an opening: gap, rupture, rift, a violation or infraction, to create an opening; break through.

a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

careful, cautions

to seize for military and office use

clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving.

a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces of fractions; to bring such a standstill

scattered fragments; wreckage.

to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy. longwinded, or unfocused

a difficult nor perplexing situation or problem

to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed.

to make a mess of; muddle through; to get by; a hopeless mess.

stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind.

lasting for a long time, persistent, a plant that lives for many years

to incline beforhand

to let go; give up

to save from a fire or shipwreck; property thus saved

sudden and violet but breif; fitful; intermittent

not genunie; not true, not valid

lacking in restraint