| 1. to scold mildly; 2. to advise against something | | |
| 1. (n). rift, opening, gap, rupture; 2. (v.) to create an opening | | |
| a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman | | |
| careful, cautious | | |
| to seize for military or official use | | |
| hard to handle, unwieldy | | |
| a standstill, standoff, stalemate | | |
| scattered fragments, wreckage | | |
| to spread or scatter freely or widely, disperse | | |
| wordy, longwinded, unfocused, verbose | | |
| a difficult or perplexing situation or problem | | |
| 1. to wipe out; 2. to keep oneself from being noticed | | |
| 1. (v.) to make a mess of; 2. (n.) a hopeless mess | | |
| stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind | | |
| lasting for a long time, persistent | | |
| make susceptible to, to incline to beforehand | | |
| to let go, give up | | |
| to save from fire or shipwreck | | |
| sudden and violent but brief | | |
| not genuine, not true, not valid | | |
| uncontrolled, lacking in restraint | | |