an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation of infraction; to create an opening

ANTONYMS: (v.) close, seal

(V.),(N.)

a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

(N.)

careful, cautious

SYNONYMS: wary, prudent, guarded

ANTONYMS: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless

Adj.

to seize for military or official use

SYNONYMS: take over, requisition, expropriate

V.

clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

SYNONYMS: unwieldy, ponderous

ANTONYMS: manageable, easy to handle

Adj.

a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to bring such a stand still

SYNONYMS: standoff, stalemate, impasse

(N.),(V.)

scattered fragments, wreckage

SYNONYMS: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam

N.

to spread or scatter freely or widely; long-winded, unfocused

SYNONYMS: (v.) disperse; (adj.) rambling, verbose, prolix

ANTONYMS: (v.) concentrate; (adj.) brief, concise, succinct

(V.),(Adj.)

a difficlut or perplexing situation or problem

SYNONYMS: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind

ANTONYM: cinch

N.

to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

SYNONYMS: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge

V.

to make a mess of, to get by; a hopless mess

SYNONYMS: (v.) jumble, mess up; (n.) confusion, disorder

ANTONYMS: (n.) orderliness, tidiness, neatness

(V.), (N.)

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

SYNONYMS: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible

ANTONYMS: open-minded, reasonable

Adj.

lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years

SYNONYMS: (adj.) enduring, recurring

ANTONYMS: (adj.) brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral

Adj.

to incline to beforehand

SYNONYM: make susceptible to

ANTONYMS: immunize against, shield from

(V.)

to let go, give up

SYNONYMS: surrender, abandon

ANTONYMS: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to

V.

to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved

SYNONYMS: (v.) rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim

ANTONYMS: (v.) abandon, scrap, junk

(V.), (N.)

sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

SYNONYMS: (v.) irregular, occasional

ANTONYMS: steady, continuous, chronic

(Adj.), (N.)

not genuine, not true not valid

SYNONYMS: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus

ANTONYMS: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid

Adj.

uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

SYNONYMS: unrestrained, unchecked

ANTONYMS: restrained, held in check, muted

Adj.