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to caution or advise against something
to scold mildly to remind of a duty |
admonish
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an opening, gap, rupture, rift
a violation or infraction to create an opening, break through |
breach
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a bandit robber outlaw highwayman
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brigand
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careful cautious
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circumspect
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to seize for milatary or offical use
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commandeer
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clumsy hard to handle slow moving
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cumbersome
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a standstill resulting from the oppisition of two equal forces or factions
to bring to such a standstill |
deadlock
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scattered gragments wrekcage
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debris
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to spred or scatter rfeely or widely
winded or unfoucsed scattered or widely spred |
diffuse
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a difficult or perplixing situation or problem
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dilemma
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to wipe out
to keep oneself from being noticed |
efface
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to make a mess of , muddle through to get by
a hopless mess |
muddle
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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to ones own ideas have a closed mind
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opinionated
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lasting for a long time persistent
a plant that lives for many years |
perennial
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to incline to beforehand
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predispose
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to let go give up
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relinquish
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to save from fire or shipwreck
property thus saved |
salvage
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sudden and violent but brief
fitul intermittent |
spasmodic
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not genuine not true not valid
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spurious
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uncontrolled lacking in restraint
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unbridled
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