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WCHS Unit 1-D

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admonish   to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly  
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breach   (n) an opening, gap, rupture, (v) to create an opening, break through  
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brigand   a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman  
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circumspect   careful, cautious  
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commandeer   to seize for military or official use  
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cumbersome   clumsy, hard to handle; slow moving  
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deadlock   a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions  
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debris   Scattered fragments, wreckage  
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diffuse   (v) to spread or scatter widely (adj) wordy, long-winded or unfocused  
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dilemma   a difficult or perplexing situation or problem  
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efface   to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed  
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muddle   (v) to make a mess of (n) a hopeless mess  
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opinionated   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 time (n) a plant that lives for many years  
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predispose   to incline to beforehand  
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relinquish   to let go, give up  
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salvage   (v) to save from fire or shipwreck (n) property that has been saved  
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spasmodic   sudden and violent but brief, fitful  
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spurious   not genuine, not true, not valid  
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unbridled   uncontrolled, lacking in restraint  
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