List 13 Flashcards
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Ratiocination
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Reasoning, act of drawing conclusions from premises
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Raspy
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Grating, harsh
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Rave
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Overwhelmingly favorable view
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Reactionary
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Recoiling from progress, politically ultraconservative. Opposing the use of english in worship services, reactionary forces in the church fought to reinstate the mass in latin.
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Rebuff
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To beat back
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Rebuke
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To scold harshly, criticize severely
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Recant
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To disclaim or disavow
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Recast
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To reconstruct (a sentence, a story etc.)
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Recidivism
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Habitual return to crime
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Recluse
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A hermit, loner
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Germinal
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Creative, pertaining to a germ
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Gibe
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To mock
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Giddy
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Lighthearted, dizzy
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Gingerly
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Very carefully
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Girth
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Distance around something, circumference
