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| 1. to scold mildly; 2. to advise against something | admonish |
| 1. (n). rift, opening, gap, rupture; 2. (v.) to create an opening | breach |
| a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman | brigand |
| careful, cautious | circumspect |
| to seize for military or official use | commandeer |
| hard to handle, unwieldy | cumbersome |
| a standstill, standoff, stalemate | deadlock |
| scattered fragments, wreckage | debris |
| to spread or scatter freely or widely, disperse | diffuse (v.) |
| wordy, longwinded, unfocused, verbose | diffuse (adj.) |
| a difficult or perplexing situation or problem | dilemma |
| 1. to wipe out; 2. to keep oneself from being noticed | efface |
| 1. (v.) to make a mess of; 2. (n.) a hopeless mess | muddle |
| stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind | opinionated |
| lasting for a long time, persistent | perennial |
| make susceptible to, to incline to beforehand | predispose |
| to let go, give up | relinquish |
| to save from fire or shipwreck | salvage |
| sudden and violent but brief | spasmodic |
| not genuine, not true, not valid | spurious |
| uncontrolled, lacking in restraint | unbridled |