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20 Cards in this Set
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Admonish
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(verb) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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Breach
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(noun)(verb) an opening, gab, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through
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Brigand
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(noun) bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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Commandeer
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(verb) to sieze for military or official use
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Deadlock
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(noun)(verb) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces; to bring to a standstill
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Debris
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(noun)scattered fragments, wreckage
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Diffuse
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(verb)(adjective) to scatter or widely spread; wordy, unwinded, unfocused
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Dilemma
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(noun) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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Efface
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(verb) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noiced
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Muddle
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(verb)(noun) to make a mess of; to barely get by; a hopeless mess
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Opinionated
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(adjective) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's ideas having a closed mind
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Perennial
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(noun)(adjective) lasting for a long time, persistant; a plant that lives for many years
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Predispose
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(verb) to incline to beforehand (to be suspectable to)
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Relinquish
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(verb) to let go or give up
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Salvage
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(verb)(noun) to save form fire or shipwreck; property saved from destruction
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Spasmodic
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(adjective) sudden and violent, but brief; intermittent
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Spurious
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(adjective) not genuine, not true, not valid
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Unbridled
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(adjective) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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Circumspect
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(adjective) careful, cautious
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Cumbersome
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(adjective) clumsy, hard to handle; slow moving
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