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35 Cards in this Set
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SYNONMS: warn, call on the carpet
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admonish
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(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift, a violation or infraction. (v.) to create an opening, to break through
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breach
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(n.) a bandit, outlaw, robber, highwayman
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brigand
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SYNONMS:wary, prudent, guarded
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circumspect
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SYNONMS: take over, requisistion, expropiate
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comandeer
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SYNONMS: unwieldly, ponderous
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cumbersome
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SYNONMS: standoff, stalemate, impasse
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deadlock
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SYNONMS: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam
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debris
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SYNONMS: disperse, rambling, verbose,prolix
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diffuse
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SYNONMS: predicament, quandry, pickle, bind
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dilemma
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SYNONMS: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge
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efface
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SYNONMS: jumble, mess up, confusion, disorder
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muddle
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SYNONMS:obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible
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opinionated
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SYNONMS: enduring, reccuring
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perennial
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SYNONMS: make susceptible to
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predispose
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SYNONMS: surrender, abandon
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relinquish
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SYNONMS:rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim
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salvage
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SYNONMS: irregular, occasional
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spasmodic
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SYNONMS: false, counterefeit, fraud, bogus
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spurious
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SYNONMS:unrestrained, unchecked
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unbridled
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ANTONYMS: praise, pat on the back
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admonsih
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ANTONYMS: close, seal
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breach
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ANTONYMS: incautious, rash, heedless, reckless
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circumspect
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ANTONYMS: manageable, easy to handle
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cumbersome
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ANTONYMS: agreement, accord, breakthrough
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deadlock
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ANTONYMS: concentrate, brief, conscise, succint
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diffuse
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ANTONYMS: cinch
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dilemma
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ANTONYMS: open-minded, reasonable
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opinionated
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ANTONYMS: brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephermal
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perennial
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ANTONYMS: immunize against, shield from
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predispose
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ANTONYMS: hold on to, retain, cling to
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relinquish
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ANTONYMS: abandon, scrap. junk
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salvage
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ANTONYMS: steady, continous, chronic
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spasmodic
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ANTONYMS: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid
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spurious
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ANTONYMS: restrained, held in check, muted
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unbridled
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