(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an

opening, break through

(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

(adj.) careful, cautious

(v.) to seize for military or official use

(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions (v.) to bring to such a standstill

(n.) scattered fragments, wreckage

(v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, longwinded, or

unfocused; scattered or widely spread

(n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

(v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess

(adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own

ideas, having a closed mind

(adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years

(v.) to incline to beforehand

(v.) to let go, give up

(v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved

(adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

(adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid

(adj.) lacking in restraint