on all the time
intricate
(adj) complicated;
lucid
(adj) easy to understand, clear;
posthumous
(adj) occurring or published after death
prim
(adj) overly neat, proper, or formal;
sardonic
(adj) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
superfluous
(adj) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
supplant
(v) to take the place of; supersede
taunt
(v) to jeer at, mock;
tenacious
(adj) holding fast;
adieu
(INT) "FAREWELL!";
advent
(N) AN ARRIVAL;
apex
(N) THE HIGHEST POINT, TIP
assimilate
(V) TO ABSORB FULLY;
bogus
(ADJ) FALSE;
exorbitant
(ADJ) UNREASONABLY HIGH;
Inundate
TO OVERWHELM BY NUMBERS OR SIZE.
malign
(ADJ) EVIL
meander
(V) TO WANDER ABOUT, WIND ABOUT;
metropolis
(n) A LARGE CITY;
momentous
(ADJ) VERY IMPORTANT
obstreperous
UNRULY, DISORDERLY
pensive
(ADJ) THOUGHTFUL;
perilous
(ADJ) DANGEROUS
shoddy
CHARACTERIZED BY INFERIOR WORKMANSHIP
sprightly
(ADJ) LIVELY, FULL OF LIFE;
surly
(ADJ) ANGRY AND BAD-TEMPERED;
tirade
(N) A LONG, ANGRY SPEECH, USUALLY VERY CRITICAL
vagrant
(N) AN IDLE WANDERER, TRAMP;
interim
(N) THE TIME BETWEEN;
Assurance
freedom from doubt, self-confidence
asylum
a place of safety
console
(v) to comfort; (n) the keyboard of an organ;
dilate
(v) to make or become larger or wider;
dross
(n) refuse, waste products
dwindle
(v) to lessen, diminish
flippant
(adj) lacking in seriousness;
immunity
freedom from some charge or obligation
Institute
(v) to establish, set up;
liability
something disadvantageous
preposterous
(adj) ridiculous, senseless
pugnacious
(adj) quarrelsome, fond of fighting
rabid
(adj) furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme;
realm
a region or field of study
rejuvenate
to make like new
remunerate
(v) to reward, pay, reimburse
sparse
(adj) meager, scant;
sterling
(adj) genuine, excellent;
venture
(n) a risky or daring undertaking;
warp
(v) to twist our of shape;