Rash describes something done or made quickly and without thought about what will happen as a result. It can also describe someone who is doing something rash.

// I later regretted having made such a rash promise in a moment of chaos.

// Don't be rash about this decision. Take your time.

To immure something is to enclose it within or as if within walls. Immure is also sometimes used synonymously with imprison.

// Scientists at the research station in Antarctica are immured by the frozen wild that surrounds them.

A gambit is something done or said in order to gain an advantage or to produce a desired effect.

// The workers’ opening gambit in the negotiations was to demand a wage hike.

To hector someone is to criticize or question them in a threatening way.

// The judge ordered the attorney to stop hectoring the witness.

Vaunted describes someone or something that is often spoken of or described as very good or great.

// The team’s vaunted defense faltered in the second half of the game.

Deem is a somewhat formal word used when someone comes to think something or to have something as an opinion after some consideration.

// The covered bridge was closed to automobile traffic for the winter because town officials deemed it a hazard to motorists.