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61 Cards in this Set
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Rarefied
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made less dense[ of a gas]
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Recalcitrant
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obstinately stubborn
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Recant
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openly confess error, retract a previous statement
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Recluse
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hermit, loner
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Recondite
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abstruse, profound
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Refractory
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stubborn, unmanageable
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Refute
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disprove
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Relegate
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banish to an inferor position, assign, delegate
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Reproach
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express disapproval or disappointment
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Reprobate
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person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency
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Repudiate
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disown, disavow
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Rescind
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cancel
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Resolution
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determination
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Resolve
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determination, firmness of pirpose
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Reticent
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reserved, uncommunicative, inclined to silence
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Reverent
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respectful, worshipful
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Sage
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person celebrated for wisdom
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Salubruous
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healthful
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Sanction
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approve
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Satiate
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satisfy fully
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Saturate
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soak thoroughly
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Savor
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enjoy, have a distinctive falvour, smell, or quality
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Secrete
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hide away or cache
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Shard
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fragment, generally of pottery
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Skeptic
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doubtful
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solicitous
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worried, concerned
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Soporific
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sleep-causing, marked by sleepiness
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Specious
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misleading, seemingly reasonable but incorrect
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Spectrum
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colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism
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Sporadic
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occuring irregularly
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Stigma
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token of disgrace, brand
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Stint
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be thrifty, set limits
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Stipulate
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specify, make express conditions
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Stolid
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dull, impassive
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Straited
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marked with parallel bands, grooved
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Strut
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pompous walk
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Strut
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supporting bar
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Subpoena
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writ summoning a witness to appear
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Subside
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settle down, descend
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Substantiate
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establish by evidence
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Supersede
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cause to be set aside, replace
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Supposition
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hypothesis, assumption
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Tacit
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understood
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Tangential
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peripheral, only slightly connected
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Tenuous
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thin, rare, slim
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Tirade
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extended scolding, denunciation, harnague
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Torpor
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lethargy, sluggishness
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Tortuous
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winding, full of curves
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Tractable
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docile, easily managed
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Transgression
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violation of law
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truculence
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aggressiveness, ferocity
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Vacillate
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waver, fluctuate
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Viable
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practical or workable, apable of maintaining life
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Viscous
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stickey, gluey
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Vituperative
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abusive, scolding
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Volatile
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changeable, explosive, evaporating rapidly
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Warranted
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justified, authorized
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Wary
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very cautious
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Welter
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turmoil; bewildering jumble
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Whimsical
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capricious, fanciful
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Zealot
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fanatic, person who shows excessive zeal
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