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60 Cards in this Set
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Admonish
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To caution or advise against something
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Breach
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An opening, gap; to create an opening, a break through
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An opening, gap, rapture, rift
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Brigand
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A robber, outlaw
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Circumspect
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Careful
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Commandeer
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To seize for military of official use
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To take over
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cumbersome
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Clumsy, hard to handle
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Slow- moving
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Deadlock
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A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fraction
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standoff
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Debris
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Scattered fragments
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Remains
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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 situation or problem
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Efface
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To wipe out
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To Erase
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Muddle
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To make a mess of
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Mess up
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opinionated
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Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas
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Perennial
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Long Lasting
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Predispose
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to lend towards; to incline
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Relinquish
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To let go
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To surrender
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Salvage
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To save from a fire or shipwreck
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To recover
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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 nor true
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False
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Unbridled
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Lacking in restraint
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Adjourn
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To move to another place
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Alien
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A citizen of another country
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A stranger
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Comely
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Having a pleasing appearance
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good-looking, attractive
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Compensate
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To make up for
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To pay back
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Dissolute
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Loose in one's moral or behavior
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Erratic
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Not regular or consistent
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irregular
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Expulsion
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the process of driving or forcing out
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Removal, eviction
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Feint
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A deliberately deceptive movement
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Fodder
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food for a horse 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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To laugh at, tease
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Lucrative
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Bringing in money
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Mediocre
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Average, ordinary
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Proliferate
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to increase, or spread rapidly
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Subjugate
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to conquer by force, bring in complete control
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Sully
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to soil, pollute, tarnish
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Tantalize
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Torment by teasing
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To tease
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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
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Abridge
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To make shorter
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Adherent
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A follower, supporter
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Altercation
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An angry argument
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Cherubic
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Resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face
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Condone
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To pardon or overlook
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ignore
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Dissent
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To disagree
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Disagreement
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Eminent
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Famous, outstanding, distinguish
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Exorcise
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To drive out by magic
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expel
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Fabricate
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To make up, invent
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Gluttony
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Engaging in extreme eating or drinking
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greedy, overeating
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Irate
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Angry
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Marauder
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A raider, plunderer
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Pauper
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An extremely poor person
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Pilfer
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To steal in small quantities
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to rob
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Semblance
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A likeness
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Surmount
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To overcome, rise above
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Terminate
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To bring to an end
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Trite
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Overused, stale
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Usurp
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To seize and hold a position by force or without right
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to seize illegally
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Rift
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A split, break
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