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20 Cards in this Set
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admonish
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to caution; advise against; to scold mildly; to remind of duty
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breach
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an opening; gap; violation or infraction; to create an opening; break thru
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brigand
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bandit
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cicumspect
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careful; cautious
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commandeer
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to sieze for miliitary or official use
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cumbersome
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clumsy; hard to handle; slow-moving
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deadlock
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a complete standstill; to bring to a standstill
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debris
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scattered fagments; wreckage
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diffuse
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to spread; scatter freely or widely; wordy; long winded; unfocused; widely spread
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dilemma
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difficult situation
(the song!!!) |
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Efface
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to wipe out; keep oneself from being noticed
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muddle
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to make a mess of; hopless mess; to get by
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opinionated
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stubborn; thinks always right; unreasonable; closed minded
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perennial
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lasting for a long time; plant thath lives for many years
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predispose
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to incline; go beforehand
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relinquish
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to let go; to give up
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slavage
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to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved
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spasmodic
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sudden and violent but brief; fitful
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spurious
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not genuine; not true; not valid
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unbridled
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uncontrolled
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