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protomartyr n
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The earliest victim in any cause
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protocol n
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A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty
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protoplasm n
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The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell
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prototype n
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A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit
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protract v
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To prolong
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protrude v
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To push out or thrust forth
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protrusion n
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The act of protruding
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protuberance n
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Something that swells out from a surrounding surface
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protuberant adj
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Bulging
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protuberate v
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To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface
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proverb n
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A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience
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provident adj
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Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies
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providential adj
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Effected by divine guidance
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provincial adj
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Uncultured in thought and manner
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proviso n
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A clause in a contract, will, etc , by which its operation is rendered conditional
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provocation n
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An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment
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prowess n
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Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle
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proximately adv
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Immediately
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proxy n
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A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter
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prudence n
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Caution
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prudential adj
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Proceeding or marked by caution
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prudery n
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An undue display of modesty or delicacy
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prurient adj
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Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires
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pseudapostle n
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A pretended or false apostle
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pseudonym n
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A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer
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pseudonymity n
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The state or character of using a fictitious name
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psychiatry n
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The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease
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psychic adj
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Pertaining to the mind or soul
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psychopathic adj
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Morally irresponsible
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psychotherapy n
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The treatment of mental disease
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pudgy adj
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Small and fat
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puerile adj
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Childish
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pugnacious adj
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Quarrelsome
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puissant adj
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Possessing strength
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pulmonary adj
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Pertaining to the lungs
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punctilious adj
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Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom
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punctual adj
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Observant and exact in points of time
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pungent adj
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Affecting the sense of smell
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pungency n
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The quality of affecting the sense of smell
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punitive adj
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Pertaining to punishment
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pupilage n
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The state or period of being a student
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purgatory n
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An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering
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purl v
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To cause to whirl, as in an eddy
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purloin v
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To steal
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purport n
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Intent
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purveyor n
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one who supplies
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pusillanimous adj
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Without spirit or bravery
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putrescent adj
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Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors
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pyre n
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A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body
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pyromania n
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An insane propensity to set things on fire
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pyrotechnic adj
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Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture
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pyx n
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A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved
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quackery n
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Charlatanry
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quadrate v
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To divide into quarters
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quadruple v
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To multiply by four
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qualification n
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A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege
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qualify v
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To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions
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qualm n
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A fit of nausea
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quandary n
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A puzzling predicament
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quantity n
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Magnitude
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quarantine n
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The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease
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quarrelsome adj
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Irascible
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quarter n
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One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided
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quarterly adj
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Occurring or made at intervals of three months
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quartet n
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A composition for four voices or four instruments
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quarto n
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An eight-page newspaper of any size
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quay n
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A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it
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querulous adj
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Habitually complaining
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query v
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To make inquiry
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queue n
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A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance
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quibble n
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An utterly trivial distinction or objection
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quiescence n
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Quiet
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quiescent adj
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Being in a state of repose or inaction
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quiet adj
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Making no noise
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quietus n
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A silencing, suppressing, or ending
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quintessence n
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The most essential part of anything
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quintet n
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Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments
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quite adv
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Fully
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Quixotic adj
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Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree
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rabid adj
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Affected with rabies or hydrophobia
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racy adj
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Exciting or exhilarating to the mind
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radiance n
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Brilliant or sparkling luster
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radiate v
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To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus
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radical n
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One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures
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radix n
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That from or on which something is developed
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raillery n
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Good-humored satire
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ramify v
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To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions
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ramose adj
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Branch-like
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rampant adj
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Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint
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rampart n
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A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry
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rancor n
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Malice
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rankle v
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To produce irritation or festering
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rapacious adj
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Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods
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rapid adj
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Having great speed
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rapine n
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The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war
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rapt adj
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Enraptured
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raptorial adj
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Seizing and devouring living prey
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ration v
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To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food
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rationalism n
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The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority
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raucous adj
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Harsh
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ravage v
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To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other destructive methods
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ravenous adj
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Furiously voracious or hungry
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ravine n
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A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water
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reaction n
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Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of things, as after reform, revolution, or inflation
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reactionary adj
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Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction
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readily adv
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Without objection or reluctance
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readjust v
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To put in order after disarrangement
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ready adj
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In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion
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realism n
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The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist
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rearrange v
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To arrange again or in a different order
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reassure v
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To give new confidence
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rebellious adj
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Insubordinate
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rebuff n
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A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches
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rebuild v
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To build again or anew
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rebut v
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To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer
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recant v
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To withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained)
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recapitulate v
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To repeat again the principal points of
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recapture v
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To capture again
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recede v
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To move back or away
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receivable adj
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Capable of being or fit to be received - often money
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receptive adj
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Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions
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recessive adj
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Having a tendency to go back
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recidivist n
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A confirmed criminal
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reciprocal adj
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Mutually interchangeable or convertible
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reciprocate v
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To give and take mutually
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reciprocity n
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Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed
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recitation n
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The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory
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reck v
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To have a care or thought for
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reckless adj
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Foolishly headless of danger
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reclaim v
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To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of
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recline v
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To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position
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recluse n
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One who lives in retirement or seclusion
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reclusory n
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A hermitage
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recognizance n
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An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act
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recognize v
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To recall the identity of (a person or thing)
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recoil v
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To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread
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recollect v
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To recall the knowledge of
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reconcilable adj
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Capable of being adjusted or harmonized
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reconnoiter v
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To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes
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reconsider v
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To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action
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reconstruct v
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To rebuild
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recourse n
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Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble
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recover v
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To regain
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recreant n
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A cowardly or faithless person
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recreate v
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To refresh after labor
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recrudescence n
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The state of becoming raw or sore again
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recrudescent adj
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Becoming raw or sore again
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recruit v
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To enlist men for military or naval service
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rectify v
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To correct
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rectitude n
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The quality of being upright in principles and conduct
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recuperate v
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To recover
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recur v
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To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals
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recure v
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To cure again
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recurrent adj
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Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals
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redemption n
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The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by paying the debt
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redolent adj
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Smelling sweet and agreeable
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redolence n
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Smelling sweet and agreeable
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redoubtable adj
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Formidable
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redound n
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Rebound
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redress v
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To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer
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reducible adj
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That may be reduced
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redundance n
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Excess
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redundant adj
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Constituting an excess
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reestablish v
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To restore
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refer v
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To direct or send for information or other purpose
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referrer n
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One who refers
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referable adj
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Ascribable
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referee n
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An umpire
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refinery n
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A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified
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reflectible adj
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Capable of being turned back
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reflection n
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The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or any form of energy that travels in waves
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reflector n
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A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction
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reflexible adj
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Capable of being reflected
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reform n
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Change for the better
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reformer n
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One who carries out a reform
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refract v
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To bend or turn from a direct course
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refractory adj
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Not amenable to control
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refragable adj
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Capable of being refuted
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refringency n
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Power to refract
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refringent adj
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Having the power to refract
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refusal n
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Denial of what is asked
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refute v
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To prove to be wrong
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regale v
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To give unusual pleasure
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regalia n
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Pl The emblems of royalty
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regality n
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Royalty
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regenerate v
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To reproduce
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regent n
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One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler
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regicide n
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The killing of a king or sovereign
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regime n
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Particular conduct or administration of affairs
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regimen n
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A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits
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regiment n
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A body of soldiers
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regnant adj
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Exercising royal authority in one's own right
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regress v
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To return to a former place or condition
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regretful adj
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Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret
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rehabilitate v
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To restore to a former status, capacity, right rank, or privilege
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reign v
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To hold and exercise sovereign power
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reimburse v
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To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended
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rein n
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A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal
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reinstate v
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To restore to a former state, station, or authority
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reiterate v
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To say or do again and again
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rejoin v
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To reunite after separation
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rejuvenate v
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To restore to youth
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rejuvenescence n
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A renewal of youth
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relapse v
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To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery
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relegate v
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To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination
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relent v
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To yield
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relevant adj
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Bearing upon the matter in hand
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reliance n
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Dependence
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reliant adj
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Having confidence
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relinquish v
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To give up using or having
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reliquary n
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A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept
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relish v
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To like the taste or savor of
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reluctance n
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Unwillingness
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reluctant adj
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Unwilling
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remembrance n
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Recollection
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reminiscence n
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The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience
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reminiscent adj
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Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest
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remiss adj
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Negligent
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remission n
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Temporary diminution of a disease
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remodel v
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Reconstruct
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remonstrance n
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Reproof
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remonstrant adj
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Having the character of a reproof
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remonstrate v
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To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong
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remunerate v
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To pay or pay for
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remuneration n
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Compensation
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Renaissance n
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The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time
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rendezvous n
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A prearranged place of meeting
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rendition n
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Interpretation
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renovate v
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To restore after deterioration, as a building
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renunciation n
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An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege
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reorganize v
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To change to a more satisfactory form of organization
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reparable adj
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Capable of repair
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reparation n
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The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong
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repartee n
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A ready, witty, or apt reply
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repeal v
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To render of no further effect
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repel v
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To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally
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repellent adj
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Having power to force back in a manner, physically or mentally
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repentance n
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Sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire to make things right by undoing the wrong
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repertory n
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A place where things are stored or gathered together
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repetition n
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The act of repeating
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repine v
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To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding
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replenish v
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To fill again, as something that has been emptied
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replete adj
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Full to the uttermost
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replica n
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A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original
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repository n
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A place in which goods are stored
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reprehend v
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To find fault with
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reprehensible adj
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Censurable
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reprehension n
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Expression of blame
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repress v
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To keep under restraint or control
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repressible adj
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Able to be kept under restraint or control
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