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20 Cards in this Set
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admonish
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to caution or advise against something.
Syn.: warn Ant. :praise |
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breach
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an opening, a violation or infraction
syn: Ant: close seal |
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brigand
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a bandit, robber, outlaw
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circumspect
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careful, cautious
syn: wary, prudent ant: rash, reckless |
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commandeer
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to sieze for military of official use
syn: take over |
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cumbersome
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clumsy, hard to handle
syn: unwiedly, ponderous ant: manageable |
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deadlock
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a standstill
syn: standoff, stalemate ant: agreement |
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debris
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scattered fragments, wreckage
syn: rubble |
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diffuse
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to spread or scatter freely
syn: disperse ant: concentrate |
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dilemma
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a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
syn: predicament, quandary ant: cinch |
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efface
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to wipe out, to oneself from being noticed
syn: blot out, erase |
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muddle
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to make a mess of, to get by, a hopeless mess
syn: jumble, mess up ant: orderliness |
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opinionated
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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own idea, having a closed mind
syn: obstinate ant: open-minded |
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perennial
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lasting a long time, persistent
syn: enduring, recurring ant: brief, short-lived |
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predispose
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to incline to beforehand
syn: make susceptible to ant: immunize against, shield from |
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relinquish
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to let go, give up
syn: surrender, abandon ant: hold on to, keep |
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salvage
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to save from fire or shipwreck
syn: rescue, recover ant: abandon, scrap, junk |
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spasmodic
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sudden and violentbut brief; fitful;intermittent
syn: irregular, occasional ant: steady |
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spurious
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not genuine, not true, not valid
syn: false ant: genuine |
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unbridled
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uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
syn: unrestrained ant: restrained |
