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abstruse, ambiguous, complex

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recondite
sent: the article contains recondite facts about an unknown event

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faithless, disloyal, craven

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recreant
sent: his recreant behavior led his supervisor to demote him

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decency, morality, virtue

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rectitude
sent: i want rectitude and honesty in my representatives

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aromatic, fragrant, reminiscent

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redolent
sent: the shop was redolent with the smell of honey

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to rectify, equalize, remedy

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redress
sent: how can i redress my unintended harm to you?

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unnecessary, superfluous, excessive

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redundant
sent: we made the redundant bedroom in a library

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disobedient, willful, resistant

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refractory
sent: we hired a trainer for our refactory dogs

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to contest, disprove, rebut

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refute
sent: it’s hard to refute his insistence that the game was rigged

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to repeat, restate, reaffirm

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reiterate
sent: i will reiterate my statement in case you were not listening

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receptacle, shrine, coffer

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reliquary
sent: in the churchyard, a reliquary holds the bones of a saint

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negligent, careless, slipshod

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remiss
sent: it was remiss of me not to call you when the twins were born

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to argue, dispute, protest

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remonstrate
sent: remonstrate with me all you like; i will not change my mind

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amends, compensation, reimbursement

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reparation
sent: how do they intend to make reparation to their victims

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full, sated, stuffed

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replete
sent: following their five-course dinner, they felt repete

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degenerate, rascal, troublemaker

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reprobate
sent: that reprobate should pay fro his wickedness

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determined, steadfast, unyielding

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resolute
sent: i am resolute in my desire to attain a doctoral degree

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reprieve, break, rest

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respite
sent: we took a short respite to stretch our legs

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to censure, berate, abuse

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revile
sent: we revile television host who humiliate their guests

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to enthuse, rave, gush

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rhapsodize
sent: she continued to rhapsodize over the great broadway show

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discourse, oratory, experssion

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rhetoric
sent: ability to use rhetoric well can help a politicianb

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bawdy, lewd, vulgar

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ribald
sent: the ribald revuw shocked some members of the audience

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fissure, crevice, schism

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rift
sent: there was a growing rift in the republican party

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demanding, laborious, meticulous

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rigorous
sent: rigorous exercise is only for those who are already healthy

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laughable, humorous, ludicrous

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risible
sent: your risible argument will convince no one at all

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pulpit, dais, podium
rostrum sent: on the rostrum were his notes and a bottle of water
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rosy, ruddy, red
rubicund sent: hals painted a drunk with rubicund nose and cheeks
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defeat, disorder, retreat
rout sent: the battle was a rout, and the army pulled back to the forest
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to ponder, mull over, reflect
ruminate sent: i must ruminate on the choices that led me to this point
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to regret, lament, repent
rue sent: i don't want to rue missing my child's important event
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healthful, wholesome, benefical
salubrious sent: taking a day off made a salubrious
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irreverence, blasphemy, profanation
sacrilege sent: her use of psalms in artwork looked like sacrilege to some
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sugary, cloying, syrupy
saccharine sent: that song is too saccharine for such a pwerful singer
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sacred, inviolable, hallowed
sacrosanct sent: our traditions are sacrosanct and may not be altered
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constructive, remedial, wholesome
salutary sent: one salutory effect of the storm was that i finished my book
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immoral, indecent, lascivious
salacious sent: the salacious comic is not a hit with older audiences
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upbeat, confident, optimistic
sanguine sent: she is more sanguine about the upcoming election than I am
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wise, astute, discerning
sapient sent: the professor bestowed some sapient advice on his students
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sarcastic, derisive, mocking
sardonic sent: a sardonic wit may disguise the speaker's anxiety
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ruler, sovereign, emperor
satrap sent: the satrap had complete control over his people
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division, rift, ruture
schism sent: a schism in the church took place in teh 1300s
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iota, bit, speck
scientilla sent: i see no scintilla of evidence that his theory is correct
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sermon, harangue, lecture
screed sent: the magazine published his screed on global warming
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painstaking, conscientious, thorough
scrupulous sent: he is scrupulous about washing his car every week in the summer
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defamatory, scandalous, abusive
scurrilous sent: that scurrilous gossip wil ruin her reputation
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partisan, parochial
sectarian sent: the sectarian struggle could turn into civil war
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worldly, lay, humanistic
secular sent: the cathedral is surrounded by more secular shops and homes
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treason, subversion, rebellion
sedition sent: the traitor will probably be tried for sedition
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transition, conversion
segue sent: the conversation made a segue from personal to political issues
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influential, decisive, creative
seminal sent: his most seminal work is about the influence of religion
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moralizing, pompous, didactic
sententious sent: your sententious speech was more patronizing than inspiring
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tomb, crypt, mausoleum
sepulcher sent: the raise sepulcher dominated the graveyard
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chance, distiny, accident
serendipity sent: they met by serendipity at a concert in the park
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submissive, docile, subervient
servile sent: the dog wagged and crept low in a servile manner
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to imitate, replicate, model
simulate sent: clay balls are meant to simulate autos on this replica of the town
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to pivot, rotate, veer
slue sent: your tires may slue on the slushy driveway
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channal, value, floodgate
sluice sent: the sluice opens once a day to drain the runoff
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elegant, sophisticated, fashionable
soigne sent: her soigne party attracted several movie starts
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consolation, comfort, succor
solace sent: find solace in the fact that he is no londer suffering
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concerned, anxious, caring
solicitous sent: the nurse was solicitous and anticipatedo our every need
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sleepy, drowsy, lethargic
somnolent sent: the swinging hammock sent me into a somnolent stupor
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resonant, echoing, loud
sonorous sent: from the steeple, a sonorous bell chimed the hour
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foul, repugnant, squalid
sordid sent: it was a sordid tale of petty crime and obnoxious people
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relating to a sister
sororal sent: the twins sororal connection was very apparent
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ghostly, ethereal, vaporous
spectral sent: a spectral light rose over the darkened city
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irritable, ill-humored, surly
splenetic sent: he has a splenetic tantrum whenever he is frustrated
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bogus, unauthentic, illegitimate
spurious sent: his excuses were spurious and failed to convince us
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to reject, scorn, disdain
spurn sent: she will spurn any suitor who does not amuse her
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valiant, sturdy, steadfast
stalwart sent: the stawart guard stood watch all night long
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fixed, unmoving, stationary
static sent: we replaced the static sign with a vibrantm ditigal banner
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faithful, loyal, dependable
staunch sent: her bulldog is a staunch defender of the home
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loud, booming, thunderous
stentorian sent: in stentorian tones, he expressed his displeasure
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disgrace, shame, ignominy
stigma sent: a failing grade can be a stigma for those students
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to specify, require, demand
stipulate sent: signs stipulate that no smoking many take place here
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dull, stuffy, unimaginative
stodgy sent: her books are brillant, but her lecture are stodgy
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indifferent, unresponsive, apathetic
stoic sent: as they stitched up his wound, he remained stoic and brave
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shrill, discordant, clamorous
strident sent: my alarm clock's strident ring scared the cat
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to cripple deaden, hamper
stultify sent: hot weather may stultify our preparations for the 10k race
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to daze, bewilder, stun
stupefy sent: a blow to the head can stupefy the strongest athlete

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