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Question 1

Replete

Answer 1

Rempli / Full (specielement with food), well supplied

Man reposé canap

“Much of the music is replete with long phrases, extravagant decoration, complex rhythmic simultaneities, and close to athematic writing.
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Question 2

Repudiate

Answer 2

Désavouer /to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good, or reasonable:

Comme en français, comment meaning

“He repudiated the allegation/charge/claim that he had tried to deceive them.”

Question 3

Requite

Answer 3

to give or do something in return for something given to you or done for you/ reciprocate, repay, or revenge

Je te quitte (elfe), en retour

Requited love is not enough to sustain a long-term relationship.

Question 4

Rescind

Answer 4

Abroger / to make a law, agreement, order, or decision no longer have any (legal) power (repeal=abrogation)

“A year later, the commission of association was rescinded by a writ of supersedeas.”

Question 5

Resolution

Answer 5

• The quality of being firmly determined “He showed great resolution in facing the robbers.”
• Resolving to do something “I made a resolution to give up chocolate.”

Question 6

Resolve

Answer 6

Résoudre OU résolution

“She resolved that she would never speak to him again.”
“We must be firm in our resolve to oppose them.”

(v, n) find a solution to; firmly decide to do something; decide by formal vote (verb); firmness of purpose (noun)

Question 7

Restive

Answer 7

unwilling to be controlled or be patient:

Cheval: rest - iveeeee

“The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the performance to begin.”

Question 8

Qualified

Answer 8

Can mean limited, conditional on something else

Ex corruption, diplme if

There seems to be qualified support for the idea.

Question 9

Quandary

Answer 9

Dilemma / dilemme

Quandrary physique, cat

“As trainees strive to become “team players” their interactions with colleagues are frequent sources of ethical conflicts and quandaries.”

Question 10

Quibble

Answer 10

to argue about, or say you disapprove of, something that is not important:

Quiddish, contente 10 points alors que griffon d’or

“He did not quibble with these intermediate positions the member is now taking. “

Question 11

Ranks

Answer 11

(n) personnel; a group of people considered all together

the members of a group or organization, or members of the armed service who are not officers:

“He rose through the ranks to become a director of the company.”

Question 12

Reap

Answer 12

Récolter

(v) harvest, such as by cutting; gather; get as a result of one’s effort

Question 13

Recluse

Answer 13

Reclus

a person who lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people:

‘He is a millionaire recluse who refuses to give interviews.’

Question 14

Refute

Answer 14

to say or prove that a person, statement, opinion, etc. is wrong or false:

‘The book has the standard classical kalam objective of proving - the religious creed of the author and refuting the views of opponents.
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Question 15

Relegate

Answer 15

Réléguer (football club)

(v) send or commit to an inferior place, rank, condition, etc.; exile, banish; assign (a task) to someone else

Question 16

Remedial

Answer 16

Correctif, A remedial action is intended to correct something that is wrong or to improve a bad situation:

“Is there a point in asking what is or what should be the standard remedial response to a breach?”

Question 17

Prohibitive

Answer 17

preventing something from being done, or preventing others from succeeding:

OR too expensive for most people:

‘However, the prohibitive amount of calculations necessary make any definite statements on the range of validity impossible.’

Question 18

Prologue

Answer 18

(n) introductory part to a book, play, etc.

Question 19

Propriety

Answer 19

bienséance / convenance (correct moral behaviour or actions:)

She was careful always to behave with propriety.

Maison de la bienséance, moliere pas don juan

Question 20

Prosaic

Answer 20

Prosaïc; without interest, imagination, and excitement:

Prose = basique

‘The circumstances and apparent causes of this demise were prosaic.’

Question 21

Proscribe

Answer 21

to forbid an action or practice officially / banish

‘Torture and summary execution of political prisoners are proscribed by international law.’

Question 22

Prospective

Answer 22

Potentiel / potential, in the future

prospectus des potentiels effets medoc

‘This prospective study set out to investigate which bipolar prodromal symptoms were reported frequently and reliably over a period of 18 months.’

Question 23

Pugnacious

Answer 23

Wanting to start an argument or fight, or expressing an argument or opinion very forcefully:

‘I found him pugnacious and arrogant.’

Question 24

Presumptuous

Answer 24

Présomptuex (cheeky/insolent)

A person who is presumptuous shows little respect for others by doing things they have no right to do

“The parents of the children were also made to appear ridiculous for their presumptuous efforts to imitate the rituals of their social betters.”

Question 25

Pretentious

Answer 25

Prétentieux; trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature

Question 26

affected

Answer 26

artificial and not sincere:

Question 27

Principled

Answer 27

de principe ; behaving in an honest and moral way:

A more principled alternative is to remove the arbitrary left-to-right order.

Question 28

Pristine

Answer 28

Immaculé; new or almost new, and in very good condition:

Christine lagarde

“They are not pristine remnants of a prehistoric era but are artifacts of centuries of forest exploitation by humans.”

Question 29

Probity

Answer 29

complete honesty

Probe

“There are of course many people, including language scholars of great probity, who are watchful about prescription and hostile to ‘prescriptivism’.”

Question 30

Prodigal

Answer 30

Qui dépense de façon excessive. (lavish)

Prodige qui depense monaco

Question 31

Prodigious

Answer 31

extremely great in ability, amount, or strength, incroyable

His prodigious output includes nineteen tragedies, seventeen satires and six comedies.

Question 32

Profligate

Answer 32

Extravagent.
spending money or using something in a way that wastes it and is not wise.

OR: behaving in a way that is bad or morally wrong.

Gate du profil, money spent insta

“This will encourage new generations of housebuyers and developers to be less profligate in the use of land./Corporate bodies are more corrupt and profligate than individuals “

Question 33

Profuse

Answer 33

Abondant, produced or given in large amounts:

Pro fusée, :musk give 100000

Question 34

Ponderous

Answer 34

Lourd (for a speech, boring)
bulky (volumineux) and unwieldy(lourd), labored (laborieux)

Pondere donc de + en + long

“We must wait while the machine functions in its own ponderous ways.”

Question 35

Posthumous

Answer 35

Postume, happening after a person’s death

Homous after death

“This posthumous collection not only makes ten of his best and most representative pieces available for the first time in one place.”

Question 36

Potentate

Answer 36

Potentat;

After attentat, potentat

Homme qui possède un pouvoir excessif, absolu.Dictator

Question 37

Pragmatic

Answer 37

solving problems in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist now, rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas, or rules.

“In business, the pragmatic approach to problems is often more successful than an idealistic one.”

Question 38

Pre-empt

Answer 38

Anticiper, devancer / remplacer / empecher

Pre–avant

“In the preface to this book the authors pre-empt some of the criticisms they feel may be made by potential reviewers.”
“All the networks pre-empted their regular schedules”

Question 39

Preamble

Answer 39

Préanbule (introduction)

“The agreement between the warring parties to talk may be a preamble to peace.”

Question 40

Precarious

Answer 40

instable/ Précaire

“Many borrowers now find themselves caught in a precarious financial position.”

Question 41

Predisposed

Answer 41

Predisposed / having an inclination or tendency beforehand; susceptible

Question 42

Presumptive

Answer 42

believed to be something, or likely to be true, based on the information that you have.

presumer

“However, there is one point on which the presumptive centrality of space is open to debate.”