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30 Cards in this Set
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Raze
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VERB
to demolish |
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Recalcitrant
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ADJECTIVE/NOUN
stubbornly resistant to authority |
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Recant
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VERB
to withdraw formally |
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Reciprocate
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VERB
to give in return for |
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Recrimination
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NOUN
answering one accusation with another |
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Redundant
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ADJECTIVE
repetitive |
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Relent
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VERB
to become less harsh |
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Reminiscence
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NOUN
recalling the past |
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Remorse
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NOUN
anguish |
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Renegade
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NOUN/ADJECTIVE
deserts one country for another |
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Repercussion
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NOUN
an indirect effect or result |
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Replenish
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VERB
to refill |
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Reprisal
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NOUN
retaliation for injuries |
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Rescind
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VERB
to cancel |
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Resilient
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ADJECTIVE
springy or flexible |
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Reticent
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ADJECTIVE
reserved or restrained |
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Retribution
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NOUN
just payment for something else |
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Retroactive
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ADJECTIVE
applying or referring to a period prior to enactment |
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Reverberate
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VERB
to echo over and over again |
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Revere
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VERB
to hold in great awe |
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Ritual
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NOUN
a ritual |
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Rudiment
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NOUN
a basic principle or skill |
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Ruminate
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VERB
to ponder at length |
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Ruse
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NOUN
an action or devise designed to mislead |
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Sabotage
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NOUN/VERB
to sabotage |
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Sacrilegious
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ADJECTIVE
disrespectful of sacred things |
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Salient
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NOUN/ADJECTIVE
prominent |
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Sanctimonious
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ADJECTIVE
making an insincere show of religion |
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Sanguine
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ADJECTIVE
reddish or ruddy |
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Satellite
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NOUN/ADJECTIVE
an artificial thing revolving around something larger |
