Synonyms

admonish

warn, call on the carpet

circumspect

wary, prudent, guarded

commandeer

take over, requisition, expropriate

cumbersome

unwieldy, ponderous

deadlock

standoff, stalemate, impasse

debris

rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam

diffuse

(v.): disperse

(adj.) rambling, verbose, prolix

dilemma

predicament, quandary, pickle, bind

efface

blot out, erase, obliterate

muddle

(v.) jumble, mess up

(n.) confusion, disorder

opinionated

obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible

perennial

enduring, recurring

predispose

make susceptible to, prone

salvage

rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim

spasmodic

irregular, occasional

spurious

false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus

unbridled

unrestrained, unchecked