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2. admonish To caution or advise against something admonish advise against

3. breach An opening or gap; to break through breach – break through; break a contract

4. brigand bandit, robber; outlaw brigand = band -it

5. circumspect careful; cautious circumspect = circus = tight rope or the trapeze artist must be careful!

6. commandeer to seize for military or official use The commander told the troops to commandeer the enemy camp.

7. cumbersome clumsy; hard to handle; slow moving cumber = cucumber A barrel of cucumbers can be very cumbersome to carry.

8. deadlock a standstill dead= complete standstill –can’t move lock(ed) = can’t move

9. debris Scattered fragments or wreckage Hurricane Debra left the neighborhood scattered with debris.

10. diffuse To spread or scatter freely or widely If a candle has a long “fuse” (wick) the light may spread widely.

11. dilemma a difficult or perplexing situation difficult = dilemma perplexing situation = problem = problema problema = dilemma (Spanish)

12. efface to wipe-out or to keep oneself from being noticed erase = wipe-out (rhymes with efface) face = wipe off your face when you don’t want to be noticed

13. muddle (v)to make a mess of; to get by; (n) a hopeless mess mud = mess/ dirty

14. opinionated stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas having a closed mind OPINION = one’s own ideas

15. perennial lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years perennial = persistent annual = (a flower blooms) once a year vs. perennial = lives for many years

16. predispose to incline to beforehand exposed to beforehand

17. relinquish To let go, give up relinquish = to let go = to release

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

19. spasmodic sudden and violent, but brief; fitful; intermittent “spaz” = intermittent = randomly act out = fitful or muscle spasm (sudden, painful/violent, brief= short time)

20. spurious not genuine, not true, not valid not genuine = bogus = spurious Tell a spurious tale-- it might make your parents curious about the truth.

21. unbridled Uncontrolled, lacking in restraint bridle = horse = unbridled horse is uncontrolled