 | Term | Definition |
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Redress |
Relief from worry or injury, to set right |
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Rejoinder |
Response |
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Renege |
To go back on one's word |
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Renitent |
Resisting pressure, obstinate |
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Repast |
Meal |
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Reprobate |
Morally unprincipled person |
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Requite |
To return or repay |
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Respite |
Interval of relief |
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Retinue |
Group of attendants with an important person |
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Revelry |
Boisterous, festivity, loud partying |
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Ribald |
Humorous in a vulgar way, humorously vulgar |
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Riposte |
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) - retort |
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Rococo |
Very highly ornamental |
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Ruminate |
To reflect upon |
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Sacrosanct |
Extremely sacred; beyond criticism |
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Salacious |
Lustful, erotic |
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Salubrious |
Healthful |
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Sanguine |
Optimistic, ruddy |
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Scabbard |
Sheath for a sword |
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Scintilla |
Very small amount |
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Scintillate |
To sparkle, flash |
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Scurrilous |
Vulgar, low, indecent |
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Sedition |
Behavior promoting rebellion |
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Senescent |
Aging, growing old |
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Sentient |
Aware, conscious |
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Sepulchral |
Typical of a place of burial |
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Seraphic |
Angelic, pure, sublime |
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Shirk |
To avoid a task due to laziness or fear |
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Simper |
To smirk, smile foolishly |
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Sinecure |
Well-paying job that requires little work |
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Sinuous |
Winding; intricate, complex |
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Slake |
To quench or moderate |
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Slovenly |
Untidy, messy |
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Sojourn |
Visit, stay -in the country |
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Solipsism |
Belief that the self is the only reality |
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Sophist |
Person good at arguing deviously (often specious) |
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Sportive |
Frolicsome, playful |
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Squalid |
Filthy |
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Staid |
Self-restrained, strait-laced |
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Stentorian |
EXTREMELY loud |
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Striate |
Striped, grooved |
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Stringent |
Imposing severe, rigorous standards |
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Stymie |
To block or thwart |
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Subterfuge |
Trick used to avoid someone |
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Sully |
To soil, stain; taint |
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Supercilious |
Arrogant, haughty |
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Surly |
Rude and bad-tempered |
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Surreptitious |
Characterized by secrecy |
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Sybarite |
Person devoted to pleasure and luxury |
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Sycophant |
Self-serving flatter |
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Syncopation |
Temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
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solecism |
Grammatical mistake |
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