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remnant

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remainder

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remonstrate

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protest; objection; V. remonstrate: say in protest

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remorse

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deep regret for wrongdoing; guilt; self-reproach

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remunerative

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(of work) compensating; rewarding; profitable; well-paid; V. remunerate: reward; pay (someone) for work or trouble

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rend

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split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow

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render

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give; deliver; provide; represent in verbal or artistic form; depict; perform; make; translate; Ex. render the song beautifully

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rendezvous

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meeting place; meeting at a set time or place; V.

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rendition

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rendering; translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc

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renegade

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deserter; traitor; ADJ.

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renege

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break a promise; deny; go back on; Ex. renege on the contract/paying off the debt

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renounce

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abandon; give up (by formal announcement); disown; repudiate; Ex. renounce one’s claim to the property/one’s religion; N. renunciation

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renovate

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restore to good condition; renew

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renown

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fame; ADJ. renowned

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herald

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messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher

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rent

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tear made by rending; rip; split

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reparable

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capable of being repaired

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reparation

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compensation (for loss or wrong); amends; Ex. make reparation for the damage; CF. repair

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repartee

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quick clever reply

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repast

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meal; feast; banquet

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repeal

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revoke; annul

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repel

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drive away; disgust; Ex. repel the attack/moisture; Ex. repelled by the dirty room; CF. repulsion

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repellent

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driving away; disgusting; offensive; repulsive; unattractive; N.

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repercussion

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rebound; reaction; reverberation; Ex. serious repercussion

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repertoire

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list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is prepared to present; CF. repertory

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repine

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fret; complain; be annoyed; Ex. repine over the undone work

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replenish

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fill up again

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replete

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fully filled; filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied; Ex. report replete with errors

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memoir

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memoirs; autobiography; biography

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brim

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uppermost edge of a cup; projecting rim (as on a hat); Ex. The glass was full to the brim; V: be full to the brim

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replica

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copy

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replicate

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reproduce; duplicate

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repository

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storehouse

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repose

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resting; state of being at rest; calmness; V: lie at rest; relax; put or place; Ex. repose our hopes in a single man

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reprehensible

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deserving blame; blameworthy; V. reprehend: blame

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repress

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hold back (the natural expression of); restrain; crush; oppress; Ex. repressed child; Ex. repress a laugh/rebellion

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reprieve

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postponement or cancelation of a punishment; temporary stay; V: postpone or cancel the punishment of

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reprimand

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reprove severely; rebuke; N.

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reprisal

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retaliation

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reprise

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musical repetition; repeating of a piece of music; repeat performance; recurrent action; Ex. reprise in the finale; Ex. constant reprises

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reproach

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blame (not angrily but sadly); express disapproval or disappointment; N. ADJ. reproachful

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reprobate

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morally disapproved person; person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency; CF. disapproved by God ?

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reprobation

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severe disapproval; CF. approbation

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reprove

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censure; rebuke; N. reproof

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repudiate

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disown; disavow; deny

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repugnance

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disgust; strong dislike; loathing; ADJ. repugnant: arousing disgust; repulsive

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repulsion

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distaste; disgust; act of driving back; ADJ. repulsive: causing disgust; tending to drive away; V. repel (not `repulse’)

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repulse

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reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship); drive back (an enemy attack); CF. repulse $\neq$ cause repulsion

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reputable

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respectable; having a good reputation

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reputed

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supposed; Ex. reputed father of the child; V. repute: consider; N. repute: reputation; esteem

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requiem

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mass for the dead; dirge

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mass

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Christian religious ceremony; CF. Mass: ceremony of the Eucharist

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requisite

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necessary requirement; something required; ADJ: required; necessary

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requisition

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formal demand or request; Ex. requisition for more computing equipment; V.

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requite

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make return for; repay; reciprocate; revenge; N. requittal

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rescind

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repeal; annul; cancel (a law, decision, or agreement)

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resentment

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indignation; bitterness; displeasure; V. resent: feel anger about

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reserve

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self-control; self-restraint; formal but distant manner; reticence; Ex. without reserve: freely and openly; ADJ. reserved: shy and uncommunicative

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residue

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remainder; balance

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residual

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remaining; left over; of a residue; N: residue

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resignation

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patiently submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job; ADJ. resigned: acquiescent

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resign

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give up (a position, right, or claim); submit (oneself) passively

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resilient

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elastic; having the power of springing back; able to recover quickly (as from misfortune)

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elastic

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able to spring back into shape; quick to recover (as from disappointment); able to adapt to change; Ex. elastic plans; N: elastic material

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resolution

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determination; resoluteness; ADJ. resolute: firm or determined in purpose

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resolve

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determination; resolution; firmness of purpose

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resolve

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decide; settle; solve; separate; make a determined decision; N. resolution

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resonant

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(of a sound) echoing; resounding(sounding loudly); deep and full in sound; producing resonance; Ex. resonant voice; N. resonance

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resound

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(of a place) be filled with sound; (of a sound) sound loudly; sound back; echo; Ex. hall resounded with laughter

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respiration

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breathing; exhalation; ADJ. respiratory

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respite

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time for rest; interval of relief; delay in punishment; reprieve

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resplendent

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brilliant; splendid in appearance; dazzling; glorious

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responsiveness

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state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.; ADJ. responsive: readily reacting; Ex. responsive to treatment

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restitution

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returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner; reparation; indemnification; compensation for loss, damage, or injury

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restive

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impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction); restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control; Ex. restive horses because of wolves; CF. not a general synonym for `restless’

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restraint

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moderation or self-control; controlling force; restriction

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resumption

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taking up again; recommencement; V. resume: begin or take up again; take or occupy again; Ex. Kindly resume your seats.

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resurge

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rise again; flow to and fro; N. resurgence; ADJ. resurgent: (of ideas or beliefs) experiencing revival; surging again

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resurrect

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revive

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resuscitate

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revive; bring back to life or consciousness; Ex. resuscitate the drowned child

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retain

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keep; maintain possession of; employ (esp. a lawyer or advisor); N. retainer: servant; fee paid to retain an advisor

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retaliate

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repay in kind (usually for bad treatment); V. retaliate

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retentive

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holding; able to retain things (esp. facts in the mind); having a good memory

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reticent

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inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence

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retinue

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following; attendants

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retiring

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shy and reserved (of a person); modest; Ex. her retiring personality

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retort

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quick sharp reply; V.

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retract

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withdraw; take back; draw back; Ex. retract a statement/an offer/claws; N. retraction; CF. retractile

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retrench

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cut down; cut down expenses; economize

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retribution

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deserved punishment for wrongdoing; punishment for offenses; compensation; vengeance; CF. pay back

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retrieve

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recover; put right; find and bring in; regain; Ex. retrieve the situation

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retroactive

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taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future

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enact

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make (a bill) into law

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retrograde

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go backwards; recede; degenerate; deteriorate; ADJ.

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retrospective

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looking back on the past; N. retrospection; V. retrospect

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revelry

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boisterous merrymaking; V. revel: engage boisterous festivities; enjoy greatly; N: boisterous festivity or celebration

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reverberate

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echo repeatedly; resound; Ex. The thunder reverberated across the valley.

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reverent

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respectful; worshipful; V. revere: regard with reverence; N. reverence: profound respect

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reverend

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deserving reverence; N: priest

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reverie

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daydream; abstracted musing

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revert

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relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion

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relapse

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return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N.

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backslide

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revert (to bad habits); N. reverter

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revile

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attack with abusive language; vilify(slander)

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revoke

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cancel; retract; CF. irrevocable

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revulsion

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sudden strong feeling of disgust; sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction; Ex. revulsion from the scenes of torture

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rhapsodize

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speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner; Ex. rhapsodize over the beauty of the scenery

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rhapsody

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excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling; musical composition of irregular form (as if made up as one plays it)

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rhetoric

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art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as ``Who knows it ?’’

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ribald

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marked by vulgar lewd humor; wanton; profane; N. ribaldry: ribald language or joke

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riddle

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pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone)

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rider

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amendment or clause added to a legislative bill

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rife

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(of something bad) widespread; abundant; current

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rift

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narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation

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rig

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fix or manipulate; manipulate dishonestly for personal gain; Ex. rig the election

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rig

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arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship’s sails

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rigid

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hard and unbending; stiff and unyielding; fixed in behavior or views; strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule

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rigor

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severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter

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rile

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irritate; vex; muddy

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riveting

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holding one’s attention; absorbing; engrossing

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rivet

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metal pin used for fastening metal plates together; V: fasten with a rivet; engross

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rivulet

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small stream; CF. rill < rivulet < river

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robust

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strong; vigorous

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rococo

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ornate; highly decorated; N. CF. 18th century

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roil

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make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; disturb

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roseate

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rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views

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roster

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list (of names)

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rostrum

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raised platform for speech-making; pulpit

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pulpit

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raised platform used in preaching (in a church)

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rote

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repetition; memorization through repetition without understanding; Ex. learn poetry by rote

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rotunda

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circular building or hall covered with a dome

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rotundity

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roundness; sonorousness of speech

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rotund

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(of a person) fat and round

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rousing

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lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V. rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or depression; excite; stir up

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rout

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put to rout; stampede; drive out; N: complete defeat and disorderly retreat

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stampede

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sudden frenzied rush (of panic-stricken animals or people); V: participate in or cause stampede; Ex. stampede before the price rises

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rubble

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fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)

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mason

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one who builds or works with stone or brick; N. masonry: work of a mason; stonework or brickwork

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rubric

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title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol

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ruddy

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reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking

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rudimentary

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elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language

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rue

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regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue the day; N. ADJ. rueful

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ruffian

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violent scoundrel; bully

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ruminate

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chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically); mull over(ponder)

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ruminant

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animal that ruminates; ADJ.

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rummage

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ransack; thoroughly search

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runic

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mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm

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ruse

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trick to deceive; stratagem

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rustic

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pertaining to country people; unsophisticated; simple; crude; uncouth; (of furniture) rough with the bark left on; N. rural person; rustic person

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rusticate

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banish to the country; dwell in the country

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ruthless

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pitiless; merciless; cruel

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saboteur

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one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property; N. sabotage: destruction of property (usually carried out secretly)

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saccharine

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cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin

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sacrilegious

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desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration, misuse, or theft of something sacred

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sacrosanct

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invioably sacred; most sacred; inviolable

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sadistic

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inclined to cruelty; N. sadism: delight in cruelty

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saga

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Scandinavian myth; any legend; long heroic narrative

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sagacious

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wise; perceptive; shrewd; having insight; N. sagacity

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sage

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person celebrated for wisdom; wise person; ADJ: wise

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salacious

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lascivious; lustful; Ex. salacious monk

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salient

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prominent; projecting beyond a line; conspicuous; Ex. salient features

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saline

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salty

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sallow

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(of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex. sallow complexion due to jaundice

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salubrious

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healthful; conducive to health or well-being; socially desirable; Ex. salubrious area; CF. health

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salutary

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tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; Ex. The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy; CF. health

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salvage

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rescue (goods or property) from loss; N: saving; property saved

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sanctimonious

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displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness; N. sanctimony: hypocritical piety

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sanction

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approve; ratify; N: permission; penalty intended to enforce compliance

168
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sanctuary

A

place of refuge; shelter; shrine; holy place; Ex. The outlaw was granted sanctuary in the church.

169
Q

sanguinary

A

bloody; with much bloodshed

170
Q

sanguine

A

optimistic; cheerful; hopeful; of the color of blood; red

171
Q

sap

A

diminish; weaken; undermine the foundations of (a fortification); Ex. The element kryptonite sapped his strength.

172
Q

sarcasm

A

cutting ironic remark; scornful remarks; stinging rebuke; ADJ. sarcastic

173
Q

sardonic

A

scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; Ex. sardonic smile

174
Q

sartorial

A

pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor

175
Q

sate

A

satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy

176
Q

doze

A

sleep lightly; nap

177
Q

satellite

A

small body revolving around a larger one

178
Q

satiate

A

satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger); sate; N. satiety: condition of being satiated

179
Q

satire

A

form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly

180
Q

satirical

A

using satire; mocking

181
Q

saturate

A

soak thoroughly; imbue; impregnate; charge; fill to capacity

182
Q

saturnine

A

morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.

183
Q

satyr

A

half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning; lecher; CF. faun; CF. goat: lecherous man

184
Q

saunter

A

stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly; N.

185
Q

savant

A

scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know

186
Q

savor

A

enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality; N: taste or smell; distinctive quality

187
Q

savory

A

pleasant in taste; tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable; Ex. savory reputation

188
Q

scabbard

A

case for a sword blade; sheath

189
Q

scad

A

a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes

190
Q

scaffold

A

temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground); bracing framework; platform for execution

191
Q

scale

A

climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones

192
Q

scanty

A

meager; insufficient

193
Q

scapegoat

A

someone who bears the blame for others; whipping boy; CF. escape+goat

194
Q

scavenge

A

hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search, especially for food; N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrion

195
Q

refuse

A

anything discarded or rejected as worthless; trash

196
Q

scenario

A

plot outline; screenplay(script for a movie); opera libretto; outline of possible future events

197
Q

schematic

A

of a schema or scheme; relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols; N. schema: diagrammatic representation; outline

198
Q

scheme

A

systematic plan; plot; clever dishonest plan; orderly arrangement of elements; Ex. health insurance scheme; Ex. a scheme to escape taxes; Ex. a color scheme; Ex. a story with no scheme; V: contrive a scheme

199
Q

schism

A

division into factions (esp. within a religious body); split

200
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scintilla

A

trace; minute amount; shred; least bit; Ex. There is not a scintilla of truth; CF. spark

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