801-850

Question 1

Recalcitrant

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[Adj] Stubbornly resistant to authority or control; refractory

Question 2

Recant

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[Verb] Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief

Question 3

Recede

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[Verb] Pull back or move away or backward

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Reciprocal

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[Adj] Concerning each of two or more persons or things

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Reckless

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[Adj] Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

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Recluse

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[Noun] One who lives in solitude

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Recompense

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[Verb] Make payment to

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Recondite

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[Adj] Difficult to understand

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Recourse

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[Noun] Act of turning to for assistance

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Redeem

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[Verb] To make something or someone seem less bad; to get something back; to carry out a promise or pay back a debt; (in Christianity) to free people from sin

Question 11

Redoubtable

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[Adj] Inspiring fear

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Refractory

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[Adj] Stubbornly resistant to authority or control; recalcitrant

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Refurbish

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[Verb] Improve the appearance or functionality of

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Reinstate

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[Verb] Bring back into original existence, function, or position

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Rejoicing

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[Noun] A feeling of great happiness

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Remorse

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[Noun] A feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed

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Rescind

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[Verb] Cancel officially

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Reticent

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[Adj] Reluctant to draw attention to yourself

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Reverberate

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[Verb] Ring or echo with sound

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Rigor

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[Noun] Excessive sternness

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Rotundity

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[Noun] The roundness of a 3-dimensional object

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Salvage

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[Noun] Rescuing a ship or its crew from a shipwreck or a fire

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Sate

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[Verb] Fill to contentment

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Saturnine

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[Adj] Bitter or scornful; serious and unfriendly

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Savant

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[Noun] A learned person

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Scattered

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[Adj] Lacking orderly continuity

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Sedulous

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[Adj] Marked by care and persistent effort

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Shatter

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[Verb] Break into many pieces

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Shirk

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[Verb] Avoid one’s assigned duties

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Shrill

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[Adj] Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

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Shuck

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[Noun] Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

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Shun

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[Verb] Avoid and stay away from deliberately

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Shunt

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[Noun] A conductor diverting a fraction of current from a device

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Simper

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[Verb] Smile in an insincere, unnatural, or coy way

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Sinister

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[Adj] Wicked, evil, or dishonorable

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Sip

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[Verb] Drink in sips

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Skeptical

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[Adj] Marked by or given to doubt

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Sketchy

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[Adj] Giving only major points; lacking completeness

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Skiff

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[Noun] A small boat propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor

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Slack

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[Adj] Not tense or taut

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Sloppy

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[Adj] Lacking neatness or order

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Slur

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[Verb] Utter indistinctly

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Smother

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[Verb] Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

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Sober

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[Adj] Not affected by a chemical substance, especially alcohol

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Somber

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[Adj] Serious and gloomy in character

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Sordid

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[Adj] Foul and run-down and repulsive; squalid

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Specious

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[Adj] Plausible but false; spurious

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Spell

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[Verb] Write or name the letters that comprise the accepted form of

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Spendthrift

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[Noun] Someone who spends money freely or wastefully

Question 50

Spine

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[Noun] The series of vertebrae forming the backbone