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40 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, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through.
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Brigand
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A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman.
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Circumspect
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Careful, cautious
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Commandeer
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To seize of 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 standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions.
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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.
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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; to get by.
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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.
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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.
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Spasmodic
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Sudden and violent, but brief.
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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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Adjourn
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To stop proceedings temporarily; to move to another place
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Alien
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A citizen of another country.
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Comely
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Having a pleasing appearance
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Compensate
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To make up for; to repay for services.
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Dissolute
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Loose in one's morals or behavior
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Erratic
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Not regular or consistent; different from waht is ordinarily expected.
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Expulsion
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They process of driving or forcing out.
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Feint
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A deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense
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Fodder
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Food for horses or cattle.
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Fortify
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To strengthen, build up.
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Illegible
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Difficult or impossible to read.
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Jeer
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To make fun of rudely or unkindly.
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Lucrative
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Bringing in money, profitable
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Mediocre
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Average, ordinary, undistinguished
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Proliferate
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To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly.
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Subjugate
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To conquer by force, bring under complete control.
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Sully
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To soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch.
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Tantalize
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To tease, torment by teasing.
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Terse
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Brief and to the point.
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Unflinching
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Firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back.
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