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20 Cards in this Set
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admonish
(ad man' ish) |
to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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breach
(brech) |
an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through
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brigand
(brig' end) |
a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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circumspect
(ser' kem spekt) |
careful, cautious
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commandeer
(kam en der') |
to seize for military or official use
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cumbersome
(kem' ber sem) |
clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
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deadlock
(ded' lak) |
a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions; to bring to such a standstill
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debris
(de bre') |
scattered fragments, wreckage
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diffuse
(dif yuz') |
to spread or scatter freely or wildly; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
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dilemma
(di lem' e) |
a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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efface
(e fas') |
to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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muddle
(med' el) |
to make a mess of; to get by; a hopeless mess
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opinionated
(e pin' yen at id) |
stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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perennial
(pe ren' e el) |
lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years
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predispose
(pre dis poz') |
to incline to beforehand
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relinquish
(re lin' kwish) |
to let go, give up
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salvage
(sal' vij) |
to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved
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spasmodic
(spaz mad' ik) |
sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
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spurious
(spyu' re es) |
not genuine, not true, not valid
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unbridled
(en brid' eld) |
uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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