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| admonish | v. to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly;to remind of a duty synonyms: warn, call on the carpet antonyms: praise, pat on the back
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| breach | n. an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction antonyms: close, seal
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| brigand | n. a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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| circumspect | adj. careful, cautious synonyms: wary, prudent, guarded antonyms: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless
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| commandeer | v. to seize for military or official use synonyms: take over, requisition, expropriate
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| cumbersome | adj. clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving synonyms: unwieldy, ponderous antonyms: 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 synonyms: standoff, stalemate, impasse antonyms: agreement, accord, breakthrough
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| debris | n. scattered fragments, wreckage synonyms: 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 synonyms:v. disperse adj.rambling, verbose, prolix antonyms:v. to concentrate; adj.brief, concise, succint
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| dilemma | n. a difficult or perplexing situation or problem synonyms: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind antonym: cinch
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| efface | v.to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed synonyms: 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 synonyms: v. jumble, mess up n. comfusion, disorder antonyms: n. orderliness, tidiness, neatness
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| opinionated | adj. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to ones own ideas, having a closed mind synonyms: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible antonyms: open-minded, reasonable
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| perennial | adj. lasting for a long time, persistent; n. a plant that lives for many years synonyms: enduring, recurring antonyms: brief, short lived, fleeting, ephemeral
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| predispose | v. to incline to beforehand synonyms: make susceptible to antonyms: immunize against, shield from
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| relinquish | v. to let go, give up synonyms: surrender, abandon antonyms: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to
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| salvage | v. to save from fire or shipwreck; n. property thus saved synonyms: rescue, recover,retrieve, reclaim antonyms: abandon, scrap, junk
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| spasmodic | adj. sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent synonyms: irregular, occasional antonyms: steady, continuous, chronic
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| spurious | adj. not genuine, not true, not valid synonyms: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus antonyms: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid
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| unbridled | adj. uncontrolled, lacking in restraint synonyms: unrestrained, unchecked antonyms: restrained, held in check, muted
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