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