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Perturb to Sensuous Rand Flashcards

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Sensual

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Relating to the senses; gratifying the physical senses, especially sexual appetites

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Platitude

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Stale, overused expression

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Rubric

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Title or heading; category; established mode of procedure or conduct; protocol

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Plumb

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To determine the depth; to examine deeply

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Platonic

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Spiritual; without sensual desire; theoretical

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Ramification

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Implication; outgrowth; consequence

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Savor

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To enjoy; have a distinctive flavor or smell

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Reverent

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Expressing deep respect; worshipful

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Resolution

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Determination; resolve

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Prattle

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Meaningless, foolish talk

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Presage

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To foretell; indicate in advance

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Raiment

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Clothing

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Secrete

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Produce and release substance into an organism

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Prohibitive

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So high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding

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Prehensile

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Capable of grasping

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Petulant

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Rude; peevish

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Provident

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Providing for future needs; frugal

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Sartorial

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Pertaining to tailors

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Pungent

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Strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point

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Reproach

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To find fault with; blame

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Purport

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V. to profess; suppose; claim, n. meaning intended or implied

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Recluse

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Person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude

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Plummet

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To fall; plunge

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Problematic

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Posing a problem; doubtful; unsettled

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Pusillanimous

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Cowardly

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Rue

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To regret

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Rarefied

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Refined

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Refractory

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Stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment

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Presumptuous

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Rude; improperly bold

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Pervasive

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Spread throughout every part

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Ruse

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Trick; crafty stratagem; subterfuge

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Profound

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Deep; not superficial

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Salubrious

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Healthful

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Precipitate

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V. to cause to happen; throw down from a height, adj. rash; hasty sudden

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Pristine

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Untouched; uncorrupted

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Sage

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Wise

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Schematic

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Relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram

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Preempt

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To supersede; appropriate for oneself

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Recant

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To retract a statement or opinion

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Refract

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Deflect light or sound

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Placate

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To lessen another’s anger; to pacify

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Sensuous

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Relating to the senses; operating through the senses

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Plume

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To congratulate oneself in a self-satisfied way

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Salacious

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Lascivious; lustful

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Sedulous

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Diligent

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Satyr

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A creature that is half-man, half-beast with the horns and legs of a goat; it is a follower of dionysos; a lecher

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Qualified

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Limited; restricted

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Pragmatic

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Practical

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Resolve

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Determination; firmness of purpose

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Repine

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Fret; complain

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Saturate

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To soak thoroughly; imbue throughout

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Phlegmatic

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Calm in temperament; sluggish

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Precarious

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Refute

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To contradict; disapprove

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Rescind

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Renege

A

To go back on one’s word

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Prevaricate

A

To quibble; evade the truth

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Proliferate

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To increase rapidly

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Sedition

A

Behavior prompting rebellion

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Redoubtable

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Formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect

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Sanction

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V. to approve; ratify; permit, n. approval; ratification; permission; penalize

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Platonic

A

Spiritual, without sensual desire, or theoretical

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Preamble

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Preliminary statement

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Premonition

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Forewarning; presentiment

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Phoenix

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Mythical, immortal bird that lives for 500 years, burns itself to death, and rises from the ashes; anything that is restored after suffering great destruction

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Perturb

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To disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; cause a body to deviate from its regular orbit

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Punctilious

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Careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony

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Remonstrate

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To object or protest

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Recalcitrant

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Resisting authority or control

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Saturnine

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Propriety

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Correct conduct; fitness

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Quail

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To cower; lose heart

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Reductionistic

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Attempting to explain complex phenomena by simple principles

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Propensity

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Inclination; tendency

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Piety

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Devoutness

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Quorum

A

Number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

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Quagmire

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Marsh; difficult situation

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Proscribe

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V. to condemn; forbid outlaw, adj. relating to prohibition

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Probity

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Honesty; high-mindedness

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Piquant

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Appealingly stimulating; pleasantly pungent; attrative

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Salutary

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Expecting an improvement; favorable to health

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Relegate

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To consign to an inferior position

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Rococo

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Excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in eighteenth century europe

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Rationale

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Fundamental reason

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Qualm

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Sudden feeling of faintness or nausea; uneasy feeling about the rightness of actions

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Sardonic

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Cynical; scornfully mocking

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Plasticity

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Condition of being able to be shaped or formed; pliability

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Poseur

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Person who affects an attitude or identity to impress others

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Reparation

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Amends; compensation

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Repudiate

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To reject as having no authority

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Raconteur

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Witty, skillful storyteller

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Rebus

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Puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words

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Quiescent

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Inactive; still

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Precursor

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Forerunner; predecessor

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Quibble

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To argue over insignificant and irrelevant details

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Plethora

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Excess; overabundance

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Query

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To question

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Pique

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N. fleeting feeling of hurt pride, v. to provoke or arouse

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Plutocracy

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Society ruled by the wealthy

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Prodigal

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Wasteful; extravagant; lavish

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Preternatural

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Beyond the normal course of nature; supernatural

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Reticent

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Not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant

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Recondite

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Abstruse; profound

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Rail

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To scold with bitter or abusive language

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Primordial

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Original; existing from the beginning

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Puissant

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Precept

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Principle; law

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Riposte

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Retaliatory action or retort

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Satiate

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To satisfy

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Porous

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Full of holes; permeable to liquids

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Physiognomy

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Facial features

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Plaintive

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Melancholy; mournful

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Reprobate

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Morally unprincipled person

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Refulgent

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Brightly shining; resplendent

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Prate

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To talk idly; chatter

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Reprise

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Repetition, especially of a piece of music

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Placid

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Regale

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Seismic

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Relating to earthquakes; earthshaking

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Propitiate

A

To win over; appease

GRE words 817 (10 decks)

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