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20 Cards in this Set
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take over, requisition, expropriate, seize
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commandeer
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rambling, verbose, prolix; to disperse
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diffuse
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cautious, wary, prudent, careful, guarded
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circumspect
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to incline, make susceptible to
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predispose
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to blot out, erase, expunge, obliterate
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efface
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false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus
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spurious
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to caution, warn, scold, call on the carpet
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admonish
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uncontrolled, unrestrained, unchecked
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unbridled
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unwieldy, clumsy to handle; ponderous
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cumbersome
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a robber, bandit, highwayman, outlaw
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brigand
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a standoff, stalemate, impasse
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deadlock
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to rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim
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salvage
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to give up, let go, surrender, abondon
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relinquish
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irregular, intermittent, occasional, fitful
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spasmodic
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a predicament, quandary, "pickle," "bind"
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dilemma
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enduring, persistent, recurring
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perennial
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confusion, disorder; to jumble, mess up
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muddle
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a gap, rupture, rift; to break through
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breach
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rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam
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debris
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obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible
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opionated
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