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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 midly to remind of a duty
S:warn call on the back A: praise pat on the back |
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Breach
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an opening gap rupture rift a violaton or infraction to create an opening break through
A: close seal |
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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
s:wary prudent guarded a: incautious rash reckless heedless |
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commandeer
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to seize for military or official use
S: take over, requisition, expropriate |
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cumbersome
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clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
S: unwieldy, ponderous A: manageable, easy to handle |
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deadlock
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a stand still resulting from the oppsosition of two equal forces or fractions to bring to such a standstill
S:standoff stalemate impasse A:agreement accord breaktrough |
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debris
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scatteres fragments wreckage
S:rubble detritus flotsam jetsam |
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diffuse
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to spread or scatter freely or widely
S:disperse rambling verbose prolix A:concentrate brief concise succinct |
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dilemma
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difficult or perplexing sitiation or problem
S:predicament pickle A:cinch |
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efface
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to wipe out S: blot out erase obliterate
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muddle
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to make a mess of muddle throgh to get by
S:jumble mess up confusion disorder A: orderliness tidiness neatness |
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opinionated
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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas having a closed mind
S:obstinate pigheaded inflexible A:open-minded reasonable |
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perennial
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lasting for long time presistent s:enduring recurring A: brief short-lived fleeting ephemeral
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predispose
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to incline to befoehand S:make susceptible to
A:immunize against sheild from |
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relinquish
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to let go give up
S:surrender abandon A: hold on to keep retain cling to |
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salvage
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to ssave fire or ship wreck property thus saved S:rescue recover retrieve relaim A:abandon scrap junk
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spasmodic
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suuden and violent but brief fitful intermittent S:iireagular ocassional
A:steady continuous chronic |
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spurious
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not genuine not true not valid S:false counterfeit fraudulent bogus A:genuine authentic bona fide valid
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unbriled
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uncontrolled lacking in restraint S:unrestraines unchecked A:restrained held incheck muted
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