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admonish |
to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; warn, call on the carpet |
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breach |
an opening, gap, rupture, rift; to create an opening, break through |
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brigand |
a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
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circumspect |
careful, cautious, wary , prudent, guarded |
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commandeer |
to seize for military or official use, take over, requisition |
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cumbersome |
clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving, unwieldy, ponderous |
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deadlock |
standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to bring to such a standstill |
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debris |
scattered fragments, wreckage, rubble, detritus |
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diffuse |
to spread or scatter freely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
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dilemma |
a difficult or perplexing situation or problem, predicament, pickle, bind |
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efface |
to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
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muddle |
to make a mess of ; a hopeless mess |
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opinionated |
stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind |
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perennial |
lasting for a long time, persistent, a plant that lives for many years |
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predispose |
to incline to beforehand |
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relinquish |
to let go, give up, surrender, abandon |
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salvage |
to save from fire or shipwreck, property thus saved |
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spasmodic |
sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
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spurious |
not genuine, not true, not valid |
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unbridled |
uncontrollable, lacking in restraint |
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