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admonish: (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty SYN: warn, call on the carpet ANT: praise, pat on the back
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breach: (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infration (v.) to create an opening, break through ANT: (v.) close, seal
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brigand: (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman SYN: Bandit, robber, outlaw
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circumspect: adj.) careful, cautious SYN: wary, prudent, guarded ANT: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless
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commandeer: (v.) to seize for military or official use SYN: take over, requisition, expropriate
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cumbersome: adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving SYN: unwieldy, ponderous ANT: manageable, easy to handle
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deadlock: (n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions (v.) to bring to such a standstill SYN:(n.) standoff, stalemate, impasse ANT:(n.)agreement, accord, breakthrough
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debris: (n.) sacttered fragments, wreckage SYN: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam
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diffuse: (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely;(adj.) wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread SYN: (v.) disperse (adj.) rambling, verbose, prolix ANT: (v.) concentrate (adj.) brief, concise, succinct
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dilemma: (n.) a dificult or perplexing situation or problem SYN: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind ANT: cinch
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efface: (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed SYN: blot out; erase obliterate, expunge
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muddle: (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through; to get by (n.) a hopeless mess SYN: (v.)jumble, mess up; (n.)confusion, disorder ANT: (n.) orderliness tidiness, neatness
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opinionated: (adj.)stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind SYN: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible ANT: open-minded, reasonable
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perennial: (adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent (n.) a plant that lives for many years SYN: (adj.) enduring, recurring ANT: (adj.) brief, short-lived, fleeting ephemeral
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predispose: (v.) to incline to beforehand SYN: make susceptible to ANT: immunize against, shield from
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relinquish: (v.) to let go, give up SYN: surrender, abandon ANT: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to
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salvage: (v.) to save from fire or shipwreck (n.) property thus saved SYN: (v.) rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim ANT: (v.) abandon, scrap, junk
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spasmodic: (adj.) sudden and violent but brief, fitful, intermittent SYN: irregular, occasional ANT: steady, continuous, chronic
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spurious: (adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid SYN: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus ANT: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid
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unbridled: (adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint SYN: unrestrained, unchecked ANT: restrained, held in check, muted