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(v.) To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty.
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Admonish
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(n.) An openming gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through.
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Breach
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(n.) A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman.
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Brigand
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(adj.) Careful, cautious
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Circumspect
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(v.) To seize for military or official use.
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Commandeer
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(adj.) Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving.
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Cumbersome
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(n.) A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill.
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Deadlock
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(n.) Scattered fragments, wreckage.
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Debris
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(v.) To spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread.
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Diffuse
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(n.) A difficult or perplexing situation or problem.
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Dilemma
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(v.) To wipe out, to keep oneself from being noticed.
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Efface
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(v.) To make a mess of; _____ through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess.
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Muddle
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(adj.) Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind.
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Opinionated
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(adj.) Lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years.
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Perennial
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(v.) To incline to beforehand
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Predispose
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(v.) To let go, give up.
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Relinquish
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(v.) To save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved.
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Salvage
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(adj.) Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent.
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Spasmodic
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(adj.) Not genuine, not true, not valid.
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Spurious
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(adj.) Uncontrolled, lacking in restraint.
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Unbridled
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