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Admonish   v. to caution or advise against something; to sclold mildly; to remind of a duty  
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Breach   n. an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction  
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breach   v. to create an opening, break through  
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brigand   n. a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman  
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circumspect   adj. careful, cautious  
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commandeer   v. to seize for military or official use  
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cumbersome   adj. clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving  
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deadlock   n. a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions  
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deadlock   v. to bring to such a standstill  
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debris   n. scattered fragments, wreckage  
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diffuse   v. to spread or scatter freely or widely  
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diffuse   adj. wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread  
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dilemma   n. a difficult or perplexing situation or problem  
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efface   v. to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed  
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muddle   v. to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by  
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muddle   n. a hopeless mess  
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opinionated   adj. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind  
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perennial   adj. lasting for a long tme, persistent  
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perennial   n. a plant that lives for many years  
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predispose   v. to incline to beforehand  
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relinquish   v. to let go, give up  
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salvage   v. to save from fire or shipwreck  
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salvage   n. property thus saved  
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spasmodic   adj. sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent  
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spurious   adj. not genuine, not true, not valid  
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unbridled   adj. uncontrolled, lacking in restrains  
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adjourn   v. to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place  
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alien   n. a citizen of another country  
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alien   adj. foreign, strange  
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comely   adj. having a pleasing apperance  
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compensate   v. to make up for; to repay for services  
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dissolute   adj. loose in one's morals or behavior  
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erratic   adj. not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable  
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expulsion   n. the process of driving or forcing out  
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feint   n. a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense  
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feint   v. to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of  
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fodder   n. food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose  
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fortify   v.to strengthen, build up  
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illegible   adj. difficult or impossible to read  
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jeer   v. to make fun of rudely or unkindly  
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jeer   n. a ruderemark of derision  
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lucrative   adj. bringing in money; profitable  
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mediocre   adj. average, ordinary, undistinguished  
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proliferate   v. to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly  
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subjugate   v. to conquer by force, bring under complete control  
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sully   v. to soil, tarnish, defile, besmirch  
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tantalize   v. to tease, torment by teasing  
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terse   adj. brief and to the point  
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unflinching   adj. firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back  
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abrdige   v. to make shorter  
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adherent   n. a follower, supporter  
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adherent   adj. attached, sticking to  
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altercation   n. an angry argument  
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cherubic   adj. resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent  
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condone   v. to pardon or to overlook  
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dissent   v. to disagree  
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dissent   n. a disagreement  
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eminent   adj. famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting  
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exorcise   v. to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppresive  
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irate   adj. angry  
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marauder   n. a raider, plunderer  
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obesity   n. excessive fatness  
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pauper   n. an extremely poor person  
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pilfer   v. to steal in small quantities  
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rift   n. a split, break, breach  
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semblance   n. a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition  
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surmount   v. to overcome, rise above  
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terminate   v. to bring to an end  
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trite   adj. commonplace; overused, stale  
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usurp   v. to seize and hold a position by force without right  
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