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48 Cards in this Set
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retribution
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revenge
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retrograde
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go backwards, recede
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revelry
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noisy partying or merrymaking
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reverberate
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echo, have continuing serious effects
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revere
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show devoted deferential honor to, adore, reverence, vererate
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revile
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criticize abusively
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revue
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musical show of skits, songs and dance
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rhetoric
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art of effective pr persuasice speaking or writing, but often lacking sincerity or meaningful content
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ribald
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crude, offensive, scamp, mischief, rapscallion, rogue
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scamp
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a pleansantly mischievious person
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rickety
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shaky
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rider
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added condition or proviso
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rife
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widespread (esp of something undersirable)
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rigor
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1. strickness
2. sudden coldness |
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rile
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make agitated and angry, upset
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rite
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ceremonial act
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rive
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to wrench open or tear apart, teat, cleave, rend
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rivulent
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small stream
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robust
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healthy, strong
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roil
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make turbid (cloudy) by stirring up sediment of dregs (remnants of liquids) of
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roister
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engage in noisy revelry
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rostrum
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stage for public speaking
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rubicund
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ruddy, florid, flush
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rue
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feel penitence, remorse
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ruminate
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1. chew repeatedly for extended period
2. fo over in mind repeatedly and often slowly ponder, chaw, deliberate |
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rumple
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crumple, crinkle
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runic
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rune, mystery
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ruse
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trick to deceive = stratagem
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rustic
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lack social grace
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sacrilege
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profanation, blasphemy, desecration
violation or misuse of something regarded as sacred or as having great value |
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sacrosanct
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regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with
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sagacious
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keen and farsighted penetration and judgment
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salient
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conspicuous
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salubrious
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favorable to or promoting health
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salve
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1. soothe
2. assuage |
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sanctify
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free from sin, consecrate
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consecrate
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declare sacred
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sanctimonious
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show of being morally superior
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sanction
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give effective or authoritative approval or consent, approve, certify, endorse
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sanguine
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hopeful, cheerful
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sapient
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expressing great sagacity (appearing wise)
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sartorial
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relating to tailoring
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sate
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satiate, cloy, glut, satisfy to excess
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saturnine
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of gloomy disposition, sullen dour, glum , morose, surly
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saunter
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walk about in idle of leisurely manner
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savant
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person of learning
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scabbard
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sheath for sword
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scads
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large quantity
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