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20 Cards in this Set
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Admonish
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To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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Breach
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An opening, gap; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through
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Brigand
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A bandit
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Circumsuspect
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Careful, cautious
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Commandeer
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To seize for military or official use
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Cumbersome
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Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
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Deadlock
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A complete standstill; to bring to a standstill
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Debris
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Scattered fragments, wreckage
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Diffuse
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To spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long-wided, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
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Dilemma
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A difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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Efface
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To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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Muddle
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To make a mess of; muddle through; to get by; a hopeless mess
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Opinionated
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Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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Perennial
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Lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years
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Predispose
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To incline to beforehand
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Relinquish
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To let go, give up
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Salvage
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To save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved
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Spasmodic
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Sudden and violent but brief; fitful, intermittent
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Spurious
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Not genuine, not true, not valid
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Unbridled
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Uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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