one word 1000-1050 Flashcards

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rhetoric

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the art of elegant speech of writing

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repose

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a condition of rest and feeling calm

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reciprocate

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to give and receive mutually

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retrace

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To do the same which is done just before

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recant

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to disown ones belief

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retinue

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group of attendants and servants going with a person

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reveille

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a sound intended to wake up soldiers

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ransom

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money paid to get a person freed from captivity

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repartee

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quick,witty replies

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refrain

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resist doing something

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rationalist

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someone who emphasizes observable facts

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rattle

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to make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sound

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remind

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to cause to remember someone or something

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reminisce

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to talk or write about old times, past remembering etc

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responsive

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react quickly and positively

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review

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a formal assessment of something with the intention of instituting change if necessary

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revel

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take great pleasures

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racism

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discriminatory or abusive behavior towards member of an another race

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renegade

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one who forsakes religion

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rebut

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opposing arguments

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rebel

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one who takes up arms againts the government

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samaritan

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a person who helps a stranger in a helpless person in difficulty

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scandal

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talk that bring bad reputation to somebody

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shrewd

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விவேகமுள்ள

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sinecure
a job that you are paid for even though it involves little or no work
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savages
wild peoples belonging to an uncivilized, undeveloped tribe or group
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surveyor
a person whose occupation is to survey lands or buildings
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spinster
a woman who is not married, especially an older woman who is not likely to marry
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stationer
a person who sells writing material
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sculptor
a person who carves out figures
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scaffold
a platform on which criminals are executed
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submerged
put under the surface of water
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spiritualism
relief that the only reality in the world is spirt
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secularism
the belief that the religion must not be involved in the organization of society education etc
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shrew
an ill tempered woman
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surreptitious
one who done secretly
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sever
to cut something into two pieces
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severe
extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
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stoicism
indifferent to pleasure or pain
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secular
a government in which all religion honoured
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sporadic
occurring at irregular interval of time
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sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines
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stale
a thing or food which is not good
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somniloquist
one who talks while sleeping
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somnambulist
one who walks while sleeping
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stickler
a person who insist something
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sterilize
to free anything from germs , make free from bacteria
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sterile
incapable of reproducing, deficient in originally or creatively
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scullery
a place of washing dishes adjoining the kitchen
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stub
short remaining end of cigarette