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Vocab Section 1 grade 10
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English
10th Grade
09/24/2008

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Admonish
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to caution or advise against something, to scold mildly, remind of duty
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Breach
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An opening or gap, violation or infraction, break through
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brigand
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a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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circumspect
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careful, cautious
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commandeer
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tp 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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a standstill resulting from opposition of two equal forces, defusal of labor
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debris
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scattered fragments, wreckage
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debris
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scattered fragments, wreckage
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diffuse
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to spread or scatter freely or widely, wordy long winded
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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, keep ones self from being noticed
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muddle
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to make a mess of
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opinionated
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stubborn, unreasonable in holding to one's ideas, having a closed mind
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perennial
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lasting for a long time, persistant, a plant that lives for many years
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predispose
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to incline to before hand
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relenquish
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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 breif
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spurious
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not genuine , not true or valid
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unbridled
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uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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