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81 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, statement that one is quitting a job
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resilient
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elastic, having the poser of springing back
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resolution
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determination
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resolve
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determination, firmness of purpose; 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 relief, 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 reaction readily to appeals, orders, etc.
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restitution
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reparation, indemnification
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restive
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restlessly impatient, obstinately resisting control
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restraint
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moderation or self-control, controlling force, restriction
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resumption
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taking up again, recommencement
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resurge
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rise again, flow to an fro
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resuscitate
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revive
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retain
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keep, employ
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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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cut down, economize
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retribution
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vengeance, compensation, punishment for offences
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retrieve
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recover, find and bring out
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retroactive
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taking effect before it's enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)
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retrograde
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go backwards, degenerate
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revelry
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boisterous merrymaking
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reverberate
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echo, resound
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reverent
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respectful, 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, vilify
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revoke
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cancel, retract
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revulsion
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sudden violent change of feeling, negative reaction
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rhapsodize
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to speak or write in a exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
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rhetoric
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art of effective communication, insincere or grandiloquent 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 or 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 unyielding, 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
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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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repetition
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rotunda
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circular building or hall covered with 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 print), directions for religious ceremony, protocol
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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 (mentally or like cows, physically), mull over, ponder
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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, stratagem
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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 sweet
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sacrilegious
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desecrating, profane
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sacrosanct
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most sacred, inviolable
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