Admonish
Commandeer
to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a
duty
to seize for military or official use
SYNONYMS: take over, requisition, expropriate
SYNONYMS: warn, call on the carpet
ANTONYMS: praise, pat on the back
Cumbersome
clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
Breach
an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an
opening, break through
SYNONYMS: unwieldy, ponderous
ANTONYMS: manageable, easy to handle
ANTONYMS: close, seal
Deadlock
Brigand
a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to
bring to such a standstill
a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
SYNONYMS: standoff, stalemate, impasse
ANTONYMS: agreement, accord, breakthrough
Circumspect
careful, cautious
Debris
SYNONYMS: wary, prudent, guarded
scattered fragments, wreckage
ANTONYMS: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless
SYNONYMS: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam
Diffuse
Opinionated
to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused
scattered or widely spread
stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a
closed mind
SYNONYMS: disperse; rambling, verbose, prolix
SYNONYMS: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible
ANTONYMS: concentrate; brief, concise, succinct
ANTONYMS: open-minded, reasonable
Dilemma
Perennial
a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years
SYNONYMS: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind
SYNONYMS: enduring, recurring
ANTONYMS: cinch
ANTONYMS: brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral
Efface
Predispose
to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
to incline to beforehand
SYNONYMS: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge
SYNONYMS: make susceptible to
ANTONYMS: immunize against, shield from
Muddle
to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; a hopeless mess
Relinquish
SYNONYMS: jumble, mess up; confusion, disorder
to let go, give up
ANTONYMS: orderliness, tidiness, neatness
SYNONYMS: surrender, abandon
ANTONYMS: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to
Salvage
to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved
SYNONYMS: rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim
ANTONYMS: abandon, scrap, junk
Spasmodic
sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
SYNONYMS: irregular, occasional
ANTONYMS: steady, continuous, chronic
Spurious
not genuine, not true, not valid
SYNONYMS: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus
ANTONYMS: genuine, authentic, bone fide, valid
Unbridled
uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
SYNONYMS: unrestrained, unchecked
ANTONYMS: restrained, held in check, muted