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20 Cards in this Set
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Admonish
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v. to caution or advise agains something
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breach
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n. opening, gap, rupture, rift
v. to create an opening |
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circumspect
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adj. careful, caution
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brigand
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a bandit, robber, outlaw, highway man
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comandeer
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v. to seize for military or official use
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cumbersome
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adj. clumsy, hard to handle
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deadlock
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n. a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces of fractions
v. to bring to such a standstill |
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debris
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n. scattered fragments, wreckage
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diffuse
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v. to spread or scatter freely or widely
adj. wordly, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
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dilemma
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n) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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efface
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v. to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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muddle
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v. to make a mess of; muddle through to get by
n. a hopeless mess |
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opinionated
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adj. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own idea's, having a closed mind
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peremial
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adj. lasting for a long time, persistent
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predispose
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v. to incline to before hand
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relinquish
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v. to let go, give up
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salvage
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v. to save from fire or shipwreck
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spasmodic
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adj. sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
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spurious
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adj. not genuine, not true, not valid.
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unbridled
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adj. uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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