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1
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Find the synonym of : rubble, detritus, flotsam, jetsam

A

Debris

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Careful, cautious

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Circumspect

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N.: a complete standstill

V.: to bring to a standstill

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Deadlock

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4
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A bandit

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Brigand

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N.: a hopeless mess

V.: to make a mess of

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Muddle

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To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

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Admonish

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To seize for military or official use

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Commandeer

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Scattered fragment, wreckage

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Debris

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Uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

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Unbridled

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9
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To let go, give up

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Relinquish

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Find the synonym of : a predicament, quandary, pickle, bind

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Dilemma

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V.: to spread or scatter freely or widely

Adj.: wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widly spread

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Diffuse

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13
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Not genuine, not true, not valid

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Spurious

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Clumsy, hard to handle

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Cumbersome

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N.: an opening, gap; a violation or infraction

V.: to create an opening, break through

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Breach

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15
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To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

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Efface

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Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind

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Opinionated

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Adj.: lasting for a long time, persistent

N.: a plant that lives for many years

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Perennial

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To incline to beforehand

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Predispose

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V.: to save from fire or shipwreck

N.: property thus saved

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Salvage

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21
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A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

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Dilemma

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Sudden and violent but brief; fitful, intermittent

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Spasmodic

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23
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Find the antonym of : genuine, authentic, bona, fide, valid

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Spurious

24
Q

Find the synonym of : enduring, persistent, recurring

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Perennial

25
Q

Find the antonym of : restrained, held in check, muted

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Unbridled

26
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Find the synonym of : false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus

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Spurious

27
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Find the synonym of : take over, requisition, expropriate, seize

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Commandeer

28
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Find the antonyme of : brief, concise, succinct, to concentrate

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Diffuse

29
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Find the antonyme of : easy to handle, manageable

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Cumbersome

30
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Find the synonym of : confusion, disorder, to jumble, mess up

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Muddle

31
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Find the antonym of : open-minded, reasonable

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Opinionated

32
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Find the antonyme of : to praise, pat on the back

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Admonish

33
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Find the antonym of : incautious, rash, heedless, reckless

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Circumspect

34
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Find the antonym of : to immunize against, shield from

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Predispose

35
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Find the antonym of : orderliness, tidiness, neatness

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Muddle

36
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Find the synonym of : big and bulky, unwieldy, clumsy to handle

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Cumbersome

37
Q

Find the antonym of : brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral

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Perennial

38
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Find the synonym of : a gap, rupture, rift, to break through

A

Breach

39
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Find the antonym of : continuous, steady, chronic

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Spasmodic

40
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Find the synonym of : to caution, warn, scold and call on the carpet

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Admonish

41
Q

Find the synonym of : a robber, bandit, highwayman, outlaw

A

Brigand

42
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Find the synonym of : obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible

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Opinionated

43
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Find the synonym of : rambling, verbose, prolix, to disperse

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Diffuse

44
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Find the synonym of : cautious, wary, prudent, careful, guarded

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Circumspect

45
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Find the synonym of : to incline, make susceptible to

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Predispose

46
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Find the antonym of : an easily solved problem, cinch

A

Dilemma

47
Q

Find the antonym of : an agreement, accord, a breakthrough

A

Deadlock

48
Q

Find the antonym of : to imprint permanently

A

Efface

49
Q

Find the synonym of : standoff, stalemate, impasse

A

Deadlock

50
Q

Find the synonym of : to rescue, recover, retrieve

A

Salvage

51
Q

Find the antonym of : to seal, close

A

Breach

52
Q

Find the antonym of : to abandon, to scrap, junk

A

Salvage

53
Q

Find the synonym of : uncontrolled, unrestrained, unchecked

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Unbridled

54
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Find the antonym of : to keep, hold on to, retain, cling to

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Relinquish

55
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Find the synonym of : to give up, let go, surrender, abandon

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Relinquish

56
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Find the synonym of : to blow out, erase, expunge

A

Efface

57
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Find the synonym of : irregular, intermittent, occasional

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Spasmodic

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