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42 Cards in this Set
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Rail
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To scold, protest
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Rapport
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Mutual understanding and harmony
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Raucous
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Loud, boisterous
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Raze
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To demolish, level
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Recalcitrant
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Defiant, unapologetic
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Reciprocate
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To give in return
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Reclusive
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Solitary, shunning society
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Rectitude
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Uprightness, extreme morality
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Redoubtable
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Formidable OR commanding respect
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Refract
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To distort, change
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Refute
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To prove wrong
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Regurgitate
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To vomit OR to throw back exactly
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Relegate
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To assign to the proper place OR to assign to an inferior place
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Relish
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To enjoy
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Remedial
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Intended to repair gaps in students' basic knowledge
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Remiss
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Negligent, failing to take care
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Renovate
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Restore, return to original state OR to enlarge or make prettier, especially a house
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Renown
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Honor, acclaim
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Renunciation
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To reject
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Repentant
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Penitent, sorry
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Repose
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To rest, lie down
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Reprehensible
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Deserving rebuke
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Reprieve
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A temporary delay of punishment
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Reproach
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To scold, disapprove
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Reprobate
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Evil, unprincipled
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Reprove
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To scold, rebuke
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Repudiate
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To reject, refuse to accept
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Repulse
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To disgust OR to push back
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Reputable
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Of good reputation
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Requisition
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A demand for supplies, usually made by an authority
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Rescind
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To take back, repeal
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Resolute
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Firm, determined
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Respite
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A break, rest
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Resplendent
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Shiny, glowing
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Restitution
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Restoration to the rightful owner
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Restive
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Resistant, stubborn, impatient
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Revel
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To enjoy intensely
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Revoke
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To take back
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Rhapsodize
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To engage in excessive enthusiasm
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Ribald
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Coarsely, crudely humorous
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Rife
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Abundant
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Ruminate
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To contemplate, reflect
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