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82 Cards in this Set
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rescind
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cancel
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resentment
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indignation,bitterness,displeasure
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reserve
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self control,formal but distant manner
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residue
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remainder, balance
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resignation
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patient submissiveness,statment that one is quitting a job
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resilient
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elastic
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resolution
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determination
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resolve(n)
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determination,firmness of purpose
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resolve(v)
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decide,settle,solve
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resonant
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echoing,resounding,deep and full in sound
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respiration
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breathing,exhalation
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respite
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interval of releif,time for rest,delay in punishment
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resplendent
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dazzling,glorious,brilliant
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responsiveness
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state of reactind readily to appeals,orders
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restive
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restlessly impatient
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restraint
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moderation,self control,controlling force,restriction
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resumption
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taking up again,recommencement
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restitution
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reparation,indemnification
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resurge
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rise again,flow to and fro
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rescucitate
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revive
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retaliation
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repayment in kind(usually for bad treatment)
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retentive
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holding,having a good memory
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reticent
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reserved,uncommunicative,inclined to silence
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retinue
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following,attendants
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retiring
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modest,shy
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retort
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quick sharp reply
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retract
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withdraw,take back
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retrench
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economize,cut down
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retribution
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vengeance,compensation,punishment for offenses
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retreive
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recover,find and bring in
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retroactive
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taking effect before it's enactment(as law)or imposition(as a tax)
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retrograde
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go backwards,degenerate
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retrospective
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looking back on the past
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revelry
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boistrous merry making
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reverbate
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echo,resound
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reverant
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respectfull,worshipful
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reverie
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daydream,musing
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revert
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relapse,backslide,turn back to
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revile
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attack with abusive language,villify
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revoke
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cancel,retract
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revulsion
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sudden violent change of feelings
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rhapsodize
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to speak or write in an exaggeratadely enthusiastic manner
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rhetoric
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art of effective communication,insincere or gradiloquent language
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ribald
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wanton,profane
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riddle
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pierce with holes,permeate,spread throughout
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rider
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amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
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rife
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abundant,current
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rift
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opening,break
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rig
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fix ,manipulate
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rigid
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stiff and unyeilding,strict,hard and unbending
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rigor
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severity
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rile
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vex,irritate,muddy
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riveting
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absorbing,engrossing
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rivulet
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small stream
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robust
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vigorous,strong
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rococo
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ornate,highly decorated
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roil
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to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment,to disturb
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roseate
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rosy,optimistic
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roster
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list
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rostrum
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platform for speech making,pulpit
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rote
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repitition
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rotunda
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circular building or hall covered by a dome
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rotundity
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roundness,sonorousness of speech
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rousing
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lively,stirring
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rout
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stampede,drive out
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rubble
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fragments
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rubric
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title or heading(in red point) protocol,,directions for religious cermony
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ruddy
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reddish,healthy looking
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rudimentary
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not developed,elementary,crude
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rue
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regret,lament,mourn
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ruffian
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bully,scoundrel
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ruminate
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chew over and over
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rummage
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ransack,thoroughly search
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runic
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mysterious,set down in an ancient alphabet
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ruse
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trick,strategum
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rustic
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pertaining to country people,uncouth
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rusticate
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banish to the country,dwell in the country
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ruthless
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pitiless,cruel
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saboteur
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one who commits sabotage,destroyer of property
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saccharine
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cloyingly sweat
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sacrlegious
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desecrating,profane
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sacrosanct
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most sacred,inviolable
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