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20 Cards in this Set
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admonish
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(v.) to caution or advise something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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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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brigand
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(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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circumspect
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(adj.) careful, cautious
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commandeer
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(v.) to seize for military or official use
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cumbersome
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(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow moving
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deadlock
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(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two-equal forces or fractions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill
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debris
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(n.) scattered fragments, wreckage
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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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dilemma
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(n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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efface
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(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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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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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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perennial
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(adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years
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predispose
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(v.) to incline to beforehand
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relinquish
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(v.) to let go, give up
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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.) not genuine, not true, not valid.
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spurious
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(adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid
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unbridled
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(adj.) lacking in restraint
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