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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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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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Effulgent

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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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Give in

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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

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re NEIG
V to go back on a promise
Or fail to fulfill one

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Renunciation

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The act of renouncing–

Declaring bad or worthless

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Reprehensible

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Deserving of blame it harsh criticism.

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Reprove

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To scold or reprimand

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Repudiate

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To reject

Refuse to accept as valid

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Restive

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Anxious ready to snap

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Resurgence

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A coming back in big gush

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Resuscitate

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SUHS
To cause to regain consciousness
To revive

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Reticent

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Quiet and restrained

Not want to draw attention to yourself

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Retrench

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TRENCH
Rethink budget, become frugal
The company had to retrench

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Revelry

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Unrestrained fun
Like a party

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Reviled

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Widely hated

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Revulsion

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Aversion

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Rudimentary

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Basic, fundamental

Not fully developed

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Ruminate

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Think very deeply about something.