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suave
EX. the suave gentleman was a great favorite of the elegant ladies who attended parties at the embassy

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smooth

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tacit
Ex. She felt that she had her parents' tacit approval to borrow the car.

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silent; understood

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taciturn
Ex. a taciturn man, he almost never initiates a conversatio

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reserved type

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tactile
Ex. The thick brushstrokes give the painting a tactile quality

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Producing a sensation of touch

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tangential
Ex.Their romance is tangential to the book's main plot

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Of superficial relevance if any

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tangible
ex. tangible assets like house etc

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real/touchable

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tantamount
Ex. teachers always teach in teams of two, collaboration being considered tantamount to strength.

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equivalent

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taut
Ex. a taut rope, The book is a taut thriller.

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tight

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tautological
Ex. tautological statement it can not be used as an argument.

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Repetition of same sense in different words

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tawdry
Ex. The scandal was a tawdry affair.

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Tastelessly showy, cheap

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temperate
Ex. He is a temperate man.

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moderate

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tempestuous
Ex. tempestuous clouds on the horizon, the sea being very tempestuous

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angry, violent

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temporal

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Not eternal

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eternal

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endless

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tenacious
Ex.a tenacious trainer, she adheres to her grueling swimming schedule no matter what

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good at remembering, stubborn

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tendentious
ex. He made some extremely tendentious remarks because of same religion

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having an underlying cause

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tensile

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Of or relating to tension

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tentative

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unsettled in mind

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tenuous
Ex. The local theater has had a tenuous existence in recent years.

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Having thin consistency

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tepid
Ex. He gave a tepid performance.

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Moderately warm

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terrestrial transportation, terrestrial habits,terrestrial planets

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travel in land, mundane, planets like earth

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terse
Ex. She gave me a few terse instructions and promptly left the room.

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crisp

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tertiary, territory
Ex. This is my territory
Ex. tertiary education

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third

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tessellated
Ex. A honeycomb is an example of a tessellated natural structure

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fitted

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testy
Ex. that coworker would be easier to get along with if she weren't so testy all the tim

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easily iritated or annoyed

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thematic
Ex. the thematic development in the story

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Relating to or constituting a topic of discourse;topic

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threadbare
Ex. repeating threadbare jokes

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Repeated too often

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thrifty
Ex. if you are thrifty, you can find ways to decorate your room stylishly yet inexpensivel

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Careful and diligent in the use of resources

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thrive
Ex. a large number of plants and animals positively thrive here and are very well adapted to urban life

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Grow vigorously

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timorous
Ex. a shy and timorous teenager

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Timid by nature or revealing timidity

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timid
Ex. She's very timid and shy when meeting strangers.

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fear

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tipple
Ex. I do tipple now and then

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Drink moderately but regularly

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titanic
Ex. The batter hit a titanic home run.

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Of great force or power

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titular
Ex. Although retired, he remains the titular chairman of the company

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Of or relating to a legal title to something

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torrential
Ex. The rain caused torrential flooding.

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abundant;incontrolled

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torrid
Ex. torrid summers,The team had a torrid time trying to score

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Characterized by intense emotion, hot

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tortuous
Ex. a tortuous path up the mountain

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Highly complex

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tractable
Ex. This new approach should make the problem more tractable.

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Easily managed

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transcendent
Ex. the star player's transcendent performance helped the team to a surprise victory

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Exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

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surpass
Ex. Last quarter, sales surpassed two million.

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Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

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transient
Ex. had transient thoughts of suicide but never acted upon them

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of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

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transitory
Ex. a transitory panic struck me when I realized that we had left the baby in the car

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Lasting a very short time

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translucent
Ex. translucent water

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Allowing light to pass through diffusely

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trenchant
Ex. trenchant views make him a compelling and entertaining speaker.

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clear cut

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trifling
Ex. a trifling sum of money

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Not worth considering

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triumphal
Ex. Quitting smoking was a personal triumph for her

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Relating to or celebrating a triumph

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trite
Ex. by the time the receiving line had ended, the bride and groom's thanks sounded trite and tired

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Repeated too often

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tremulous
Ex. He spoke with a tremulous voice.

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(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear

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Quivering
Ex. Her lips quivered when she heard the bad news.

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A shaky motion

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tumid
Ex.he'd just been in a fight, and was nursing his tumid lip

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bombastic (large)

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turbid
Ex. the pond water became turbid from our swimming and splashing

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muddy

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turgid
Ex.turgid leeches

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bombastic (large)

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tutelary
Ex. tutelary saint

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Providing protective supervision;relating to a guardian

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rabid
Ex. Her husband is a rabid baseball fan.

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Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

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rakish
Ex. rakish charm

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Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

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rampant
Ex. the mayor promised to put a stop to the rampant crime that plagued the city

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Unrestrained and violent

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ramshackle
Ex. The movie's ramshackle plot is confusing and not believable.

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In deplorable condition

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deplorable
Ex. we will not tolerate such deplorable behavior in a house of worship

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bad

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rancid
Ex. Some foods become rancid quickly.

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oosi pona (tamil)

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rapacious
Ex. rapacious mammal (foxes)

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Excessively greedy and grasping

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rapt
Ex. The students listened with rapt attention.

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Feeling great rapture or delight

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rarefied
Ex. It's difficult to breathe in the rarefied air near the mountain's peak

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having low density

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raspy
Ex. overwork tends to make him raspy

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Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

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grate
Ex. grate cheese, grate tomatoes

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Furnish with a grate, reduce to fragments

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raucous
Ex. the partying neighbors kept up their raucous laughter half the night

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Unpleasantly loud and harsh

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ravenous
Ex. ravenous wolves

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extremely hungry

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reactionary

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An extreme conservative

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recalcitrant
Ex. the manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority

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Stubbornly resistant to authority or control

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rancorous
Ex. rancorous autobiography

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Showing deep-seated resentment

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resentment
Ex. He expressed his resentment of the new policies.

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A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

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reclusive
Ex. lived an unsocial reclusive life

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Keeping away from society

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recondite
Ex. geochemistry is a recondite subject

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Difficult to penetrate

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recumbent
Ex. a recumbent statue

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Lying down

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redolent
Ex.my grandmother's house always seemed to be redolent with the aroma of baking bread

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aromatic

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redoubtable
Ex. redoubtable opponent, in the quarter-finals.

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Inspiring fear

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refractory
Ex. refractory players will be ejected from the game

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not responding to treatment

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refulgent
Ex. the refulgence of a full moon on a clear autumn night

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radiant

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remediable

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Capable of being remedied or redressed

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remiss
Ex. I would be remiss if I didn't tell you how much I appreciated the lovely gift

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Failing in what duty requires

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remunerative

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For which money is paid

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relentless
Ex. The hunter was relentless in pursuit of his prey.

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persistent

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renegade
Ex. renegade scientists have co-operated with al qaida and provided them with some of the knowledge they need to develop these weapons.

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Having deserted a cause or principle; a disloyal person who switches parties

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replete
Ex. The country's history is replete with stories of people who became successful by working hard.

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Filled to satisfaction with food or drink

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reprehensible
Ex. your behavior towards the other team was truly reprehensible, so you're being suspended from the next three games

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Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

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reproach
Ex. His conduct has brought shame and reproach to his family.

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A mild rebuke or criticism

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resilient
Ex: The local economy is remarkably resilient.

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elastic; Recovering readily from adversity, depression

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resonant
Ex. the poem remains deeply resonant for me.

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Serving to bring to mind, echo

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resplendent
Ex. The fields were resplendent with flowers.

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splendid

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restive
Ex. the restive horse threw its head and refused to move when the rider urged it forward

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being in a tense state

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retroactive
Ex. The new tax will be retroactive to January 1.

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Affecting things past

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retrospective
Ex. a retrospective analysis of what went wrong

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Concerned with or related to the past

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rife
Ex. rife with rumor,a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption

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very common

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retrograde
Ex. retrograde pedaling will engage the brakes on that bik

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Going from better to worse

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riveting
Ex. a riveting explanation of light waves that fascinated the class

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focusing

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rococo
Ex. The chairs are carved in a rococo style.

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Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation

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roseate
Ex. a bird with roseate feathers

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rose

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rousing
Ex. a rousing success, a rousing speech

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awakening, rise of excitment

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ruddy
Ex. She has a ruddy face.

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Inclined to a healthy reddish colour often associated with outdoor life

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rustic
Ex. rustic farmers

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Characteristic of rural life

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ruthless
Ex. The journalist was ruthless in his criticism.

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Without mercy or pity

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rote
Ex. rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries

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Memorization by repetition

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rhetoric
Ex. My question was rhetorical. I wasn't really expecting an answer, rhetoric of politicians.

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Using language effectively to please or persuade

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ribaldry
Ex. some of the movie's most ribald, and thus funniest, scenes were cut for showing on broadcast television

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Humorously vulgar