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96 Cards in this Set
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Ramification |
A branching out; a consequence |
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Rancor |
Bitter, long lasting ill will or resentment |
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Rapacious |
Greedy; plundering ;avaricious |
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Rebuke |
Criticize sharply |
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Rebut |
Contradict; to argue in opposition to; to provide to be false |
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Recalcitrant |
Disobedient; stubbornly defiant of authority |
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Recant |
Publicly take back and deny ; to openly confess error |
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Reciprocal |
Mutual; shared; interchangeable |
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Reclusive |
Withdrawn from society |
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Recondite |
Hard to understand ; over one's head |
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Recrimination |
A bitter counter accusation.; or the act of a bitter counter accusation |
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Redolent |
Fragrant |
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Redundant |
Unnecessarily repetitive, excessive; excessively wordy |
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Refute |
Prove to be false; to disprove |
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Reiterate |
To say again ; to repeat |
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Relegate |
To banish; to send away |
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Relentless |
Continuous; unstoppable |
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Relinquish |
To release or let go; to surrender; to stop doing |
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Remonstrate |
To argue against; to rais objections; to protest |
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Renaissance |
A rebirth or revival |
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Renounce |
To give up formally or resign; to disown; to have nothing to do with anymore |
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Respite |
A period of rest or relief |
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Reticent |
Quiet ;restrained; reluctant ; to speak |
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Revere |
To respect highly ; to honor |
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Rhetoric |
The art of formal speaking or writing ; inflated discourse |
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Rigorous |
Strict; harsh; severe |
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Robust |
Strong and healthy; vigorous |
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Rogue |
Criminally dishonest person; a scoundrel |
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Rudimentary |
Basic; crude; unformed or undeveloped |
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Ruminate |
Contemplate ; to ponder; to mull over |
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Rustic |
Rural; lacking urban comforts or sophistication; primitive |
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Reparation |
Paying back ; making amends; compensation |
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Repercussion |
An indirect effect; a consequence |
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Replenish |
To fill again; to restock ; to restore |
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Replete |
Completely filled; abounding |
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Reprehensible |
Worthy of blame or censure |
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Reprisal |
A military action undertaken in revenge for another; an act of taking "an eye for an eye." |
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Reproach |
To scold; usually in disappointment ;to blame ; to disgrace |
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Reprove |
To criticize mildly |
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Repudiate |
To reject; to renounce; to disown |
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Requisite |
Required ; necessary |
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Resolute |
Determined ; firm; unwavering |
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Qualify |
To modify or restrict |
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Qualitative |
Having to do with the quality or qualities of something (as opposed to the quantity) |
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Querulous |
Complaining, grumbling, whining |
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Quixotic |
Romantic or idealistic to a foolish or impractical degree |
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Prolific |
Abundantly productive , fruitful or fertile |
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Promulgate |
To proclaim; to Publicly or formally declare something |
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Propensity |
A natural inclination or tendency ; a predilection |
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Propitious |
Marked by favourable signs or conditions |
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Proponent |
An advocate; an ally; a supporter of a position |
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Proprietary |
Characteristics of an owner of a property; constituting property |
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Propriety |
Properness; good manners |
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Prosaic |
Dull; unimaginative |
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Proscribe |
To outlaw; to prohibit |
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Proselytize |
To convert someone from one religion or doctrine to another |
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Protagonist |
The leading character in a novel, play,or other work |
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Protract |
Prolonged |
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Provident |
Providing for the future; preparinh for the future; frugal |
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Provincial |
Limited in outlook to one's own small corner of the world; narrow |
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Provisional |
Conditional; tentative; temporary |
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Proximity |
Nearness |
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Putative |
Reputed; supposed; commonly accepted |
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Purported |
Rumored; claimed |
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Prudent |
Careful; having foresight |
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Prodigious |
Extraordinary; enormous |
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Prodigy |
An extremely talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment or occurance |
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Profane |
Not having to do with religion |
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profess |
To declare; to declare falsely or pretend |
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Proficient |
Thoroughly competent; skillfull; very good at something |
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Profligate |
Extravagantly wasteful; usually wildly immoral |
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Profound |
Deep( in meaning) |
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Profuse |
Flowing; extravagant |
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Proletariat |
Industrial working class |
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Proliferate |
To spread or grow rapidly |
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Polarize |
To break into opposing fractions or groupings |
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Polemic |
A powerful argument made to attack or refute a controversial issue |
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Ponderous |
As large as to clumsy; dull; massive |
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Portent |
An omen; a sign of something coming in the future |
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Postulate |
Something accepted as true without proof; an axiom |
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Pragmatic |
Practical; down to earth; based on experience rather than theory |
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Precedent |
An earlier example or model of something |
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Precept |
A rule to live by; a principle establishing a certain kind of action or behavior; maxim |
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Precipitate |
To cuase to happen abruptly |
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Precipitous |
Steep |
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Preclude |
Prevent something from ever happening |
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Precursor |
Forerunner; a sign or a warning of something to come |
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Predilection |
A natural preference for something |
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Preeminent |
Better than anyone else; outstanding; supreme |
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Preempt |
To sieze something by prior right |
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Premise |
An assumption; the basis for a conclusion |
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Preposses |
Pre occupy; to influence beforehand or prejudice; to make a good impresion beforehand |
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Prerogative |
A right or privilege connected exclusively to a person , position, class or nation |
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Prevail |
To triumph; to overcome rivals |
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Pristine |
Original; unspoiled; pure |
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Prodigal |
Wastefully extravagant |