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72 Cards in this Set
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queasy |
adj. easily nauseated; squeamish |
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quell |
v. extinguish; put down; quiet |
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quench |
v. douse or extinguish; assuage or satisfy |
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querulous |
adj. fretful; whining |
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query |
n. inquiry; question |
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quibble |
n. minor objection or complaint |
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quiescent |
adj. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive |
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quietude |
n. tranquility |
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quintessence |
n. purest and highest embodiment |
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quip |
n. taunt |
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quirk |
n. startling twist; caprice |
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quiver |
v. tremble; shake n. case of arrows |
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quixotic |
adj. idealistic but impractical |
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quizzical |
adj. teasing; bantering; mocking; curious |
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quorum |
n. number of members necessary to conduct a meeting |
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rabid |
adj. like a fanatic, furious |
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raconteur |
n. storyteller |
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rail |
v. scold; rant |
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raiment |
n. clothing |
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rally |
v. call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc); revive or recuperate |
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ramble |
v. wander aimlessly (physically or mentally) |
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ramification |
n. branching out; subdivision |
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ramify |
v. divide into branches or subdivisions |
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ramp |
n. slope; inclined plane |
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rampant |
adj. growing in profusion; unrestrained |
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ramshackle |
adj. rickety; falling apart |
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rancid |
adj. having the odor of stale fat |
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rancor |
n. bitterness; hatred |
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random |
adj. without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard |
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rankle |
v. irritate; fester |
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rant. |
v. rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech |
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rapacious |
adj. excessively greedy; predatory |
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rapport |
n. emotional closeness; harmony |
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rapt |
adj. absorbed; enchanted |
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rarefied |
adj. made less dense [of a gas] |
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raspy |
adj. grating; harsh |
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ratify |
v. approve formally; confirm; verify |
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ratiocination |
n. reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises |
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rationale |
n. fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action |
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rationalize |
v. give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable one; offer an excuse |
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raucous |
adj. harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous |
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rave |
n. overwhelmingly favorable review |
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ravel |
v. fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle |
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ravenous |
adj. extremely hungry |
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raze |
v. destroy completely |
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reactionary |
adj. recoiling from progress; politically ultra-conservative |
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realm |
n. kingdom; field of sphere |
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reaper |
n. one who harvests grain |
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rebuff |
v. snub; beat back |
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rebuke |
v. scold harshly; criticize severely |
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rebuttal |
n. refutation; response with contrary evidence |
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recalcitrant |
adj. obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly |
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recant |
v. disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error. |
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recapitulate |
v. summarize |
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recast |
v. reconstruct (a sentence, story, etc); fashion again |
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receptive |
adj. quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions, etc |
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recession |
n. withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity |
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recidivism |
n. habitual return to crime |
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recipient |
n. receiver |
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reciprocal |
adj. mutual; exchangeable; interacting |
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reciprocate |
v. repay in kind |
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recluse |
n. hermit; loner |
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reconcile |
v. correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel |
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reconnaissance |
n. survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering |
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recount |
v. narrate or tell; count over again |
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recourse |
n. resorting to help when in trouble |
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recrimination |
n. counterchanges |
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rectify |
v. set right; correct |
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rectitude |
n. uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgement |
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recumbent |
adj. reclining; lying down completely or in part |
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recuperate |
v. recover |
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recurrent |
adj. occurring again and again |
