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20 Cards in this Set
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admonish
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- (v) to caution or advise against something
- to scold mildly - to remind of a duty |
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breach
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- (n) an opening, gap, rupture, rift
- a violation or infraction - (v) to create an opening, break through |
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brigand
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- (n) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwaymen
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circumspect
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- (adj) careful, cautious
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commandeer
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- (v) to seize for military or official use
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cumbersome
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- (adj) clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving
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deadlock
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- (n) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions
- (v) to bring to such a standstill |
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debris
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- (n) scattered fragments, wreckage
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diffuse
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- (v) to spread or scatter, freely or widely
- (adj) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused, scattered or widely spread |
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dilemma
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- (n) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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efface
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- (v) to wipe out, to keep oneself from being noticed
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muddle
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- (v) to make a mess of
- muddle through - to get by - (n) a hopeless mess |
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opinionated
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- (adj) stubbborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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perennial
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- (adj) lasting for a long time, persistent
- (n) a plant that lives for many years |
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predispose
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- (v) to incline to beforehand
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relinquish
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- (v) to let go, give up
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salvage
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- (v) to save from fire or shipwreck
- (n) property thus saved |
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spasmodic
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- (adj) sudden and violent but brief
- fitful - intermittent |
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spurious
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- (adj) not genuine, not true, not valid
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unbridled
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- (adj) lacking in restraint
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