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Ranks

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(n) personnel; a group of people considered all together

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reap

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(v) harvest, such as by cutting; get as a result of one’s effort

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recluse

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(n) person who lives in seclusion

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relegate

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(v) send or commit to an inferior place, rank, condition; exile, banish; assign a task to someone

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render

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(v) give, submit, surrender; translate; declare formally; cause to become

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replete

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(adj) supplied in abundance, filled, gorged

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reproach

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(n, v) blame, disgrace (noun); criticize express disappointment in

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repudiate

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(v) reject, cast off, deny that something has authortiy

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requite

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(v) reciprocate, repay, or revenge

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restive

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(adj) impatient or uneasy under the control of another; resisting being controlled

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reticent

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(adj) not talking much; private (of a person), reserved

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retrospective

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(adj, n) looking to the past or backward; applying to the past (adj); an art exhibit of an artist’s work over a long period of time (n)

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Reverent

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(adj) feeling or expressing very deep respect and awe

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Rhetoric

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(n) the art or study of persuasion through speaking or writing; language that is elaborate or pretentious but actually empty, meaning little

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Rife

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(adj) happening frequently, abundant, currently being reported

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