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Vocabulary List 26 Flashcards

1
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Rote

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N.

Repetition

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Rotundity

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N.

Roundness; sonorousness of speech

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Rubble

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N.

Fragments

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Rubicund

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Adj.

Having a healthy reddish color; ruddy; florid

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Ruddy

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Adj.

Reddish; healthy-looking

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Rudimentary

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Adj.

Not developed; elementary

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Rueful

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Adj.

Regretful; sorrowful; dejected

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Ruminate

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V.

Chew the cud; ponder

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Rummage

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V.

Ransack; thoroughly search

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Ruse

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N.

Trick; stratagem

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Rusticate

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V.

Banish to the country; dwell in the country

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Ruthless

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Adj.

Pitiless

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Saccharine

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Adj.

Cloyingly sweet

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Sacerdotal

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Adj.

Priestly

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Sacrilegious

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Adj.

Desecrating; profane

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Sacrosanct

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Adj.

Most sacred; inviolable

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Sadistic

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Adj.

Inclined to cruelty

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Saffron

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Adj.

Orange-colored; colored like the autumn crocus

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Saga

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N.

Scandinavian myth; any legend

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Sagacious

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Adj.

Keen; shrewd; having insight

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Salient

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Adj.

Prominent

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Saline

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Adj.

Salty

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Sallow

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Adj.

Yellowish; sickly in color

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Salubrious

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Adj.

Healthful

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Salutary

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Adj.

Tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome

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Salvage

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V.

Rescue from loss

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Sangfroid

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N.

Coolness in a trying situation

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Sanguinary

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Adj.

Bloody

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Sanguine

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Adj.

Cheerful; hopeful

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Sapid

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Adj.

Savory; tasty; relishable

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Sapient

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Adj.

Wise; shrewd

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Sardonic

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Adj.

Disdainful; sarcastic; cynical

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Sate

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V.

Satisfy to the full; cloy

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Satiate

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V.

Surfeit; satisfy fully

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Satiety

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N.

Condition of being crammed full; glutted state; repletion

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Saturate

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V.

Soak

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Saturnine

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Adj.

Gloomy

38
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Saunter

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V.

Stroll slowly

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Savant

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N.

Scholar

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Savoir faire

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N.

Tact; poise; sophistication

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Savor

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V.

Have a distinct flavor, smell, or quality

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Scavenger

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N.

Collector and disposer of refuse; animal that devours refuse and carrion

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Schism

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N.

Division; split

44
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Scintilla

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N.

Shred; least bit

45
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Scintillate

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V.

Sparkle; flash

46
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Scion

A

N.

Offspring

47
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Scourge

A

N.

Lash

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Scrupulous

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Adj.

Conscientious; extremely thorough

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Scullion

A

N.

Menial kitchen worker

50
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Scurrilous

A

Adj.

Obscene; indecent

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Scuttle

A

V.

Sink

52
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Sebaceous

A

Adj.

Oily; fatty

53
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Secession

A

N.

Withdrawal

54
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Secular

A

Adj.

Worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal

55
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Sedate

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Adj.

Composed; grave

56
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Sedentary

A

Adj.

Requiring sitting

57
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Sedulous

A

Adj.

Diligent

58
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Seethe

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V.

Be disturbed; boil

59
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Seine

A

N.

Net for catching fish

60
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Semblance

A

N.

Outward appearance; guise

61
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Senility

A

N.

Old age; feeblemindedness of old age

62
Q

Sensual

A

Adj.

Devoted to the pleasures of the senses; carnal; voluptuous

63
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Sententious

A

Adj.

Terse; concise; aphoristic

64
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Sepulcher

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N.

Tomb

65
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Sequester

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V.

Retire from public life; segregate; seclude

66
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Serendipity

A

N.

Gift for finding valuable things not searched for

67
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Serenity

A

N.

Calmness; placidity

68
Q

Serrated

A

Adj.

Having a sawtoothed edge

69
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Servile

A

Adj.

Slavish; cringing

70
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Severance

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N.

Division; partition; separation

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Shackle

A

V.

Chain; fetter

72
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Shambles

A

N.

Slaughterhouse; scene of carnage

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Sheaf

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N.

Bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together

74
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Sheathe

A

V.

Place into a case

75
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Sherbet

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N.

Flavored dessert ice

76
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Shibboleth

A

N.

Watchword; slogan

77
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Shimmer

A

V.

Glimmer intermittently

78
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Shoal

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N.

Shallow place

79
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Shoddy

A

Adj.

Sham; not genuine; inferior

80
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Sibling

A

N.

Brother or sister

81
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Sidereal

A

Adj.

Relating to the stars

82
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Silt

A

N.

Sediment deposited by running water

Composition 10 (8 decks)

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