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Commandeer

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Verb

To seize for military or official use

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Salvage

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Verb
To save from fire or shipwreck
Noun
Property this saved

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Brigand

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Noun

Bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

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Dissolute

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Adj.

Loose in one’s morals or behavior

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Alien

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Noun
A citizen of another country
Adj.
Foreign, strange

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Dilemma

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Noun

A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

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Opinionated

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Adj.

Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind

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Terse

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Adj.

Brief and to the point

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Condone

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Verb

To pardon or overlook

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Altercation

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Noun

An angry argument

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Irate

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Adj.

Angry

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Deadlock

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Noun
A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions
Verb
To bring to such a standstill

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Posthumous

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Adj.

Occurring or published after death

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Rift

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Noun

A split, break, breach

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Inundated

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Verb

To flood, overflow, to overwhelm by numbers and size

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Brevity

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Noun

Shortness

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Candid

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Adj.

Frank, sincere, impractical, unposed

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Forestall

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Verb

To prevent by acting first

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Adherents

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Noun
Follower, supporter
Adj.
Attached, sticking to

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Pilfer

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Verb

To steal in small quantities

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Expulsion

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Noun

The process of driving a force out

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Exercised

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Verb

To drive out by magic, to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

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Assimilate

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Verb

To absorb fully, to adopt as one’s own, to adapt fully

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Mire

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Noun
Mud, wet, swampy ground, a tough situation
Verb
To get stuck

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Surly
Adj. | Angry, bad tempered, rude
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Recoup
Verb | To make up for, regain
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Illustrious
Adj. | Very famous, distinguished
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Squandered
Verb | To spend foolishly, waste
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Garble
Verb | To distort in such a way as to make unintelligible
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Dilate
Verb | To make or become larger or wider, to expand upon
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Superfluous
Adj. | Exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
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Obtrusive
Adj. | Forward, undesirably prominent, thrust/jut out
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Circumspect
Adj. | Careful, cautious
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Reprieve
Noun A temporary relief or delay Verb To grant a postponement
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Larceny
Noun | Theft
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Arduous
Adj. | Hard to do, require much effort
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Fated
Adj. | Determined in advance by destiny or fortune
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Ghastly
Adj. | Frightful, horrible, deathly pale
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Auspicious
Adj. | Favorable, fortunate
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Rectify
Verb | To make right, correct
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Incessant
Adj. | Never stopping, going on all the time
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Hoodwink
Verb | To mislead by a trick, swindle
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Flair
Noun | A natural quality, talent, or skill, a distinctive style
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Monologue
Noun | A speech by one actor, a long talk by one person
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Drudgery
Noun | Work that is hard and tiresome
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Repugnant
Adj. | Offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
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Shoddy
Adj. | Of poor quality, characterized by inferior workmanship
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Exorbitant
Adj. | Unreasonably high, excessive
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Facilitate
Verb | To make easier, to assist
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Slapdash
Adj. | Careless, hasty
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Anarchy
Noun | A lack of government and law, confusion
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Succumb
Verb | To give way to superior force, yield
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Reprimand
Verb To scold, find fault with Noun A rebuke
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Admonish
Verb | To caution or advise against something, to scold mildly, to remind of a duty
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Condone
Verb | To pardon, overlook
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Eminent
Adj. | Famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting
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Hamper
Verb | To hold back
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Disentangle
Verb | To free from tangles or complications
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Dross
Noun | Refuse, waste products
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Ponder
Verb | To consider carefully, reflect on
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Fabricate
Verb | To make, manufacture, to make up, invent
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Compensate
Verb | To make up for, to repay services
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Access
Noun Approach or admittance to places, persons, things, an increase Verb To get at, obtain
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Advent
Noun | An arrival, a coming into a place or view
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Willy
Adj. | Sly, shrewd, cunning
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Exploited
Verb To make use of, develop, to make improper use of for personal profit Noun A feat, deed
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Maltreat
Verb | To abuse, use roughly, or crudely
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Sardonic
Adj. | Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

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