Vocab second round Flashcards

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breach

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an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction

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circumspect

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careful, cautious

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deadlock

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a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to bring to such a standstill

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debris

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scattered fragments, wreckage

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efface

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to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

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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, persistent
a plant that lives for many years

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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
property thus saved

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spasmodic

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sudden and violent but brief. fitful; intermittent

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