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80 Cards in this Set
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admonish
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v.
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admonish
d |
to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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admonish
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warn, call on the carpet
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admonish
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praise, pat on the back
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breach
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n.
v. |
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breach
d (n.) |
(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction;
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breach
d (v.) |
to create an opening, break through
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breach
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(v.) close, seal
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brigand
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n.
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brigand
d |
a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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circumspect
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adj.
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circumspect
d |
careful, cautious
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circumspect
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wary, prudent, guarded
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circumspect
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incautious, rash, reckless, heedless
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commandeer
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v.
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commandeer
d |
to seize for military or official use
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commandeer
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take over, requisition, expropriate
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cumbersome
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adj.
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cumbersome
d |
clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
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cumbersome
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unwieldy, ponderous
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cumbersome
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manageable, easy to handle
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deadlock
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(n.)
(v.) |
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deadlock
d (n.) |
(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions
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deadlock
d (v.) |
(v.) to bring to such a standstill
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deadlock
s (n.) |
standoff, stalemate, impasse
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deadlock
a (n.) |
agreement, accord, breakthrough
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debris
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n.
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debris
d |
scattered fragments, wreckage
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debris
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rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam
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diffuse
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v.
adj. |
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diffuse
d (v.) |
to spread or scatter freely or widely
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diffuse
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wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
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dilemma
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n.
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dilemma
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a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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dilemma
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predicament, quandary, pickle, bind
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dilemma
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cinch
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efface
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v.
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efface
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v.
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efface
d |
to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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efface
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blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge
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muddle
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v.
n. |
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muddle
d (v.) |
to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by
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muddle
d (n.) |
a hopeless mess
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muddle
s (v.) |
jumble, mess up
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muddle
s (n.) |
confusion, disorder
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muddle
a (n.) |
orderliness, tidiness, neatness
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opinionated
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adj
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opinionated
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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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opinionated
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obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible
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opinionated
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open-minded, reasonable
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perennial
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adj.
n. |
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perennial
d (adj.) |
lasting for a long time, persistent
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perennial
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a plant that lives for many years
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perennial
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enduring, recurring
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perennial
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brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral
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predispose
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v.
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predispose
d |
to incline to beforehand
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predispose
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make susceptible to
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predispose
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immunize against, shield from
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relinquish
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v.
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relinquish
d |
to let go, give up
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relinquish
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surrender, abandon
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relinquish
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hold on to, keep retain, cling to
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salvage
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v.
n. |
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salvage
d v. |
to save from fire or shipwreck
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salvage
d n. |
property thus saved
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salvage
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rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim
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salvage
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abandon, scrap, junk
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spasmodic
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adj.
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spasmodic
d |
sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
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spasmodic
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irregular, occasional
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spasmodic
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steady continuous, chronic
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spurious
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adj.
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spurious
d |
not genuine, not true, not valid
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spurious
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false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus
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spurious
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genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid
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unbridled
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adj.
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unbridled
d |
uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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unbridled
s |
unrestrained, unchecked
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unbridled
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restrained, held in check, muted
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