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Term Definition
Quay a landing on the edge of the water; wharf; pier
Queue to get in line
Quintessential being the most perfect example
Rampart a fortification; bulwark of defense
Redolent fragrant; aromatic; suggestive or reminiscent
Remonstrate to argue against; to protest; to raise objections
Remuneration payment; recompense
Renaissance a rebirth or revival
Replete completely filled; abounding
Reproach to scold, usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace
Reprobate a wicked, sinful, depraved person
Reprove to criticize mildly
Respite a period of rest or relief
Ribald characterized by vulgar, lewd humor
Sagacious wise
Sagacity wisdom
Sage a wise person
Salutary healthful; remedial; wholesome
Sanguine cheerful; optimistic; hopeful
Surreptitious sneaky; secret
Sycophant one who sucks up to others; a servile, self-seeking flatterer
Taciturn untalkative by nature
Temerity recklessness; audacity; foolhardy disregard of danger
Turpitude shameful wickedness or depravity
Unalloyed undiluted; pure
Usury lending money at an extremely high rate of interest
Venal capable of being bribed; corrupt
Verdant covered with green plant; leafy; inexperienced
Vestige a remaining bit of something; a last trace
Vitiate to make faulty or defective; impair; to corrupt morally
Wizened shriveled; withered; shrunken

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Terms 31
Creator apt223
Created August 14, 2008
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Subjects gre, vocabulary, test
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  1. Sanguine → cheerful; optimistic; hopeful - 4 misses
  2. Reproach → to scold, usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace - 3 misses
  3. Unalloyed → undiluted; pure - 2 misses
  4. Reprobate → a wicked, sinful, depraved person - 2 misses
  5. Taciturn → untalkative by nature - 2 misses
  6. Vitiate → to make faulty or defective; impair; to corrupt morally - 2 misses
  7. Sycophant → one who sucks up to others; a servile, self-seeking flatterer - 2 misses