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