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Ramification

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  1. A ramification is an accidental consequence that complicates things. Remember that time you borrowed your father’s car without asking? The ramification was that Dad missed an important meeting, his company went under, and he had to sell the car. Oops!
  2. The act of branching out
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Raconteur

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A gifted storyteller

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Rancor

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A deep bitterness and hatred

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Rapport

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If you have rapport with someone, you two communicate with trust and sympathy.

Ra POOR

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Rarefied

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RARE uh fied
1. Super elite, above ordinary. The rarefied conversation of brilliant scholars.

  1. High elevation low oxygen air. The rarefied air
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Ravage

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N/V

Destruction, destroy

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Rebuke

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N/V
Verbal browbeating
To do that

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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly resistant to authority

Just downright intractable.

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Recant

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To take back

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Recidivism

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Relapse into old behavior

Most commonly used for criminal behavior.

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Reciprocate

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Respond by mirroring a statement or situation.

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Recluse

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N

One who lives alone

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Recondite

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Difficult for the common man to understand

Look up pronounciation

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reconnaissance

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ri KAN eh sehns
Check out before taking action
do reconnaissance on a new employee

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Recrimination

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a recrimination, an accusation or insult that’s hurled back at someone.

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Rectitude

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Correct or moral behavior

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Redoubtable

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  1. Worthy of respect and honor

2. Inspiring fear

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Redress

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To fix–make amends for

Like address, but must be problem

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Refulgent

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Refutation

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Proof a claim is false

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Relegate

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Assign to lower position
#mathfights
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Relent

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Remediate

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To set straight or right.

Ameliorate

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Remunerate

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To pay money that is owed

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Renege
re NEIG V to go back on a promise Or fail to fulfill one
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Renunciation
The act of renouncing-- | Declaring bad or worthless
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Reprehensible
A | Deserving of blame it harsh criticism.
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Reprove
To scold or reprimand
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Repudiate
To reject | Refuse to accept as valid
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Restive
Anxious ready to snap
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Resurgence
A coming back in big gush
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Resuscitate
SUHS To cause to regain consciousness To revive
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Reticent
Quiet and restrained | Not want to draw attention to yourself
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Retrench
TRENCH Rethink budget, become frugal The company had to retrench
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Revelry
N Unrestrained fun Like a party
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Reviled
Widely hated
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Revulsion
Aversion
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Rudimentary
Basic, fundamental | Not fully developed
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Ruminate
V | Think very deeply about something.