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13 Cards in this Set
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impertinent
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insolent; impudent
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RELINQUISH
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(v.) To give up using or having
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CUMBERSOME
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(adj.) Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk
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CIRCUMSPECT
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(adj.) Cautious; prudent; wary; careful
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DEADLOCK
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(n.) A state in which progress is impossible, a standstill; (v.) To bring or come into a standstill
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COMMANDEER
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(v.) To seize for military use; confiscate
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ADMONISH
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(v.) To warn of a fault, lightly scold
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SPASMODIC
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(adj.) Convulsive
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EFFACE
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(v.) To cause to disappear by rubbing out, striking out, etc.
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BREACH
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(n.) An opening, tear, or rupture.; A violation of a law or promise; (v.) To make a hole or gap in, to break through
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SPURIOUS
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(adj.) Not genuine
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DIFFUSE
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(v.) To spread out or scatter, to disseminate; (adj.) Wordy, tending to use more words than are necessary
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UNBRIDLED
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(adj.) Being without restraint
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