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229 Cards in this Set
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One who does not know there is a god |
Agnostic |
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Without moral standards |
Amoral |
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Without a ruler |
Anarchy |
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Originally, not published |
Anecdote |
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Without blood |
Anemia |
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Without feeling |
Anethestic |
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Not the same |
Anomaly |
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Without a name |
Anonymous |
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Not measured together |
Asymmetrical |
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One who is without god |
Atheist |
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Not typical |
Atypical |
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The surrounding atmosphere |
Ambience |
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To drive around |
Ambiguous |
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Originally, going around for votes |
Ambitious |
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An oval or round structure with tiers of seats around an open space |
Amphitheater |
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Able to use both hands |
Ambidextrous |
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The quality of having two possible meanings |
Ambiguity |
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Conflicting feelings towards a person or thing |
Ambivalence |
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Having conflicting feelings toward someone or something |
Ambivalent |
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An animal that lives in both water and land |
Amphibian |
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Able to travel or to travel on both land and water |
Amphibious |
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A written account of events year by year |
Annals |
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The yearly return of the date of some memorable event. |
Anniversary |
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Yearly |
Annual |
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An investment that provides fixed payments yearly or at other regular intervals |
Annuity |
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Occurring two times a year |
Biannual |
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Occurring every two years |
Biennial |
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A hundredth anniversary |
Centennial |
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A period of a thousand years |
Millennium |
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By the year |
Per annum |
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Having a life cycle lasting through more than two years |
Perennial |
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Half yearly |
Semiannual |
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Beyond the year of retirement |
Superannuated |
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The amount each poker must put into the pot before receiving his cards |
Ante |
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Before the war |
Antebellum |
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Anything that logically goes before something else |
Antecedent |
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To occur before something else |
Antedate |
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Before the flood described in the Bible |
Antediluvian |
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Before noon |
Ante meridiem |
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Located before or in front |
Anterior |
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A room before the main room |
Anteroom |
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To realize beforehand |
Anticipate |
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One who collects or studies objects of former times |
Antiquarian |
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So old as to be no longer useful |
Antiquated |
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Belonging to an earlier period |
Antique |
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Ancient times |
Antiquity |
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Resembling humans |
Anthropoid |
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One who studies the development and behavior of human beings |
Anthropologist |
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A study of the physical social and culture development and behavior of human beings |
Anthropology |
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Thought of as having human form or characteristics |
Antropomorphic |
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Characterized by hatred or scorn for people |
misanthropic |
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Charitable |
Philanthropic |
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A substance produced by a microorganism that destroys other harmful living organisms |
Antibiotic |
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Against infection |
Antiseptic |
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Government by a single person |
Autocracy |
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An absolute ruler |
Autocrat |
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Operating by itself |
Automatic |
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Self governing |
Autonomous |
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The right of self governing |
Autonomy |
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A speaking of good wishes |
Benediction |
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The doing of good |
Beneficence |
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Producing benefits |
Beneficial |
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Continuing for a long time |
Chronic |
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An account of events arranged in time |
Chronicle |
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A list of events arranged in order of time of occurrence |
Chronology |
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The regular journey around a territory |
Circuit |
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Roundabout, winding |
Circutious |
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A roundabout way if saying something |
Circumlocution |
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To sail around |
Circumnavigate |
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Something standing around |
Circumstance |
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Cautious |
Circumspect |
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Sticking together |
Coherent |
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Playing together |
Collusion |
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Measured together |
Commensurate |
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With plenty of room |
Commodious |
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A putting together |
Composition |
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A prick of conscience |
Compunction |
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Born together |
Congenital |
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Summed up together |
Consummate |
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To come together formally |
Convene |
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Fond of eating drinking and being sociable together |
Convival |
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Trustworthiness |
Credibility |
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Tendency to believe readily |
Credulity |
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Believing too readily |
Credulous |
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Not to believe |
Discredit |
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Unbelievable |
Incredible |
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Tendency not to believe readily |
Incredulity |
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To run together, to agree |
Concur |
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Running together |
Concurrent |
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A person or thing that runs before |
Precursor |
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To run again |
Recur |
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To proclaim away |
Abdicate |
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To speak against |
Contradict |
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A formal and authoriative statement |
Dictum |
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The starts not in a favorable position |
Disaster |
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To undo |
Discomfit |
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Not equal, unlike |
Disparite |
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Difference, unlikeness |
Disparity |
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Evenness of mind or temper |
Equanimity |
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A state of balance |
Equilibrium |
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Equal night |
Equinox |
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To use equal voices |
Equivocate |
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To give a good speech |
Eulogize |
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A good speech |
Eulogy |
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Having a pleasant good sound |
Euphonius |
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Good sound |
Euphony |
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A feeling of well being |
Euphoria |
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To take out the nerve |
Enervate |
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To scrape out |
Erase |
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To take the burden out |
Exonerate |
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To wander out of the course |
Expatiate |
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One who has left ones country |
Expatriate |
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To clean out |
Expurjugate |
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To put things out of boundary |
Exterminate |
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In good faith |
Bona fide |
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Faithfulness |
Fidelity |
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Children or descendants |
Progeny |
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The birth or coming into of being anything |
Genesis |
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A writing on a subject |
Epigram |
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Two or more letters entwined |
Monogram |
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A three dimensional photography made using lasers |
Hologram |
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Like the language used when people speak together informally |
Colloquial |
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Speaking out |
Eloquent |
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Marked by a lofty style |
Grandiloquent |
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A bad condition, a disease |
Malady |
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A vague feeling of illness or depression |
Malaise |
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Badly appropraiate |
malapropism |
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A cure |
Maldiction |
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Wishing evil towards others |
Malevolent |
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To speak evil of |
Malign |
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To pretend to be in bad health |
Malinger |
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A person set out on a specific mission |
Emissary |
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Sent between intervals |
Intermittent |
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To send away |
Omit |
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Without definite form or shape |
Amorphous |
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Inside layer of the embryo |
Endomorphic |
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Change of form or shape |
Metamorphosis |
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The doctrine that god |
Pantheism |
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A theatrical performance |
Pantomime |
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A temple of all gods |
Pantheon |
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a quality especially in literature |
Pathos |
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A feeling together |
Sympathy |
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One who loves books |
Bibliophile |
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Loving harmony |
Philharmonic |
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To date a check or other document with a future date |
Postdate |
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Located behind |
Posterior |
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Those who come after |
Posterity |
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A walking before |
Preamble |
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An act that goes before |
Precedent |
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To dash headfirst |
Precipitate |
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To cut off unneccessary parts beforehand |
Precise |
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To shutout beforehand |
Preclude |
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Ripened before time |
Precocious |
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To love before others |
Predilection |
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Standing out before all others |
Preeminent |
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A judgment formed beforehand |
Prejudice |
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Outweighing |
Preponderant |
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Something required beforehand |
Prerequisite |
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To perceive beforehand |
Presage |
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To be strong before all others |
Prevail |
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To come before in order to keep from happening |
Prevent |
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Never having happened before |
Unprecedented |
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To go forward |
Proceed |
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To announce officially and publically |
Proclaim |
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A slope forward |
Proclivity |
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To push forward until tomorrow |
Procrastinate |
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Pouring both freely |
Profuse |
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A pouring forth |
Profusion |
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Something thrown forward by force |
Projectile |
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A high peak of land or rock jurring forward into the sea |
Promontory |
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A moving forward |
Promotion |
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To push or drive forward |
Propel |
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A hanging forward |
Propensity |
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One who puts something before people |
Proponent |
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A looking forward |
Prospectus |
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Bulging |
Protuberant |
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To see beforehand |
Provide |
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Seeing beforehand |
Provident |
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An seeing beforehand |
Provision |
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To go back |
Recede |
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To take again |
Receive |
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A creating again |
Recreation |
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One to whom questions are carried back |
Referee |
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To send back |
Remit |
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To sit back |
Reside |
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That which sits back |
Residue |
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To hold back |
Retain |
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To see again in order to correct errors |
Revise |
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To cause to live again |
Reviveb |
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Kicking back the heels |
Recalitrant |
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To renounce a belief formerly held |
Recant |
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A period of reduced economic activity |
Recession |
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One who lives shut back from the world |
Recluse |
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Sent back |
Remiss |
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A sending back |
Remission |
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A rebirth |
Renaissance |
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To leap again |
Resilience |
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To turn back |
Revert |
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To write; to attribute |
Ascribe |
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Names written together |
Conscription |
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Orginally, to engrave words in stones |
Inscribe |
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Something written by hand |
Manuscript |
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Not easy to write about or describe |
Nondescript |
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To write out a rule before hand |
Prescribe |
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To publish the name of one condemned to death |
Proscribe |
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One who copies manuscripts |
Scribe |
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Written copy of a play |
Script |
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Anything written in Bible |
Scripture |
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To write ones name on an agreement |
Subscribe |
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To write over again |
Transcribe |
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To sit near to a judge |
Assess |
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One who sits near a judge as an assistant |
Assessor |
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Sitting at something until it is finished |
Assidious |
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Sitting in wait for |
Insidious |
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To sit against |
Obsess |
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To sit before a meeting to conduct it |
Preside |
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One who sits before a group as its head |
President |
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A medicine that makes one sit down or quiet down |
Sedative |
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Required much sitting |
Sedentary |
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Material that sits at the bottom of a liquid |
Sediment |
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The sitting together of a group |
Session |
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To sit under |
Subside |
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Sitting under |
Subsidiary |
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Sitting under prices to hold them up |
Subsidy |
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To sit above |
Supercede |
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The way something looks from a certain point of view |
Aspect |
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Looking at the flights of birds for omens |
Auspicious |
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Easy to notice |
Conspicuous |
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Looked down on |
Despicable |
