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38 Cards in this Set
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quiescent
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motionless, dormant, latent
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qualified
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limited, restricted
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quibble
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to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details
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rarefy
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to make thinner or sparser
-attenuate |
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recalcitrant
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resisting authority or control
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recant
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to retract a statement or opinion
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recondite
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abstruse, profound
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refractory
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stubborn, unmanageable, resisting ordinary methods
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refute
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to contradict, disprove
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relegate
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to consign to an inferior position
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reproach
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to find fault with; blame
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reporbate
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morally unprincipled person
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repudiate
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to reject the validity of
- disown, disavow, renounce |
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reticent
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silent, reserved
- standoffish, laconic, taciturn, undemonstrative |
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rescind
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to cancel
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resolution
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determination; resolve
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sage
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wise
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salubrious
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healthful
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rhetoric
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effective writing or speaking
- eloquence, oratory |
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satiate
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to satisfy fully, overindulge
-cloy, gorge, giut, surfeit |
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soporific
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causing sleep or lethargy
-hypnotic, narcotic, slumberous, somnolent |
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specious
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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
-ostensible, illusory |
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stigma
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a mark of shame or discredit
- blemish, blot, opporbrium, |
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stolid
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unemotional, lacking sensitivity
- apathetic, stoical, phlegmatic |
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sanction
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to approve; ratify; permit
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secrete
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produce and release substance into organism
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shard
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a piece of broken glass or pottery
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skeptic
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one who doubts
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solicitous
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concerned; attentive; eager
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spectrum
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band of colors produced when sunlight passes through a prism; a broad range of related ideas or objects
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sporadic
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irregular
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stint
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to be sparing
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sublime
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lofty or grand
-august, exalted, glorious, regal, resplendent |
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stipulate
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to specify as an essential condition
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subpoena
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notice ordering someone to appear in court
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substantiate
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to support with proof or evidence
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supersede
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to replace, esp. to displace as inferior or antiquated
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supposition
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the act of assuming to be true or real
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