Derivatives 126-150

Question 1

Rebuke

Answer 1

To express criticism, reprimand, reprove, scold

Question 2

Recalcitrant

Answer 2

Stubborn, “kicking back”

Question 3

Rectitude

Answer 3

State of moral correctness

Question 4

Replete

Answer 4

Full of, filled with

Question 5

Reprobate

Answer 5

(n) loss of approval, someone who is not approved of, someone rogue, scoundrel, sinner

Question 6

Rife

Answer 6

Prevalent, common, full of, fraught with

Question 7

Ruse

Answer 7

A trick, trap, stratagem

Question 8

Sagacity

Answer 8

Wisdom, keen judgement

Question 9

Salient

Answer 9

Notable, remarkable

Question 10

Sanctimonious

Answer 10

Proud, pretentious, pompous, “holier than thou”

Question 11

Reprove

Answer 11

V, to take back approval, disapprove, chasten

Question 12

Repudiate

Answer 12

V, to reject, scorn, separate oneself, disown

Question 13

Rescind

Answer 13

V, destroy, cut back, annul (a law), cancel

Question 14

Restive

Answer 14

Adj, restless, being held back, impatient, stubborn

Question 15

Ribald

Answer 15

Adj, bawdy, offensive, vulgar, mocking

Question 16

sanguine

Answer 16

adj - cheerful, optimistic

Question 17

scurrilous

Answer 17

adj - reckless, unwarented, slanderous, scandalous

Question 18

serendipity

Answer 18

n - luck, something good happenling unexpectedly

Question 19

solicitous

Answer 19

adj - showing interest or concern, caring about others

Question 20

solipsistic

Answer 20

adj - self centered, “only the self exists”

Question 21

somnolent

Answer 21

sleepy

Question 22

spurious

Answer 22

false, fake, forged, not being what it purports to be

Question 23

staid

Answer 23

sedate, respectable, unadventurous, serious

Question 24

stolid

Answer 24

not doing, impassive, unemotional

Question 25

stupefy

Answer 25

to stun, shock, strike dumb with amazement