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RGRE 08/10

PREEMPT

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to replace; to supersede; to appropriate

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RGRE 08/10

PREEN

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to dress up; primp; groom oneself with elaborate care; in animals; to clean fur or feathers

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RGRE 08/10

PRESCIENCE

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knowing of events prior to their occurring

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RGRE 08/10

PRESUMPTUOUS

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overstepping bounds; as of propriety or courtesy; taking liberties

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RGRE 08/10

PREVARICATE

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to deliberately avoid the truth; mislead

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RGRE 08/10

PRISTINE

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pure; uncorrupted; clean

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PRIZE

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to pry; press or force with a lever

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RGRE 08/10

PROBITY

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adherence to highest principles; uprightness

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RGRE 08/10

PROCLIVITY

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a natural predisposition or inclination

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RGRE 08/10

PRODIGAL

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recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

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PRODIGIOUS

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abundant in size; force; or extent; extraordinary

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RGRE 08/10

PROFLIGATE

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excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant

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RGRE 08/10

PROFUSE

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given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant

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RGRE 08/10

PROLIFIC

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producing large volumes or amounts; productive

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RGRE 08/10

PROLIX

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long-winded; verbose

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RGRE 08/10

PROPENSITY

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a natural inclination or tendency; penchant

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RGRE 08/10

PROPINQUITY

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nearness in time or place; affinity of nature; kinship

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RGRE 08/10

PROPITIATE

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to appease or pacify

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RGRE 08/10

PROPITIOUS

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auspicious; favorable

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RGRE 08/10

PROPRIETY

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appropriateness; conformity with standards of acceptable behavior

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RGRE 08/10

PROSAIC

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dull; unimaginative

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RGRE 08/10

PROSCRIBE

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to outlaw or prohibit

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RGRE 08/10

PROVIDENT

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frugal; looking to the future

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RGRE 08/10

PUERILE

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childish; immature

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# RGRE 08/10 PUGNACIOUS
contentious; quarrelsome; given to fighting; belligerent
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# RGRE 08/10 PUNCTILIOUS
precise; paying attention to trivialities; especially in regard to etiquette
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# RGRE 08/10 PUNDIT
an authority on a subject; one who gives opinions
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# RGRE 08/10 PUNGENT
characterized by a strong; sharp smell or taste; penetrating; to the point
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# RGRE 08/10 PUSILLANIMOUS
cowardly; craven
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# RGRE 08/10 PUTREFY
to rot; decay and give off a foul odor; become gangrenous
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# RGRE 08/10 QUAFF
to drink deeply
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# RGRE 08/10 QUAIL
to shrink back in fear; lose courage
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# RGRE 08/10 QUALIFY
to limit
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# RGRE 08/10 QUALMS
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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# RGRE 08/10 QUERIES
questions; inquiries; reservations
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# RGRE 08/10 QUERULOUS
prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome
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# RGRE 08/10 QUIESCENCE
stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
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# RGRE 08/10 QUOTIDIAN
occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
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# RGRE 08/10 RAIL
to complain about bitterly
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# RGRE 08/10 RAMIFY
to be divided or subdivided; branch out
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# RGRE 08/10 RANCOROUS
characterized by bitter; long-lasting resentment
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# RGRE 08/10 RAPACIOUS
voracious; greedy; plundering; subsisting on prey
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# RGRE 08/10 RAREFY
to make or become thin; less dense; refine
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# RGRE 08/10 REBUS
riddle; a representation of words by pictures or symbols that sound like words
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# RGRE 08/10 RECALCITRANT
obstinately defiant of authority or guidance; difficult to manage
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# RGRE 08/10 RECANT
to retract; especially a previously held belief
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# RGRE 08/10 RECAPITULATE
to summarize; to repeat concisely
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# RGRE 08/10 RECONDITE
hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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# RGRE 08/10 RECONNOITER
to engage in reconnaissance; make a preliminary inspection of
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# RGRE 08/10 RECUMBENT
leaning; resting; prone
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# RGRE 08/10 REDOLENT
fragrant; suggestive or evocative
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# RGRE 08/10 REDOUBTABLE
that is to be feared; commanding or evoking respect
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# RGRE 08/10 REFULGENT
radiant; shiny; brilliant
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# RGRE 08/10 REFUTE
to disprove; successfully argue against
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# RGRE 08/10 REGALE
to delight or entertain; feast
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# RGRE 08/10 RELEGATE
to forcibly assign; especially to a lower place or position
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# RGRE 08/10 REMONSTRATE
to protest; object
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# RGRE 08/10 RENEGE
to fail to honor a commitment; go back on a promise
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# RGRE 08/10 RENT
torn; split; apart; pierced as by a sound
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# RGRE 08/10 REPINE
to feel or express dejection or discontent; long for
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# RGRE 08/10 REPUDIATE
to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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# RGRE 08/10 RESCIND
to invalidate; repeal; retract
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# RGRE 08/10 RESOLUTE
adamant; steadfast; determined
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# RGRE 08/10 RETICENT
quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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# RGRE 08/10 REVERENT
marked by; feeling; or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
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# RGRE 08/10 RHETORIC
the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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# RGRE 08/10 RISIBLE
hilarious; provoking laughter
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# RGRE 08/10 RUBRIC
authoritiative rule; heading; title; or category
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# RGRE 08/10 RUE
regret; feel remorse
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# RGRE 08/10 SAGACIOUS
having sound judgment; perceptive; wise
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# RGRE 08/10 SALACIOUS
appealing to or causing sexual desire; bawdy
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# RGRE 08/10 SALIENT
prominent; protruding; conspicuous; highly relevant
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# RGRE 08/10 SALUBRIOUS
promoting health or well-being
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# RGRE 08/10 SALUTARY
remedial; wholesome; causing improvement
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# RGRE 08/10 SANCTIMONY
self-righteousness; pretended piety
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# RGRE 08/10 SANCTION
authoritiative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
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# RGRE 08/10 SANGUINE
cheerful; confident; optimistic
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# RGRE 08/10 SAP
to enervate or weaken the vitality of
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# RGRE 08/10 SATIATE
to overindulge; satisfy to excess
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# RGRE 08/10 SATIRE
a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or derision
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# RGRE 08/10 SATURNINE
gloomy; dark; sullen; morose
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# RGRE 08/10 SCURVY
contemptible; despicable
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# RGRE 08/10 SEDULOUS
diligent; persistently maintained; assiduous
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# RGRE 08/10 SEINE
a large net hung out and dragged in to catch fish
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# RGRE 08/10 SERE
withered; arid
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# RGRE 08/10 SEMINAL
like a seed; constituting a source; originative
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# RGRE 08/10 SHARD
a piece of broken pottery or glass; any small piece or part
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# RGRE 08/10 SIMPER
to smirk; to say something with a silly; coy smile
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# RGRE 08/10 SINECURE
position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income
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# RGRE 08/10 SINGULAR
exceptional; unusual; odd
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# RGRE 08/10 SINUOUS
winding; curving; moving lithely; devious
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# RGRE 08/10 SLAKE
to satisfy; quench; lessen the intensity of
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# RGRE 08/10 SODDEN
soaked or drenched; unimaginative; dull
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# RGRE 08/10 SOLDER
to weld; fuse or join; as with a soldering gun
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# RGRE 08/10 SOLICITOUS
concerned and anxious; eager
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# RGRE 08/10 SOLVENT
able to meet financial obligations
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# RGRE 08/10 SOPHISTRY
fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic
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# RGRE 08/10 SOPHOMORIC
exhibiting immaturity; lack of judgment; pretentious
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# RGRE 08/10 SOPORIFIC
causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
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# RGRE 08/10 SORDID
characterized by filth; grime; or squalor; foul
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# RGRE 08/10 SPARSE
thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
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# RGRE 08/10 SPECIOUS
seeming true; but actually false; misleadingly attractive
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# RGRE 08/10 SPENDTHRIFT
one who spends money wastefully
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# RGRE 08/10 SPLENETIC
bad-tempered; irritable
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# RGRE 08/10 SPORADIC
occurring only occasionally; or in scattered instances
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# RGRE 08/10 SPURIOUS
lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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# RGRE 08/10 SQUALID
sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
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# RGRE 08/10 SQUANDER
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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# RGRE 08/10 STANCH
to stop the flow of a fluid
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# RGRE 08/10 STATIC
not moving; active or in motion; at rest
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# RGRE 08/10 STEEP
to saturate or completely soak
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# RGRE 08/10 STENTORIAN
extremely loud and powerful
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# RGRE 08/10 STINT
to restrain; be sparing or frugal
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# RGRE 08/10 STOIC
indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
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# RGRE 08/10 STOLID
calm; impassive
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# RGRE 08/10 STRIATED
striped; grooved; or banded
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# RGRE 08/10 STRUT
a sturctural support used to brace a framework
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# RGRE 08/10 STUPEFY
to stun; baffle; or amaze
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# RGRE 08/10 STYMIE
to block; thwart
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# RGRE 08/10 SUBPOENA
a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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# RGRE 08/10 SUBTLE
not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern; crafty or sly
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# RGRE 08/10 SUCCINCT
brief; concise
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# RGRE 08/10 SUCCOR
assistance; relief in time of distress
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# RGRE 08/10 SUNDRY
various; miscellaneous; separate
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# RGRE 08/10 SUPERCILIOUS
disdainful; arrogant; haughty; characterized by haughty scorn
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# RGRE 08/10 SUPERFLUOUS
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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# RGRE 08/10 SUPINE
inactive; lying on one's back; apathetic; mentally or morally slack
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# RGRE 08/10 SUPPLANT
to take the place of; supersede
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# RGRE 08/10 SUPPLIANT
asking humbly; beseeching
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# RGRE 08/10 SUPPLICANT
beggar; one who prays or begs for something
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# RGRE 08/10 SURFEIT
to feed or supply in excess
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# RGRE 08/10 SYCOPHANT
someone who tires to flatter or please for personal gain; parasite
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# RGRE 08/10 SYNTHESIS
the combination of parts to make a whole
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# RGRE 08/10 TABLE
to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
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# RGRE 08/10 TACITURN
not talkative; silent
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# RGRE 08/10 TALISMAN
something believed to have magic power or bestow good luck
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# RGRE 08/10 TAMP
to plug; to drive in or down by a series of blows
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# RGRE 08/10 TAUTOLOGY
a repetition; a redundancy; a circular argument
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# RGRE 08/10 TAWDRY
cheap; gaudy; showy; tacky; indecent
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# RGRE 08/10 TENACITY
the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
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# RGRE 08/10 TENDENTIOUS
biased; showing marked tendencies
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# RGRE 08/10 TENDER
to offer formally
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# RGRE 08/10 TENUOUS
having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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# RGRE 08/10 TERSE
brief and concise in wording
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# RGRE 08/10 TIMOROUS
timid; fearful; diffident
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# RGRE 08/10 TIRADE
a long and extremely critical speech; harsh denunciation
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# RGRE 08/10 TOADY
sycophant; flatterer; yes-man
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# RGRE 08/10 TORPID
lethargic; sluggish; dormant
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# RGRE 08/10 TORQUE
a force that causes rotation
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# RGRE 08/10 TORRID
scorching; ardent; passionate; hurried
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# RGRE 08/10 TORTUOUS
winding; twisting; excessively complicated
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# RGRE 08/10 TOUT
to publicly praise or promote
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# RGRE 08/10 TRACTABLE
docile; obedient; easily led
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# RGRE 08/10 TRANSIENT
fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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# RGRE 08/10 TRAVESTY
mockery; caricature; parody
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# RGRE 08/10 TRENCHANT
sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating; biting; clear cut
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# RGRE 08/10 TRUCULENT
fierce; scathing; eager to fight
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# RGRE 08/10 TUMID
swollen
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# RGRE 08/10 TURBID
muddy; having sediment stirred up; clouded to the point of being opaque; in a state of turmoil
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# RGRE 08/10 TURGID
swollen; bloated; pompous; excessively ornate
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# RGRE 08/10 TURPITUDE
depravity; baseness
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# RGRE 08/10 TYRO
novice; beginner in learning
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# RGRE 08/10 UBIQUITOUS
existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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# RGRE 08/10 UMBRAGE
offense; resentment
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# RGRE 08/10 UNDULATE
to move in wavelike fashion; fluctuate
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# RGRE 08/10 UNFEIGNED
genuine; not false or hypocritical
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# RGRE 08/10 UNTENABLE
indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
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# RGRE 08/10 UNTOWARD
troublesome; unruly; unseemly; adverse
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# RGRE 08/10 UPBRAID
to scold; censure; rebuke; chastise
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# RGRE 08/10 URBANE
sophisticated; refined; elegant
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# RGRE 08/10 USURY
charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest
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# RGRE 08/10 VACILLATE
to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; sway from one side to the other
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# RGRE 08/10 VARIEGATED
multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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# RGRE 08/10 VAUNT
to brag or boast
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# RGRE 08/10 VENAL
capable of being bought or bribed; mercenary
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# RGRE 08/10 VENERATE
to revere
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# RGRE 08/10 VERACITY
truthfulness; honesty
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# RGRE 08/10 VERISIMILITUDE
appearing true or real
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# RGRE 08/10 VERITABLE
authentic; real; genuine
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# RGRE 08/10 VEXATION
annoyance; irritation
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# RGRE 08/10 VIGILANT
alertly watchful
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# RGRE 08/10 VILIFY
to defame; characterize harshly
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# RGRE 08/10 VIRULENT
extremey harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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# RGRE 08/10 VISCOUS
thick; sticky
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# RGRE 08/10 VITIATE
to reduce the value of; debase; spoil; make ineffective
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# RGRE 08/10 VITUPERATE
to use harsh condemnatory language; abuse or censure severely
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# RGRE 08/10 VOLATILE
readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
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# RGRE 08/10 VORACIOUS
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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# RGRE 08/10 WAFT
a light breeze; a puff
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# RGRE 08/10 WAVER
to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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# RGRE 08/10 WELTER
to writhe; to toss about; to be in turmoil
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# RGRE 08/10 WEND
to go; proceed; walk
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# RGRE 08/10 WHET
to sharpen or stimulate
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# RGRE 08/10 WHIMSICAL
imaginative; unpredictable
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# RGRE 08/10 ZEALOUS
fervent; ardent; impassioned
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# RGRE 08/10 AMBIT
circuit or compass; also; sphere of action or influence.
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# RGRE 08/10 PHILANDER
to engage in love affairs frivolously or casually
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# RGRE 08/10 APOPLEXY
a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
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# RGRE 08/10 INAMORATA
a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship
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# RGRE 08/10 RECIDIVISM
relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior

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