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20 Cards in this Set
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Admonish |
(v) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
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Breach |
(n) An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v) to create an opening, break through |
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Brigand |
(n) A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
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Circumspect |
(adj) Careful, cautions |
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commandeer |
(v) To seize for military or official use |
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Cumbersome |
(adj) Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving |
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Deadlock |
(n) A standstill resulting frim the opposition of two equal forces or fractions; (v) to bring to such a stanstill |
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Debris |
(n) Scattered fragments, wreckage |
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Diffuse |
(v) To spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj) wordy, long-winded, or unforced; scattered or widely spread |
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Dilemma |
(n) A difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
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Efface |
(v) To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
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Muddle |
(v) To make a mess of ; muddle through : to get by; (n) a hopeless mess |
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Opinionated |
(adj) Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind |
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Perennial |
(adj) Lastkng for a long time, persistent; (n) a plant that lives for many years |
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Predispose |
(v) To incline to beforehand |
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Relinquish |
(v) To let go, give up |
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Salvage |
(v) To save from fire or shipwreck; (n) property thus saved |
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Spasmodic |
(adj) Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
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Spurious |
(Adj) Not genuine, not true, not valid |
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Unbridled |
(adj) Lacking in restraint |