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20 Cards in this Set
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Admonish
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To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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Breach
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An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create and opening, break through
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Brigand
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A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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Circumspect
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careful, cautious
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Commandeer
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to seize for military or official use
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Cumbersome
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clumsy, hard to handle; slow moving
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Deadlock
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a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or actions
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Debris
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scattered fragments, wreckage
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Diffuse
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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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a difficult or perplexing situation
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Efface
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to wipe out; to keep to oneself from being noticed
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Muddle
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to make a mess of; to get by; a hopeless mess
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Opinionated
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Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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Perennial
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Lasting for a long time, persistant
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Predispose
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to incline to beforehand
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Relinquish
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to let go, give up
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Salvage
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to save from shipwreck or fire
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Spasmodic
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sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent; irregular; occasional
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Spurious
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not genuine, not true, not valid
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Unbridled
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uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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