syn warn call on the carpet ant praise pat on the back Dilemma n a difficult or perplexing situation or problem syn predicament quandary pickle bind ant cinch Predispose v to incline to beforehand ID: 160870
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Admonish (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a dutysyn: warn, call on the carpetant: praise, pat on the backSlide2
Dilemma (n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problemsyn: predicament, quandary, pickle, bindant: cinch
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Predispose (v.) to incline to beforehandsyn: make susceptible toant: immunize against, shield fromSlide4
Brigand (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwaymanSlide5
Efface (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticedsyn: blot out, erase, obliterate, expungeSlide6
Spurious (adj.) not genuine, not true, not validsyn: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogusant: genuine,
authentic, bona fide, validSlide7
Circumspect (adj.) careful, cautiousSyn: wary, prudent, guardedAnt: incautious, rash, reckless, heedlessSlide8
Muddle (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n). A hopeless messsyn: (v.) jumble, mess up; (n.) a hopeless mess
ant: (n.) orderliness, tidiness, neatnessSlide9
Relinquish (v) to let go, give upsyn: surrender, abandonant: hold on to, keep, retain, cling toSlide10
Commandeer (v.) to seize for military or official useSyn: take over, requisition, expropriateSlide11
Debris (n.) scattered fragments, wreckagesyn: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsamSlide12
Perennial (adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many yearssyn: (adj.) enduring, recurringant: (adj.) brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeralSlide13
Cumbersome (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-movingsyn: unwieldy, ponderousant: manageable, easy to handleSlide14
Diffuse (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spreadsyn: (v.) disperse; (adj.) rambling, verbose, prolixant: (v.) concentrate; (adj.) brief, concise, succinctSlide15
Salvage (v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus savedSlide16
Deadlock (n.) standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstillsyn: (n.) standoff, stalemate, impasseand: (n.)
aggreement, accord, breakthroughSlide17
Unbridled (adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraintsyn: unrestrained, uncheckedant: restrained, held in check, mutedSlide18
Breach (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction;(v.) to create an opening, break throughSlide19
Spasmodic (adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittentsyn: irregular, occasionalant: steady, continuous, chronicSlide20
Opinionated (adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mindsyn: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexibleant: open-minded, reasonable