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| 1. to scold mildly; 2. to advise against something | admonish |
| 1. (n). rift, opening, gap, rupture; 2. (v.) to create an opening | breach |
| a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman | brigand |
| careful, cautious | circumspect |
| to seize for military or official use | commandeer |
| hard to handle, unwieldy | cumbersome |
| a standstill, standoff, stalemate | deadlock |
| scattered fragments, wreckage | debris |
| to spread or scatter freely or widely, disperse | diffuse (v.) |
| wordy, longwinded, unfocused, verbose | diffuse (adj.) |
| a difficult or perplexing situation or problem | dilemma |
| 1. to wipe out; 2. to keep oneself from being noticed | efface |
| 1. (v.) to make a mess of; 2. (n.) a hopeless mess | muddle |
| stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind | opinionated |
| lasting for a long time, persistent | perennial |
| make susceptible to, to incline to beforehand | predispose |
| to let go, give up | relinquish |
| to save from fire or shipwreck | salvage |
| sudden and violent but brief | spasmodic |
| not genuine, not true, not valid | spurious |
| uncontrolled, lacking in restraint | unbridled |
| to stop proceedings temporarily | adjourn |
| a citizen of another country | alien (n.) |
| foreign, strange | alien (adj.) |
| having a pleasing appearance | comely |
| to make up for | compensate |
| loose in one's morals or behavior | dissolute |
| not regular or consistent | erratic |
| the process of driving or forcing out | expulsion |
| a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense | feint |
| 1. food for horses or cattle; 2. raw material for a designated purpose | fodder |
| to strengthen, build up | fortify |
| difficult or impossible to read | illegible |
| to make fun of rudely or unkindly | jeer |
| bringing in money, profitable | lucrative |
| average, ordinary | mediocre |
| to reproduce, increase | proliferate |
| to conquer by force | subjugate |
| to soil, stain, tarnish | sully |
| to tease | tantalize |
| brief and to the point | terse |
| firm, showing no fear | unflinching |
| to make shorter | abridge |
| a follower, supporter | adherent (n.) |
| attached, sticking to | adherent (adj.) |
| an angry argument | altercation |
| resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face | cherubic |
| to pardon or overlook | condone |
| to disagree | dissent |
| famous, outstanding | eminent |
| 1. to drive out by magic; 2. to dispose of something troublesome | exorcise |
| to make, manufacture, to invent | fabricate |
| angry | irate |
| a raider, plunderer | marauder |
| excessive fatness | obesity |
| an extremely poor person | pauper |
| to steal in small quantities | pilfer |
| a split, break, breach | rift |
| a likeness, an outward appearance | semblance |
| to overcome, rise above | surmount |
| to bring to an end | terminate |
| commonplace; overused, stale | trite |
| to seize and hold a position by force or without right | usurp |