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to caution or advise something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
SYN: warn, call on the carpet
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(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a vilolation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through
ANT: (v.) close, seal |
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| a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
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careful, cautious
SYN: wary, prudent, guarded
ANT: in cautious, rash, reckless, heedless |
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to seize for military or official use
SYN: take, over, requisition, expropriate |
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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: (n.) agreement, accord, breakthrough |
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scattered fragments, wreckage
SYN: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam |
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diffuse V. and ADJ.
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(v.) t spread or scatter freelyvor widely; (adj.) wordly, 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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a difficult or perlexing situation or problem
SYN: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind
ANT: cinch |
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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 throuhg: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess
SYN:(v.) jumble, mes up; (n.) confusion, disorder
ANT: (n.) oderliness, tidiness, neatness |
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stuborn and often unreasonable in holding to ones own ideas, having a closed mine
SYN: obstinate, pigheded, 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.) |
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to incline to beforehand
SYN: make susceptible to
ANT: immunize against, shield from |
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to let go, give up
SYN:surrender, abandon
ANT: dold 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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sudden and violent but brief;fitful;intermittent
SYN: irregular, occasional
ANT: steady, continuous, chronic |
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not genuine, not true, not valid
SYN: false, counterfeit, faudulent, bogus
ANT: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid |
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uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
SYN: unrestained, unchecked
ANT: restrained, held in check, muted |
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