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46 Cards in this Set
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purloin
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steal
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purvey
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provide or supply as business
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pusillanimous
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lacking courage and resolution, coward, craven, poltroon
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quaff
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to drink heartily
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quail
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recoil in dread or terror
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qualify
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restrict, limit
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qualm
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feeling of doubt, unease
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quandary
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state of doubt
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quarry
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place which stone extracted, prey; quarry*stone = fell*timber = mine*ore
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quell
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suppress, annihilate
the police used fire hoses and tear gas to quell the rioters |
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quibble
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slight objection or criticism, argure about trivial matter
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quiescent
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inactivity, repose
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quixotic
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lofty romantic ideas
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quotidian
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plain, routine, ordinary
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rabble
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disorderly crowd
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raconteur
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skilful teller of anecdotes
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raffish
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slighty disreputable, especially in an attractive way
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rafter
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1. beam forming part of roof
2. traveler |
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rakish
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dashing, jaunty appearance (person or thing)
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rampart
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protective barrier = bulwark
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bulwark
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defensive wall
2. extension of a ship's sides above deck level |
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ramshackle
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appearing ready to collapse
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rancor
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bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity, animosity, animus
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rankle
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cause irritation
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rapacious
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aggressively greedy, grasping, over covetous
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rapprochement
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n. establishment or resumptionof harmonious relations
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rapscallion
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rascal
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rapt
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wholly absorbed
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rarefy
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make thin, or less dense
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raspy
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irritable, peevish
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ratify
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to approve and sanction formally
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ratiocination
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forming judgements by process of logic thinking;reasoning
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ravel
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separate texture, untangle; complicate
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raze
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destroy to the ground
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reactionary
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opposing political or social reform
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ream
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large amt of something, especially paper
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recalcitrant
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uncooperative, intractable, rebellious; resistant to authority and treatment
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recidivism
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relapse into criminal behavior
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recluse
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person who leads a secluded life
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recoil
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fall back under pressure
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recondite
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not easily understood; abstruse, esoteric, hermetic occult
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reconnaissance
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survey of region to locate enemy
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reconstitute
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1. reconstruct from parts
2. restore to original state by adding water |
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rectitude
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morally correct behaviour
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recumbent
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lying down
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redolent
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exuding fragrance, ambrosial, aromatic, balmy
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