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Qualms

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Misgivings; uneasy fears

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Quibble

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Minor objection or complaint

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Quiescence

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Being quiet or still; inactivity

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Quintessential

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The perfect representation of something

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Quixotic

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Idealistic; romantic to a ridiculous degree

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Recant

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To formally withdraw a statement

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Recidivism

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The tendency toward repeated or habitual relapse

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Recondite

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Beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding; Profound knowledge

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Redress

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To set right by compensation or punishment

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Refutation

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An act of disproving a statement or charge

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Refute

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To disprove

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Repose

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The state of being at rest

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Reprobate

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A sinful and depraved person

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Repudiate

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To refuse to have anything to do with

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Rescind

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To repeal, revoke, or void

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Resilience

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The ability to recover from a setback

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Respite

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Interval of rest

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Restive

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Impatient or stubborn

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Reticent

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Reluctant or inclined to silence

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Reverent

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Respectful

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Rhetoric

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The art of effective communication

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Rout

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To drive out; to stampede

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Rueful

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Causing sorrow or pity

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Ruminate

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To chew over and over again; to think over, ponder

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Sagacious

A

Wise

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Salacious

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Lustful; sexually indecent

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Salubrious

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Healthful

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Sanction

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To approve; in legal circles, a law that enacts a penalty for disobedience or a reward for obedience

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully confident; optimistic; bloody, ruddy or reddish

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Satiate

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To satisfy or fulfill the appetite or desire of

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Savor

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To enjoy fully

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Scanty

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Scarce in quantity or amount

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Secrete

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To hide away

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Security

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Safety

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Sedulous

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Persistent in effort or endeavor

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Seethe

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To be in a state of excitement or agitation

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Seminal

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Influencing future developments

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Shard

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Fragment

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Shirk

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To avoid

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Shoddy

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Not genuine; inferior

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Sinuous

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Curving in and out

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Skeptic

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Doubter

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Skepticism

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Doubt or disbelief

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Skittish

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Lively; restless

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Slander

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Defamation

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Slothful

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Slow-moving, lazy

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Solecism

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A minor mistake in grammar or usage; a breach of good manners

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Solicitous

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Worried or concerned; eager to receive approval from others

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Sonorous

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Loud, deep or resonant, as a sound

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Soporific

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Causing sleep

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Spate

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A sudden, almost overwhelming outpouring

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Specious

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Seemingly reasonable but incorrect

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Spendthrift

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Someone who wastes money

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Spurious

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Not genuine

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Stentorian

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Extremely loud

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Stigma

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A token of disgrace

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Stint

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A period of time (noun); to be thrifty (verb)

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Stipulate

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To make specific conditions

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Stoic

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Lacking in emotional response, especially with pain or adversity

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Stolid

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Dull; impassive

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Stratify

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To form or place in layers

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Straited

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Marked with parallel bands

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Strut

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A pompous walk

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Sublime

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Supreme or outstanding; elevated

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Subterfuge

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Evasion

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Supercilious

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Showing careless contempt; arrogant

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Superfluous

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More than what’s needed

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Supersede

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To replace or supplant

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Supine

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Lying on one’s back face upward

67
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Sybarite

A

A person devoted to luxury and pleasure

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Sycophant

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A self-seeking, servile flatterer

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