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Regression |
A going back; a withdrawing or returning; (opposite of progression)
Fortunately, the disease is in regression , and the patient should recover completely. |
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Relegate |
v. Banish; demote; consign to inferior position.
If we relegate people to positions of unimportance, we shall lose the services of trained personnel. |
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Reminiscent |
Reminding or suggestive of the past; remembering; dwelling on the past.
That song is particularly reminiscent of mycollege days. |
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Renegade |
One who deserts a party, side, idea,etc. And joins the opposition; a traitor; traitorous.
That renegade is giving away our secret. |
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Renounce |
v. Abandon; disown.
Joan of Arc refused to renounce her statements even though she knew she would be burned at the stake. |
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Repercussion |
A serve indirect or delayed reaction; aftereffect; reverberation; echo.
The repercussion of your doing that will be very serious indeed; you may even go to jail.. |
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Reprehensible |
adj. Deserving blame.
Your vicious conduct in this situation is reprehensible.
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Reprobate |
One whose conduct is reproachful, ascoundrel; unprincipled; depraved.
The rest of the family disowned the reprobate because of his evil conduct. |
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Resilience |
The capability of recovering shapeafter being or stretched; elasticity; the personal capability of recovering undamaged from stress or pressure.
In spite of many misfortunes, her resilience has kept her a happy person. |
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Reticence |
n. Hesitancy to respond.
Because of the reticence of the key witness, the case against the defendant collapsed. |
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Ruminate |
To think about carefully; to ponder over; to meditate.
It is well to ruminate over a subject before beginning to write about it. |
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Rustic |
Pertaining to the country; rural; not refined; simple; one who lives in the country; a simple or undefined person.
As he became older he began to prefer the rustic life of the backwoods to the life of the city. |
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Sacrilege |
Profanatoryor irreverent treatment of holy things; desecration.
Burning the church was vandalism but using it first for a dance hall was sacrilege.
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Sagacious |
adj. Keen; shrewd; havinginsight.
He is must too sagacious to be fooled by a trick like that. |
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Sanction |
v. Approve; ratify.
Nothing will convince me to sanction the engagement of my daughter to such a worthless young man. |
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Satirical |
adj. Mocking; ridiculing; sarcastic.
The humor of cartoonist Gary Trudeau is often satirical . |
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Savory |
adj. Tasty; pleasing,attractive, or agreeable.
Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to create savory delicacies for their guests. |
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Scrupulous |
adj. Conscientious; extremely thorough.
I can recommend him because he is a very scrupulous young man. |
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Simulated |
Had the appearance but not the actuality of; imitated; pretended; feigned.
With this training device you can experience simulated flying. He is not attentive; His interest is merely simulated . |
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Sinecure |
A paid position that requires littleor on work or responsibility.
The vice president has no sinecure , for she does a lot of important work. |
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Sinister |
Tending toward disaster; threatening; foreboding; evil; wicked; (literally: left or left hand)
He dedicated his life to combating the sinister forces in society. |
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Skeptical |
Doubtful; unbelieving.
He no longer was skeptical when he saw what they were talking about .
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Sobriety |
The state of being sober serious or temperate; abstinence from intoxicating substance.
Absolute Sobriety is necessary when one is driving. He seldom laughs but maintains sobriety.
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Solemnity |
n . Seriousness; gravity.
The minister said that nothing should disturb the solemnity of the marriage service. |
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Spontaneous |
Unplanned; acting from a natural impulse; self |
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Stoic |
n. Person who sows no emotions.
The doctor called her patient a stoic because he had borne the pain of the examination without whimpering. |
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Stupefy |
v. Make numb; stun; amaze.
Laura refused to take sleeping pills or any other medicine that might stupefy her. |
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Subversive |
Undermining and destructive orcorruptive; a person who acts.
The FBI devotes particular attention to groups that seem subversive.
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Succinct |
adj . Brief; compact.
His remarks are always succinct and pointed. |
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Superfluous |
adj . Excessive; overabundant; unnecessary.
Please try not to include so many superfluous details in your report; just give me the bare facts. |
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Surreptitious |
adj. Secret.
News of their surreptitious meeting gradually leaked out. |
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Terse |
adj. Concise;abrupt; pithy.
I admire his terse style of writing; he comesdirectly to the point. |
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Trepidation |
n. Fear; trembling.
We must face the enemy without trepidation if weare to win this battle. |
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Umbrage |
Offense; resentment
Do not take umbrage my criticism; it is intendedto be helpful. |
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Unbridled |
Not held in check; unrestrained; uncontrolled.
He kept his temper for a long time and then exploded in unbridled wrath. |
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Undulation |
A wave like rising and falling orbending; a wave
The old roof was full of undulations, sagging and bulging like a tin ocean .
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Unkempt |
adj. Slipshod inappearance; disheveled.
The beggar was dirty and unkempt . |
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Unobtrusive |
adj. Inconspicuous; not blatant.
The agents in charge of protecting the president tried to be as unobtrusive as possible. |
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Urbane |
Elegant in manner; well bred; refined; polite.
Her husband is rather coarse in manner but, incontrast, she is urbane.
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Vacillation |
n. Fluctuation; wavering.
His vacillation annoyed all of us who had to wait until he made his decision. |
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Vapid |
Spiritless; insipid; dull.
His speech was so vapid that much of the audience fell asleep |
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Venerate |
v. Revere.
In China, the people venerate their ancestors. |
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Verbatim |
Word for word; in the exact words.
Repeat the instructions verbatim to assure me you know what to do. |
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Verbose |
Use too many words
A speaker should be concise, not verbose.
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Viable |
adj. Capable of maintaining life.
The infant, though prematurely born, is viable and has a good chance to survive. |
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Vicarious |
Felt as one's own experience by imagining that of another; done or experienced in substitution.
She experienced a vicariou s joy in herson's success |
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Vilify |
v. Slander.
She is a liar and is always trying to vilify myreputation. |
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Virtuoso |
n. Highly skilled artist.
Heifetz is a violin virtuoso.
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Virulent |
adj. Extremely poisonous.
The virus is highly virulent and has made many of us ill for days. |
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Viscosity |
Heavy gluey quality.
The engineers tested the viscosity of the oil. |
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Vitriolic |
Caustic; bitter; cutting.
As he became angrier, his insulting remarks became more vitriolic.
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Vivacious |
Full of life; high spirited; lively;animated.
She is so vivacious that it is impossible to imagine her depressed. |
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Volatile |
Quickly evaporating; unstable;quickly changeable; influenced easily; fickle.
He has such a volatile personality that one never knows what kind of mood he will be in |
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Zealot |
n. Fanatic;person who shows excessive zeal.
It is good to have a few zealots in our group because their enthusiasm is contagious. |
