Qualify-Reprove Flashcards

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Qualitative

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Having to do with the quality or qualities of something

As opposed to quantity

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Qualify

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To modify or restrict

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Querulous

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Complaining
Grumbling
Whining

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Quixotic

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Romantic or idealistic to a foolish or impractical degree

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Ramification

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A consequence

A branching out

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Rancor

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Bitter

Long-lasting ill will or resentment

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Rapacious

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Greedy
Plundering
Avaricious

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Rebuke

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To criticize sharply

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Rebut

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To contradict
To argue in opposition to
To prove to be false

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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly defiant of authority or control

Disobedient

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Recant

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To publicly take back and deny (something previously said or believed)
To openly confess error

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Reciprocal

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Mutual
Shared
Interchangeable

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Reclusive

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Hermitlike

Withdrawn from society

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Recondite

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Hard to understand

Over one’s head

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Recrimination

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A bitter counteraccusation, or act of making a bitter counteraccusation

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Redolent

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Fragrant

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Redundant

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Unnecessarily repetitive
Excessive
Excessively wordy

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Refute

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To prove to be false

To disprove

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Reiterate

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To day again

To repeat

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Relegate

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To banish

To send away

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Relentless

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Continuous

Unstoppable

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Relinquish

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To release or let go of

To surrender to stop doing

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Remonstrate

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To argue against
To protest
To raise objections

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Renaissance

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A rebirth or revival

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Renounce

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To give up formally or resign
To disown
To have nothing to do with anymore

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Reparation

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Paying back
Making amends
Compensation

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Repercussion

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A consequence

An indirect effect

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Replenish

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To fill again
To resupply
To restore

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Replete

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Completely filled

Abounding

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Reprehensible

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Worthy of severe blame or censure

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Reprisal

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A military action undertaken in revenge for another

An eye for an eye

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Reproach

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To scold, usually in disappointment
To blame
To disgrace

32
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Reprove

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To criticize mildly