 | Term | Definition |
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Recrudescent |
Becoming raw or sore again |
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Recuperate |
To recover |
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Redoubtable |
Formidable |
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Redress |
To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer |
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Refactory |
Not amendable to control |
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Regale |
To give unusual pleasure |
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Regicide |
The killing of a king or sovereign |
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Reiterate |
To say or do again and again |
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Relapse |
To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery |
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Remonstrate |
To present a verbal or written protest to thsoe who have power to right or prevent a wrong |
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Renovate |
To restore after deterioration, as a building |
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Repast |
A meal; figuratively, any refreshment |
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Repel |
To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally |
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Repine |
To indulge fretfulness and faultfinding |
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Reprobate |
One abandoned to depravity and sin |
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Repudiate |
To refuse to have anything to do with |
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Repulsive |
Grossly offensive |
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Requisite |
Necessary |
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Requite |
To repay either good or evil to, as to a person |
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Rescind |
To make a void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority |
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Resilience |
The power of springing back to a former position |
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Resonance |
Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations |
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Respite |
Interval of rest |
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Restive |
Reissting control |
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Retinue |
The group of people who accompany an important person during travels |
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Revere |
To regad with worshipful veneration |
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Reverent |
Humble |
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Ribald |
Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity |
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Risible |
Capable of exciting laughter |
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Rotund |
Round from fullness or plumpness |
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Ruffian |
A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow |
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Ruminate |
To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated |
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Sagacious |
Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception |
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Salacious |
Having strong sexual desires |
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Salient |
Standing out prominently |
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Salubrious |
Healthful; promoting health |
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Salutary |
Beneficial |
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Sanction |
To approve authoritatively |
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Sanguine |
Cheerfully confident, optimistic |
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Sardonic |
Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic |
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Satiate |
To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of |
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Satyr |
A very lascivious person |
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Savor |
To perceive by taste or smell |
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Scabbard |
The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon |
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Scintilla |
The faintest ray |
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Scribble |
Hasty, careless writing |
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Sedulous |
Persevering in effor or endeavor |
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Sequence |
The order in which a nmber or person,s things, or events follow one another in space or time |
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Severance |
Separation |
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Shrewd |
Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting from circumstances |
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Sinecure |
Any position having emoluments with few or no duties |
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Sinuous |
Curving in or out |
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Skiff |
Usually a small light boat propelled by oars |
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Sluggard |
A person habitually lazy or idle |
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Solace |
Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity |
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Solvent |
Having sufficient funds to pay all debts |
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Somniferous |
Tending to produce sleep |
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Somnolent |
Sleepy |
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Sonorous |
Resonant |
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Sophistry |
Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive |
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Soporific |
Causing sleep; also, something that causes sleep |
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Sordid |
Filthy, morally degraded |
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Specious |
Plausible |
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Spurious |
Not genuine |
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Squalid |
Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance |
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Stanch |
To stop the flowing of; to check |
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Stigma |
A mark of infamy or toekn of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing |
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Stingy |
Cheap, unwilling to spend money |
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Stolid |
Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving |
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Submerge |
To place or plunge under water |
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Subterfuge |
Evasion |
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Succint |
Concise |
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Sumptuous |
Rich and costly |
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Supercilious |
Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt |
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Superfluous |
Being more than is needed |
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