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rapacious

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adjective

Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods.

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rapine

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noun

The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.

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raptorial

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adjective

Seizing and devouring living prey.

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raucous

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adjective

Harsh.

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ravage

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verb

To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring or other destructive methods.

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ravenous

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adjective

Furiously voracious or hungry.

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readjust

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verb

To but in order after disarrangement.

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rebuff

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noun

A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches.

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recant

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verb

To withdraw formally one’s belief (in something previously believed or maintained).

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receivable

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adjective

Capable of being or fit to be received - often money.

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recessive

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adjective

Having a tendency to go back.

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recidivist

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noun

A confirmed criminal.

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recognizance

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noun

An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.

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recoil

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verb

To start back as in dismay, loathing or dread.

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reconnoiter

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verb

To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying or geological purposes.

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recourse

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noun

Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble.

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recreant

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noun

A cowardly or faithless person.

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recreate

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verb

To refresh after labour.

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recrudescence

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noun

The state of becoming raw or sore again.

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rectitude

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noun

The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.

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redemption

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noun

The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged by paying the debt.

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redolent

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adjective

Smelling sweet and agreeable.

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redoubtable

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adjective

Formidable.

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redound

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noun

Rebound.

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redress

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verb

To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer.

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referable

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adjective

Ascribable.

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regale

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verb

To give unusual pleasure.

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regalia

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noun (plural)

The emblems of royalty.

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regality

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noun

Royalty.

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regent

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noun

One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler.

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regicide

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noun

The killing of a ling or sovereign.

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regimen

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noun

A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits.

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regiment

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noun

A body of soldiers.

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regnant

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adjective

Exercising royal authority in one’s own right.

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rein

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noun

A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal.

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reliquary

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noun

A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept.

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remiss

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adjective

Negligent.

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remission

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noun

Temporary diminution of a disease.

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remonstrance

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noun

Reproof.

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remonstrant

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adjective

Having the character of a reproof.

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Remonstrate

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verb

To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong.

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Renaissance

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noun

The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time.

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renunciation

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noun

An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege.

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repartee

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noun

A ready, witty or apt reply.

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repertory

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non

A place where things are stored or gathered together.

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repine

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verb

To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding.

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repository

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noun

A place in which goods are stored.

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reprehend

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verb

To find fault with.

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reprehensible

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adjective

Censurable.

50
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reprehension

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noun

Expression of blame.

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reprobate

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noun

One abandoned to depravity and sin.

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reproof

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noun

An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured.

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repudiate

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verb

To refuse to have anything to do with,

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repugnance

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noun

Thorough dislike.

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repute

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verb

To hold in general opinion.

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requiem

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noun

A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead.

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requital

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noun

Adequate return for good or ill.

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requite

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verb

To repay either good or evil to, as to a person.

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rescind

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verb

To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority.

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resistless

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adjective

Powerless.

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resonance

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noun

The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.

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resplendent

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adjective

Very bright.

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restitution

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noun

Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs.

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resumption

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noun

The act of taking back, or taking again.

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retch

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verb

To make an effort to vomit.

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reticence

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noun

The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.

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retinue

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noun

The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.

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retrench

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verb

To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity.

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retrograde

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verb

To cause to deteriorate or to move backward.

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