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23 Cards in this Set
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quay
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n. dock; landing place
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querulous
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adj. fretful; whining
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quiescent
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adj. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
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quisling
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n. traitor who aids invaders
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quintessence
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n. purest and highest embodiment
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quixotic
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adj. idealistic but impractical
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quorum
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n. number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
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raconteur
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n. story-teller
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ragamuffin
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n. person wearing tattered clothing
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raiment
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n. clothing
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rakish
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adj. stylish; sporty
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ramification
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n. branching out; subdivision
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rancor
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n. bitterness; hatred
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rankle
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v. irritate; fester
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rapacious
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adj. excessively grasping; plundering
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rarefied
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adj. made less dense (of a gas)
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ratiocination
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n. reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises
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rebus
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n. puzzle in which pictures stand for words
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recalcitrant
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adj. obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority
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recidivism
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n. habitual return to crime
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recondite
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adj. abstruse; profound; secret
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recrimination
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n. countercharges
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rectitude
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n. uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgement
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