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 faction;

v. to bring to such a standstill

n. scattered fragments, wreckage

v. to spread or scatter freely or widely;

adj. wordy, long-winded, 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; 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

v. to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place

n. a citizen of another country

adj. foreign, strange

adj. having a pleasing appearance

v. to make up for; to repay for services

adj. loose in one's morals or behaviors

adj. not regular or consistent; sporadic; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable.

n. the process of driving or forcing out

v. to make a deceptive movement

n. a deliberately deceptive movement

n. food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose

v. to strengthen, build up

adj. difficult or impossible to read

v. to make fun of rudely or unkindly

n. a rude remark of derision

adj. bringing in money; profitable

adj. average, ordinary, undistinguished

v. to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

v. to conquer by force, bring under complete control

v. to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

v. to tease, torment by teasing, tempting

adj. brief and to the point

adj. firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back

v. to make shorter

n. a follower, supporter

adj. attached, sticking to

n. an angry argument

adj. resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent

v. to pardon or overlook

v. to disagree

n. disagreement

adj. famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting

v. to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive.

v. to make, manufacture; to make up, invent

n. engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence.

adj. angry

n. a raider, plunderer

n. an extremely poor person

v. to steal in small quantities

n. a split, break, breach

n. a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition.

v. to overcome; rise above

v. to bring to an end

adj. commonplace; overused, stale

v. to seize and hold a position by force or without right