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Sadlier Oxford Level D Lesson 1
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English
9th Grade
08/23/2010

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deadlock
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a standstill; to bring about a standstill
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cumbersome
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clumsy; hard to handle; unwieldy; ponderous
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commandeer
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to seize for military or official use; take over
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circumspect
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careful; cautious; wary
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brigand
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a bandit, outlaw, robber
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breach
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an opening or gap
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admonish
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to cause or adgise against something; warn; to scold mildly
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debris
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scattered fragments; wreckage; rubble
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diffuse
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to spread or scatter freely or widely; disperse; rambling, wordy
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dilemma
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difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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efface
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to wite out; blot out; earse; expunge
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muddle
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to make a mess of; a hopeless mess
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opinionated
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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding one's own idea; pigheaded
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perennial
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lasting for a long time; a plant that lives many years
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predispose
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to incline to beforehand; make susceptible to
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relinquish
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to let go; give up; surrender
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salvage
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to sace from fire or shipwreck; a property thus saved
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spasmodic
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sudden and violent but brief; fitful; occasional
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spurious
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not genuine or true; not valid
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unbridled
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uncontrolled; lacking in restraint; unchecked
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