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15 Cards in this Set
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REBUKE
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1 a: to criticize sharply: reprimand b: to serve as a rebuke to
2: to turn back or keep down: check |
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RECALCITRANT
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1: obstinately defiant of authority or restraint
2 a: difficult to manage or operate b: not responsive to treatment c: resistant |
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RECTITUDE
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1: the quality or state of being straight
2: moral integrity: righteousness 3`: the quality or state of being correct in judgment or procedure |
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RECUSE
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: to disqualify (oneself) as judge in a particular case; broadly: to remove (oneself) from participation to avoid a conflict of interest
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REDUNDANT
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1a: exceeding what is necessary or normal: superfluous
b: characterized by or containing an excess; specifically: using more words than necessary c: characterized by similarity or repetition 3 serving as a duplicate for preventing failure of an entire system (as a spacecraft) upon failure of a single component |
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REGIMEN
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1 a: a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient b: a regular course of action and especially of strenuous training
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RENAISSANCE
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1 capitalized a: the transitional movement in Europe between medieval and modern times beginning in the 14th century in Italy, lasting into the 17th century, and marked by a humanistic revival of classical influence expressed in a flowering of the arts and literature and by the beginnings of modern science
a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity |
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REPINE
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1: to feel or express dejection or discontent: complain
2: to long for something |
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REPLETE
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1: fully or abundantly provided or filled
2 a: abundantly fed b: fat, stout 3: complete |
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REPREHEND
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to voice disapproval of : censure
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REPROBATE
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1: to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil
2: to foreordain to damnation 3: to refuse to accept : reject |
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REPUGNANT
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1: incompatible, inconsistent
2 archaic: hostile 3: exciting distaste or aversion |
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REPUTE
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1: the character or status commonly ascribed to one : reputation
2: the state of being favorably known, spoken of, or esteemed |
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REQUISITE
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essential, necessary
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RETICENCE
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1: the quality or state of being reticent: reserve, restraint
2: an instance of being reticent 3: reluctance 1 |
