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Question 1

paucity

Answer 1

shortage; lack; deficit

Question 2

preclude

Answer 2

1) prevent from happening; make it impossible
2) rule out

Question 3

profession
profess

Answer 3

claim that one has (a quality or feeling), especially when this is not the case

Question 4

prolific

Answer 4

1) producing much fruit or offspring
2) plentiful

Question 5

propriety

Answer 5

1) proper behavior
2) being right or fitting

Question 6

prose
prosaic

Answer 6

like prose; boring; ordinary

Question 7

prospect
prospective

Answer 7

1) a candidate; expecting to be something particular in the future

Question 8

prudence
prudent

Answer 8

showing thought for the future

Question 9

realization
realize

Answer 9

make it real; to bring to reality; to cause to happen; to achieve

Question 10

reconciliation
reconcile

Answer 10

make two conflicting things harmonize; reunite

Question 11

rectitude
rectify

Answer 11

[“rect” root: right, straight] make something right; correct a wrong situation

Question 12

redundant

Answer 12

not needed or useful; extra superfluous

Question 13

refutation
refute

Answer 13

1) prove (a statement/theory) to be wrong or false
2) deny

Question 14

remedy

Answer 14

1) a treatment for a medical issue
2) heal, fix, set right

Question 15

reproach

Answer 15

express to(someone) one’s disapproval of or disappointment in the actions

Question 16

repudiation
repudiate

Answer 16

refuse to accept; deny the truth; rebut; refute; reject

Question 17

resigned

Answer 17

accept something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about

Question 18

resolve

Answer 18

1) settle or find a solution to a problem
2) decide firmly on a course of action
3) distinguish between closely related objects

Question 19

retraction
retract

Answer 19

draw back; withdraw; take back what was said

Question 20

succumb

Answer 20

1) fail to resist pressure
2) die