R And S Flashcards

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Rapacious

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Unable to be satisfied/ always greedy

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2
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Receptive

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Open to receive things , often ideas

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3
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Redress

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To fix a situation where someone has been wronged (mazloom)

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4
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Reluctant

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Hesitant but doesn’t wanna do it

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5
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Remonstrate

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To speak out against something strongly

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Repression

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Holding something down, especially ideas and movements

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Reverence

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Showing great respect or deep appreciation for something

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Rhetoric

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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing. (Yelling or tricking even)

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Sanction

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Either officially approving / allowing something, or a penalty for something bad

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10
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Scuttling

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Moving very quickly with tiny (often not smooth) steps

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Sentiment

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How u feel or what u say about something that occurred

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Sentinel

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A soldier who’s job is to watch something

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13
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Sequence

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Order

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Shingled

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Layered to look like a roof or a women’s hair cut

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Sluggish

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Slow moving

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Squalid

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A place’ that is extremely dirty and u pleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect

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Squelch

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The sound the word makes. Like if u pulled ur leg out of the mud or stepped on a slug

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Stagnate

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To stop moving forward but generally not physically. (Paused)

19
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Stewardship

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The act of taking care of something

20
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Stupefied

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To be made temporarily stupid. Happens when something really sudden or unexpected occurs

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Subjugate

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To put a person or group under your total control. (A negative thing)

22
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Subordinate

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Lower in status

23
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Subsequent

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After something else

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Substantial

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An important size or amount of

25
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Supplemental

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Adds something unnecessary , but helpful.

26
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Sustenance

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What sustains a person. Often as food

27
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Swayed

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To move slightly back and forth physically, and figuratively may mean changing opinions slightly

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Sullen

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To be grumpy and unenthusiastic, a type of mood where u do things only under protest

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Tactile

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Sense of touch , a tactile sensation is a sensation of being touched in some way