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Antonyms

Admonish

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

warn, call on the carpet

praise, pat on the back

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Breach

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

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Breach

v. to create an opening, break through

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close, seal

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Brigand

n. a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

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Circumspect

adj. careful, cautious

wary, prudent, guarded

incautious, rash, reckless, heedless

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Commandeer

v. to seize for military of official use

take over, requisition, expropriate

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Cumbersome

adj. clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving

unweidly, ponderous

manageable, easy to handle

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Deadlock

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

standoff, stalemate, impasse

agreement, accord, breakthrough

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Deadlock

v. to bring to such a standstill

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Debris

n. scattered fragments, wreckage

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Diffuse

v. to spread or scatter freely or widely

disperse

concentrate

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Diffuse

adj. wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

rambling, verbose, prolix

brief, concise, succini

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Dilemm

n. a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

predicament, quandary, pickle, bind

cinch

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Efface

v. to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge

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Muddle

v.t o make a mess of; muddle through: to get by

jumble, mess up

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Muddle

n. a hopeless mess

confusion, disorder

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Opinionated

adj. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind

obstinte, pigheaded, inflexible

open-minded, reasonable

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Perennial

adj. lasting for a long time, persisten

enduring, recurring

brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral

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Predispose

v. to incline before hand

make susceptible to

immunize against, shield from

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Relinquish

v. to let go, give up

surrender, abandon

hold on to, keep, retain, cling to

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Salvage

v. to save from fire or shipwreck

rescue, recover, retrieve, recaim

abandon scrap junk

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salvage

n. property thus saved

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Spasmodic

adj. sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

irregular, occasionl

steady, continuous, chronic

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Spurious

adj. not genuine, not true, not valid

false, counterfeit, faudulent, bogus

genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid

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Unbridled

adj. uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

unrestrained, unchecked

restrained, held in check, muted

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