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English
8th Grade
09/14/2010

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admonish

(ad man' ish)

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

(brech)

Definition
an opening, gap rupture rift a violation or infraction; to create an opening
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brigand

(brig' end)

Definition
a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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circumspect
Definition
careful cautios
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comandeer
Definition
to seize for military or official use
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cumbersome
Definition
clumsy hard to handle slow moving
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deadlock
Definition
a standstill resulting from the opposition two equal forces
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debris
Definition
scattered fragments wreckage
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diffuse
Definition
to spred or scatter freely or widely wordy longwinded or unfocussed 
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dilemma
Definition
a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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efface
Definition
to wipe out to keep oneself from being noticed
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muddle
Definition
to make a mess of 
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opinionated
Definition
stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to ones own ideas
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perennial
Definition
lasting for a long time persistent
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predispose
Definition
to incline to beforhand
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relinquish
Definition
to let go give up
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salvage
Definition
to save from fire or shipwreck property thus saved
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spasmodic
Definition
sudden and violent but brief
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spurious
Definition
not genuine not true not valid
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unbridled
Definition
uncontrolled lacking in restraint
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