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(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty.
Synonyms: warn, call on the carpet
Antonyms: 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.
Antonyms: close, seal. |
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| (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman. |
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(adj.) careful, cautious.
Synonyms: wary, prudent, guarded.
Antonyms: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless. |
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(v.) to seize for military or official use.
Synonyms: take over, requisition, expropriate. |
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(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
Synonyms: unwieldy, ponderous.
Antonyms: manageable, easy to handle. |
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(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions;
Synonyms: standoff, stalemate, impasse.
Antonyms: agreement, accord, breakthrough.
(v.) to bring to a standstill. |
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(n.) scattered fragments, wreckage.
Synonyms: rubble, detritus. |
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(v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely.
Synonym: disperse.
Antonyms: concentrate.
(adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread.
Synonyms: rambling, verbose, prolix.
Antonyms: brief, concise, succinct. |
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(n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem.
Synonyms: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind.
Antonyms: cinch. |
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(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed.
Synonyms: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge. |
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(v.) to make a mess of; to get by.
Synonym: jumble, mess up.
(n.)a hopeless mess.
Synonyms: confusion, disorder.
Antonyms: orderliness, tidiness, neatness. |
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(adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind.
Synonyms: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible.
Antonyms: open-minded, reasonable. |
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(adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent.
Synonyms: enduring, recurring.
Antonyms: brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral.
(n.) a plant that lives for many years. |
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(v.) to incline beforehand.
Synonym: make susceptible to.
Antonyms: immunize against, shield. |
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(v.) to let go, give up.
Synonyms: surrender, abandon.
Antonyms: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to. |
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(v.) to save from fire or shipwreck.
Synonyms: rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim.
Antonyms: abandon, scrap, junk.
(n.) property thus saved. |
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(adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent.
Synonyms: irregular, occasional.
Antonyms: steady, continuous, chronic. |
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(adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid.
Synonyms: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus.
Antonyms: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid. |
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(adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint.
Synonyms: unrestrained, unchecked.
Antonyms: restrained, held in check, muted. |
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