List 13 Flashcards
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Ratiocination
Reasoning, act of drawing conclusions from premises
Raspy
Grating, harsh
Rave
Overwhelmingly favorable view
Reactionary
Recoiling from progress, politically ultraconservative. Opposing the use of english in worship services, reactionary forces in the church fought to reinstate the mass in latin.
Rebuff
To beat back
Rebuke
To scold harshly, criticize severely
Recant
To disclaim or disavow
Recast
To reconstruct (a sentence, a story etc.)
Recidivism
Habitual return to crime
Recluse
A hermit, loner
Germinal
Creative, pertaining to a germ
Gibe
To mock
Giddy
Lighthearted, dizzy
Gingerly
Very carefully
Girth
Distance around something, circumference
Glib
Fluent, facile, slick, a glib speaker
Gloss over
To explain away
Glower
To scowl
Glutton
One who eats too much
Goad
To urge on
Gouge
To tear out
Gourmand
Epicure, person who takes excessive pleasure in good and drink
Epicure
Person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine