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vocab english unit 1 Flashcards

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1
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To caution or advise against, something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

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admonish

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an opening, gap; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through.

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breach

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3
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a bandit

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brigand

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careful, cautious

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circumspect

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to seize for military or official use

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commandeer

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a complete standstill; (v.) to bring to a standstill

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deadlock

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to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread.

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diffuse

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a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

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dilemma

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to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

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efface

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to make a mess of to get by; a hopeless mess

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muddle

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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closing mind

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opinionated

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lasting for a long time, persistent

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perennial

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clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

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cumbersome

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scattered fragments, wreckage

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debris

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to incline beforehand

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predispose

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to let go, give up

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relinquish

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to save from fire or shipwreck

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salvage

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sudden and violent but brief; fitful, intermittent

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spasmodic

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not genuine, not true, not valid

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spurious

20
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uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

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unbridled

21
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SYNONYMS: take over, requisition, expropriate, seize

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commandeer

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SYNONYMS: rambling, verbose, prolix; to disperse

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diffuse

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SYNONYMS: cauctious, wary, prudent, careful, guarded

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circumspect

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SYNONYMS: to incline, make susceptible to

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predispose

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SYNONYMS: to blot out, erase expunge, obliterate

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efface

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SYNONYMS: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus

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spurious

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SYNONYMS: to caution, warn scold, call on the carpet

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admonish

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SYNONYMS: uncontrolled, unrestrained, unchecked

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unbridled

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SYNONYMS: unwieldy, clumsy to handle; ponderous

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cumbersome

30
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SYNONYMS: a robber, bandit, highwayman, outlaw

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bridgand

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SYNONYMS: a standoff, stalemate, impasse

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deadlock

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SYNONYMS: to rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim

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salvage

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SYNONYMS: to give up, let go, surrender, abandon

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relinquish

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SYNONYMS: irregular, intermittent, occasional, fitful

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spasmodic

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SYNONYMS: a predicament, quandary, “pickle,” “bind”

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dilemma

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SYNONYMS: enduring, persistent, recurring

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pernninal

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SYNONYMS: confusion, disorder; to jumble, mess up

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muddle

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SYNONYMS: a gap, rupture, rift; to break through

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breach

39
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SYNONYMS: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam

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debris

40
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SYNONYMS: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible

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opinionated

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