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