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20 Cards in this Set
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admonish
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to caution or advise agaisnt something; to scold mildily
Syn: warn, call on the carpet Ant: praise, pat on the back |
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breach
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an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction
Ant: close, seal |
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brigand
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a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwaymen
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circumspect
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careful, cautious
Syn: wary, prudent, guarded Ant: incatious, rash, reckless, heedless |
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commandeer
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to sieze for military or official use
Syn:take over, requisition, expropriate |
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cumbersome
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clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving
Syn: unwiedly, ponderous Ant: manageable, easy to handle |
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deadlock
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a standstill reulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions
Syn: standoff, stalemate, impasse Ant: agreement, accord, breakthrough |
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debris
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scattered fragments, wreckage
Syn: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam |
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diffuse
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to spread or scatter freely or widely
Syn: disperse Ant: concentrate |
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Dilemma
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a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
Syn: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind Ant: cinch |
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Efface
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to wipe out; keep oneself from being noticed
Syn: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge |
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muddle
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to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by
Syn: jumble, mess up Ant: orderliness, tidiness, neatness |
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opinionated
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stubborn and offten unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
Syn: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible Ant: open-minded, reasonable |
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perennial
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lasting for a long time, persistent
Syn: endurring, recurring Ant: breif, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral |
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predispose
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to incline to beforehand
Syn: make susceptible to Ant: immunize against, shield from |
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relinquish
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to let go, give up
Syn: surrender, abandon Ant: hold onto to, keep, reatin, cling to |
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salvage
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to save from fire or shipwreck
Syn: recue, recover, retrieve, reclaim Ant: abandon, scrap, junk |
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Spasmodic
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sudden and violent but brief
Syn: irregular, occasional Ant: steady, continuous, chronic |
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Spurious
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not genuine, not true, not valid
Syn: fals, counterfiet, fraudulent, bogus Ant: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid |
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unbridled
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uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
Syn: unrestrained, unchecked Ant: restrinaed, held in check, muted |
