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20 Cards in this Set
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admonished
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to caution or advise agains something, to scold mildly, to remind of duty
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breach
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an opening
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briganed
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a bandit, robber, outlaw
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circumspect
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careful, cautious
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commander
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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 fractions
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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
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dilemma
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a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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efface
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to wipe out, to keep oneself from being noticed
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muddle
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to make a mess of
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opinionated
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stubborn and often unreasonable, in holding one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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perenial
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lasting for a long time, persistent--a plant that lives for many years
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predisposed
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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 fire or shipwreck
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spasmatic
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sudden and violent but brief
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spurios
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not genuine, not tru, not valid
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uneridled
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lacking in restrain
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