E3: Vocabulary - List 1

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

• admonish

• circumspect

• diffuse

• muddle

an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction

• commandeer

• deadlock

• breach

• salvage

a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

• perennial

• brigand

• admonish

• spurious

careful, cautious

• diffuse

• opinionated

• spasmodic

• circumspect

to seize for military or official use

• commandeer

• relinquish

• circumspect

• breach

clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

• cumbersome

• muddle

• spasmodic

• unbridled

a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions

• debris

• brigand

• breach

• deadlock

scattered fragments; wreckage

• salvage

• diffuse

• debris

• predispose

to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused

• efface

• diffuse

• spurious

• circumspect

a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

• brigand

• salvage

• deadlock

• dilemma