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(v) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
syn: warn, call on the carpet
ant: praise, pat on the back |
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(n) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction
(v) to create an opening, break through
ant: (v) close, seal |
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| (n) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
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(adj) careful, cautious
syn: wary, prudent, guarded
ant: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless |
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(v) to seize for military or official use
syn: take over, requisition, expropriate |
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(adj) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
syn: unwieldy, ponderous
ant: manageable, easy to handle |
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(n) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions
(v) to bring to such a standstill
syn: (n) standoff, stalemate, impasse
ant: agreement, accord, breakthrough |
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(n) scattered fragments, wreckage
syn: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam |
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(v) to spread or scatter freely or widely
(adj) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
syn: (v) disperse; (adj) rambling, verbose, prolix
ant: (v) concentrate; (adj) brief, concise, succinct |
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(n) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
syn: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind
ant: cinch |
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(v) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
syn: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge |
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(v) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by
(n) a hopeless mess
syn: (v) jumble, mess up; (n) confusion, disorder
ant: (n) orderliness, tidiness, neatness |
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(adj) stubborn and often unreasonable n holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind
syn: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible
ant: open-minded, reasonable |
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(adj) lasting for a long time, persistent
(n) a plant that lives for many years
syn: (adj) enduring, recurring
ant: (adj) brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral |
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(v) to incline to beforehand
syn: make susceptible to
ant: immunize against, shield from |
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(v) to let go, give up
syn: surrender, abandon
ant: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to |
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(v) to save from fire or shipwreck
(n) property thus saved
syn: (v) rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim
ant: (v) abandon, scrap, junk |
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(adj) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
syn: irregular, occasional
ant: steady, continuous, chronic |
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(adj) not genuine, no true, not valid
syn: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus
ant: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid |
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(adj) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
syn: unrestrained, unchecked
ant: restrained, held in check, muted |
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