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Admonish

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

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Breach

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An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through

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Brigand

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A bandit, robber, outlaw,highwayman

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Circumspect

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Careful, cautions

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Commandeer

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To seize for military or official use

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Cumbersome

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Clumsy, hard to handle;slow moving

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Deadlock

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

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Debris

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Scattered fragments, wreckage

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Diffuse

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To spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

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Dilemma

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A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

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Efface

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To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

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Muddle

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To make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; a hopeless mess

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Opinionated

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Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to ones own ideas, having a closed mind

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Perennial

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Lasting for a long time, persistent, a plant that lives for many years

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Predispose

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To incline to beforehand

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Relinquish

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To let go, give up

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Salvage

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To save from fire or shipwreck; property this saved

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Spasmodic

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Sudden and violent but brief;fitful; intermittent

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Spurios

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Not genuine, not true, not valid

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Unbridled

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Lacking in restraint