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Plant Sciences
9th Grade
11/24/2008

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Admonish
Definition
to caution or advise against something; to scold mildy; to remind of duty
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Breach
Definition
An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through
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Brigand
Definition
a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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Circumspect
Definition
careful, cautious
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Cumbersome
Definition
clumsy, hard to handle; slow moving
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Commandeer
Definition
to seize military or official use
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lock
Definition
a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to bring to such a standstill
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Debris
Definition
scattered fragments, wreckage
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Diffuse
Definition
to spread or scatter freel or widely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
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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; a hopeless mess
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Opinionated
Definition
stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind.
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Perennial
Definition
lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years
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Predispose
Definition
to incline beforehand
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Relinquish
Definition
to let go, give up
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Salvage
Definition
to save from fire or shipwreck; porperty thus saved
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Spasmodic
Definition
sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
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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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