Group5 Flashcards

(44 cards)

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Sartorial

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Pertaining to tailors

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Sardonic

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Cynical; scornfully mocking

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Saturnine

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Gloomy

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Satyr

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Creature that’s half-man, half-beast with the horns and legs of a goat

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Savor

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To enjoy; have a distinctive flavour or smell

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Reverent

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Express deep respect

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Riposte

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A retaliatory action or retort

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Rococo

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Excessively ornate; highly decorated

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rue

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To regret

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Ruse

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Trick, crafty stratagem, subterfuge

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Subterfuge

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Deceit used to achieve one’s goal

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Sage

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Wise

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Salacious

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Lascivious, lustful

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Lascivious

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Lustful, wanton; immoral sexual thoughts

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Salubrious

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Healthful

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Salutary

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Expecting an improvement, favourable to health

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Reticent

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Not speaking freely, reserved, reluctant

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Resolve

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Determination, firmness of purpose

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Rescind

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Repudiate

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To reject as having no authority

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Reprobate

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Morally unprincipled person

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Reprise

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Repetition, especially of a piece of music

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Repine

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Fret, complain

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Reparation

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Amends, compensation

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Recluse
Person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude
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Recondite
Abstruse, profound
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Abstruse
Difficult to understand, obscure
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Redoubtable
Formidable, arousing fear, worthy of respect
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Refractory
Stubborn, unmanageable, resisting ordinary methods of treatment
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Refulgent
Brightly shining
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Resplendent
Attractive through being richly colourful and sumptuous
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Regale
To entertain
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Relegate
To consign to an inferior position
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Remonstrate
To object or protest
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Renege
To go back on one's word
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Quorum
Number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
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Raconteur
Witty, skillful storyteller
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Rail
To scold with bitter or abusive language
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Raiment
Clothing
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Ramifications
Implications, outgrowth, consequence
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Rarefied
Refined
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Rebus
Puzzle in which pictures and symbols represent words
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Recalcitrant
Resisting authority or control
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Recant
To retract a statement or opinion