9 Flashcards

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Quiescence

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Inactivity; stillness; dormancy

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Quixotic

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Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

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Quotidian

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Occurring everyday; circadian

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Rarefy

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To make or become thin; to purity or refine

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Re proof

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The act of censuring, scolding, or rebuking

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Rescind

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To repeal or annul

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Sagacious

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Having a sharp or powerful intellect or discernment

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Sate

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To satisfy fully or to exceed; to satiate

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Saturnine

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Having a gloomy or morose temperament

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Savant

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A very knowledgable person; a genius

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Sedulous

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Diligent; persevering; persistent

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Specious

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Seemingly true but really false; deceptively convincing or attractive

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Prescience

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Knowledge of things before they happen; foresight

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