vocab unit 1 Flashcards

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breach

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

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admonish

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

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brigand

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band it, robber, outlaw, highway man

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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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standstill resulting from the opposition for two equal forces or factions

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debris

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scattered fragments wreckage

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diffuse

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spread or scatter freely or wildly

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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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middle

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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 ones own ideas, having closed mind

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perennial

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lasting go for a long time persistent; a plant that lives for many years

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predispose

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to incline to beforehand

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relinquish

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let go, give up

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salvage

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save from fire or shipwreck

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spasmodic

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sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

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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