Vocab lists 7 and 8

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Repudiate

To reject, to disown, to discard

Repugnant

Disgusting, loathsome

Rescind

To cancel, to remove, to repeal

Residual

Remaining, left over

Resilient

able to recover quickly, springing back into shape

respite

a pause, a rest

reticent

quiet, silent, not saying much

sagacious

wise, shrewd

sanction (N)

approval, permission, encouragement

Sanction (V)

to permite, to authorize

Savory

tasty, flavorful

scrupulous

very honest, precise about details

Scrutinize

To examine, to inspect, to look over carefully

sequester

To seclude, to segregate

Skeptical

Doubtful, not easily convinced

Sporadic

Irregular, occurring off and on

Spurious

false, fake, counterfeit

squalid

poor, wretched, dirty

Stagnate

To be inactive, to fail to progress

Stoic

Indifferent to pain, impassive, unaffected by pain

Stringent

Strict, severe, rigidly controlled

substantiate

To prove, to verify, to validate

Succinct

concise, expressed in few words

sumptuous

lavish, luxurious

supercilious

haughty, scornful, looking down on others, arrogant

Superfluous

Unnecessary, extra, superficial

Placate

To soothe, to pacify, to appease

platitude

A dull remark, a cliche, a weak comment

Pompous

Arrogant, self-important

Ponderous

Very heavy, bulky or dull, boring

Pragmatic

Practical, down to earth

Preclude

To prevent, to shut out

Precocious

Prematurely intelligent, showing intelligence as a child

Pretentious

Showy, flashy, overdone

Prodigious

Enormous

Profane

Not polite, not religious

Profusion

An abundance, a great amount

Prolific

Productive, plentiful, abundant, producing many offspring

Propensity

A tendency, a leaning, a bent

Provincial

Unsophisticated, country-like, narrow-minded

Prudent

Wise, careful, cautious, sensible

Pugnacious

Combative, quarrelsome, eager to fight

Quandary

A state of doubt, a state of confusion

Racondeur

A storyteller

Rancor

Bitterness, resentment, malice, spite

Recalcitrant

unruly, defiant, unwilling to follow orders

Recluse

A person who lives away from others, an isolate

Redundant

Repetitious, wordy, excessive

Refurbish

to renovate, to refreshen, to make like new

Relegate

To banish, to exile, to demote