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To seize for military of official use
S:take over requisition, expropriate |
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| (v) caution or advice against something; sold mainly;to remind of a duty |
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(Sam's locker)
(v) to make a mess of; muddle through, get by (n) a hopeless mess (Bree and Sam's room)
S:(V) jumble, mess up;(n) confusion, disorder
A:(N) orderliness, neatness |
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"Butt why? Becowze"
(adj) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind.
S: Obstinate, pig-headed, inflexible, Cassie sometimes
A: Open-minded, reasonable (Dad, most of the time). |
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(N) scattered fragments, wreckage
S: Remains, detritus, flotsam, jetsam |
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(n) standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces of factions.
(v) to bring to such a standstill
S: standoff, impasse
A: agreement, accord, breakdown |
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(n) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
S: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind
A: Cinch |
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(V.) to let go, give up
S: Surrender
A: Hold on to, keep, cling to. |
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Lasting for a long time, persistent; (n) a plant that lives for many years
S: enduring, recurring
A: brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral |
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(n) an opening gap, rupture, rift
(v) to create an opening
"Dad was unable to breach Wolfie's blockade because the hamper was wedged behind the door..."
A: (v) close, seal |
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(adj) Clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving
S: ponderous, difficult, uncomfortable
A: manageable, easy to handle |
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(v) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj) wordy, long-winded, dad in the truck, unfocused, scattered or widely spread
S:(v) disperse; (adj) verbose, prolix
A:(v) concentrate; (adj) brief, concise, succinct |
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(n) a bandit, robber, outlaw, crazy cockapoo, highway man
"Ancient caravans passing through desolate areas were sometimes attacked by a brigand..." |
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(v) to save from a fire or shipwreck; (n) property thus saved.
S:(v) recover, retrieve, reclaim
A:(v) abandon scrap, junk |
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