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123 Cards in this Set
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precocious
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premature
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predicament
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dilemma; quandary
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predilection
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special liking that has become a habit
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preeminent
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supreme;outstanding
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preempt
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to acquire by preemption
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preliterate
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antedating the use of writing
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predisposition
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state of mind or body favorable to
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premeditated
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characterize by a measure of forethought
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premise
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a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
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premonition
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a feeling that sth. is going to happen
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preoccupation
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the state of being preoccupied; sth. that takes up ones attention
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preponderate
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to exceed in weight or importance
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preposterous
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contradictory to nature of common sense; absurd
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prerogative
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privilege; the discretionary power
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presage
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an intuition or feeling of the future
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presupposition
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the act of supposing beforehand
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pretentious
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making usu. unjustified or excessive claims(as of value or standing)
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preternatural
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extraordinary
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prevaricate
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to deviate from the truth; equivocate
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prim
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neat; trim;decorous
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privation
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lack of what is needed for existence
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probity
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uprightness; honesty
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proboscis
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the trunk of an elephant; elongated or extensible snout of an invertebrate
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procure
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to obtain or acquire
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procurement
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the obtaining by effort of careful attention
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prod
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to poke; the stir up; urge
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prodigal
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lavish; one who spends lavishly
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prodigious
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extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree
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prodigy
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sth.extraordinary or inexplicable; a highly talented child or youth
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profane
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to treat with abuse;desecrate
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proffer
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to present for acceptance; offer; to offer suggestion
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profiteer
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one who makes an unreasonable profit
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profligate
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wildly extravagant
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profuse
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bountiful;extravagant
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prognosis
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forecast of the likely course of a disease or an illness
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prolix
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unduly prolonged
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prologue
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the intro of a performance
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propitiate
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to gain or regain the favor or good will of; to appease
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propitious
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auspicious;favorable; advantageous
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prosaic
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dull; unimaginative
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proscribe
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prohibit
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proselytize
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to recruit or convert to a new faith
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prostrate
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prone; powerless;helpless; to make oneself bow or kneel down in humility or adoration
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protagonist
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a leader;proponent
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protean
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continually changing
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protract
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to prolong
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provenance
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origin; source
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provender
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dry food for domestic animals
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provident
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prudent; frugal; thrifty
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providential
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fortunate; happening as if through divine intervention opportune
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provisory
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conditional
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prowess
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distinguished bravery; extraordinary ability
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prowl
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to roam through stealthily
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prude
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a person who is excessively excessively attentive to propriety or decorum
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pucker
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to become wrinkled; a fold or wrinkle
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puckish
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mischievous
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puerile
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childish; juvenile
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pugilism
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boxing
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puissance
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strength; power
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puissant
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having strength; powerful
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pulchritude
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physical comeliness
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pullet
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a young hen during its first year of laying eggs
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pulverize
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to reduce to very small particles; to annihilate
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punctilious
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careful
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pundit
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one who gives opinions in an authoritative manner
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puny
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slight or inferior in power; weak
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purchase
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a mechanical hold
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purgative
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a purging medicine; cathartic
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purlieu
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environment; neighborhood
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purloin
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to appropriate wrongfully; steal
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purported
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reputed,alleged
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purvey
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to supply as provisions
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pusillanimous
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lacking courage; cowardly
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pylon
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a tower for supporting either end of usu. a number of wires over a long span; any of various towerlike structures
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pyre
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a combustible heap for burning a dead body
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quack
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charlatan; a pretender to medical skill
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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quail
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to coil in dread or fear; cower
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quaint
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unusual and attractive
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qualms
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an uncomfortable feeling of uncertainty
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quandary
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a state of perplexity or doubt
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quarry
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one that is sought or pursued; prey
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quash
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to suppress; to nullify by judicial action
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quaver
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to shake; tremble; a tremulous sound
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querulous
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habitually complaining; fretful
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quibble
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an evasion of the point; a minor objection or criticism
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quiescent
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marked by inactivity or repose
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quill
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long, sharp and stiff spine of a porcupine
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quirk
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accident; vagary; a strange habit
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quisling
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traitor; collaborator
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quiver
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a case for carrying arrows
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quixotic
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foolishly impractical
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quotidian
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occurring everyday; commonplace
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rabble
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a disorganized or disorderly crowd of people; mob; the lowest class of people
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raconteur
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a person who excels in telling anecdotes
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racy
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amusing; full of zest or vigor
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raffish
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vulgar; tawdry
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rafter
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any of the parallel beams that support a roof
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rail
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a bar serving as a guard or barrier; to revile or scold in harsh language
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rakish
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jaunty; dissolute
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rambunctious
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marked by uncontrollable exuberance
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ramify
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to split up into branches or constituents
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rampant
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marked by a menacing wildness or absence of restraint
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rancid
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rank;stinky
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rancor
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bitter deep-seated ill will; enmity
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rankle
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to cause resentment; to feel anger and irritation
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ransom
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to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price
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rapacious
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excessively grasping or covetous
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rapport
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relation marked by harmony, conformity
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rapprochement
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establishment of having cordial relations
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rapt
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engrossed; absorbed; enchanted
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rarefaction
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the quality or state of being rarefied
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raspy
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grating; harsh; irritable
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ratification
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formal confirmation
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raucous
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disagreeably harsh; hoarse
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rave
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an extravagantly favorable criticism; to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium
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ravenous
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hungry; rapacious
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ravine
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a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon
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ravishing
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unusually attractive or striking
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reactionary
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ultraconservative in politics
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rebuff
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to reject or criticize sharply; snub
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rebus
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a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority or restraint; unruly
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