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Quaff
drink down quickly
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Quagmire
marsh; bog
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Quaint
picturesque
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Quandary
dilemma; puzzle
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Quarantine
isolation to prevent the spread of disease
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Quarry
1. something that is hunted; 2. mine for stone
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Querulous
always complaining
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Quirk
oddity
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Ramble
wander aimlessly
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Ramifications
branches; subdivisions of a complex system; outcomes
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Rancor
resentment; animosity; bad feeling
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Rant
use bombastic language
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Ratify
approve; consent
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Raucous
rough and unpleasant (of sounds)
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Raze
destroy; demolish; tear down
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Rebuttal
denial
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Recant
disclaim; retract statement
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Recapitulate
summarize
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Receptacle
container; vessel; holder
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Recluse
someone who cuts himself off from life
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Recuperate
get better after illness
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Red
tape formalities; paperwork; official procedure
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Redolent
smelling of; giving off odors
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Redress
put right something that was wrong
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Redundant
unnecessary; superfluous
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Referendum
public vote
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Refute
disprove
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Regale
entertain
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Relegate
dismiss to a lower position
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Remorse
regret; sorrow; contrition
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Remuneration
payment for work done
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Renown
fame
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Replete
full
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Reprehensible
shameful; very bad
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Reprieve
a respite; postponement of a sentence
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Repudiate
shun; eschew
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Rescind
retract; repeal
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Resignation
acceptance of fate
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Resolution
determination
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Resonant
echoing
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Respite
a break; intermission
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Resplendent
shining; glowing
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Restorative
a tonic
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Retention
preservation; withholding
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Reticent
restrained; holding something back; uncommunicative
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Retraction
withdrawal; cancellation of a statement
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Revere
worship
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Riddled
full of (usually full of holes)
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Rife
common
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Rigor
thoroughness
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Robust

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Rotund

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Ruminate
think over something; ponder
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Ruse
trick; stratagem
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Saccharin
falsely sweet
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Sacrosanct
very holy; inviolable
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Sagacious
wise
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Sage
a wise person
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Salacious
lecherous; erotic
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Sallow
yellowish
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Salubrious
health-giving
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Salutary
something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial
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Sanctimonious
hypocritically holy
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Sanction
give approval to
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Sanguinary
bloodthirsty; bloody
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Sanguine
optimistic; cheerful
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Sardonic
mocking
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Savant
person with knowledge
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Scale
to climb
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Scapegoat
person on whom blame is placed for faults of others
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Scrupulous
careful; diligent; painstaking
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Scrutinize
examine carefully
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Scuttle
sink
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Seminary
an institution in which priests are trained
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Sensuous
appealing to the senses
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Sentinel
guard; sentry
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Sequester
isolate
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Serendipity
fortunate coincidence; unsought discovery
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Serene
calm; peaceful
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Serrated
jagged; saw-like
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Servile
overly submissive; groveling
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Skeptical
doubting; not gullible
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Skirmish
minor battle
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Sluggard
slow-moving; lethargic person
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Smelt
refine an ore
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Smorgasbord
a Swedish buffet of cold dishes
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Solace
comfort for grief
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Solicit
to ask for; seek
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Somnambulist
sleepwalker
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Soothsayer
fortuneteller
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Sophomoric
juvenile; immature
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Soporific
inducing sleep
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Sparse
spare; bare; meager
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Specious
false
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Speckled
spotted; freckled; dotted
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Sporadic
not continuous; intermittent
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Spurious
false
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Stagnant
still; not moving
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Staid
dull; sober; serious
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Stanza
section of a poem