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20 Cards in this Set
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Admonish
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(v) To warn, caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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Breach
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(n) an opening, gap, rupture, rift
(v) to create an opening, break through |
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Brigand
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(n) a bandits, robber, owtlaw, highwayman
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Circumspect
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(adj) careful, cautious, wary, prudent, guarded
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Commandeer
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(v) take over, requisition, expropriate
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Cumbersome
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(adj) clumsy, hard to handle, unwieldy, ponderous; slow-moving
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Deadlock
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(n) a standstill of two equal forces; standoff, stalemate, impass
(v) to bring to such a standstill |
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Debris
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(n) scattered fragments, wreckage, rubble
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Diffuse
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(v) disperse
(adj) rambling, verbose, prolix |
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Dilemma
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(n) predicaments, pickle, bind, a difficult problem
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Efface
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(v) blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge
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Muddle
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(v) jumble, mess up
(n) confusion, disorder |
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Opinionated
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(adj) stubborn and often unreasonable; close-minded; inflexable
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Perennial
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(adj) recurring, enduring
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Predispose
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(v) make susceptible to
(n) a plant that lives for many years |
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relinquish
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(v) surrender, abandon, give up
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salvage
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(v) rescue, recover, reclaim
(n) property that was saved |
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spasmodic
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(adj) occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts
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spurious
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(adj) false, not true
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unbridled
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(adj) uncontrolled, unchecked
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