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Vocab Unit 1
9/10/12
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9th Grade
09/11/2012

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breach
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(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through
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brigand
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(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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circumspect
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(adj.) careful, cautious
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commandeer
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(v.) to seize for military or official use
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deadlock
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(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill
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debris
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(n.) scattered fragments, wreckage
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dilemma
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(n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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efface
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(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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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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predispose
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(v.) to incline to beforehand
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spasmodic
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(adj.) sudden and violent but brief, fitful; intermittent
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spurious
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(adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid
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unbridled
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(adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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