SAT- R Flashcards
(114 cards)
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Raconteur
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witty, skillful storyteller
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Radiant
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glowing, beaming, emitting heat
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Radical
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marked departure from the norm
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Rail
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to scold with bitter or abusive language
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Ramble
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to roam, wander, to babble, digress
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Rancor
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bitter hatred
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Rancorous
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bitter, hateful
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Rankle
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to cause anger and irritation
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Rapacious
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taking by force, driven by greed
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Rapt
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deeply absorbed
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Rarefy
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to make rare, thin, or less dense
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Rascal
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playful, mischievous person, a scoundrel
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Raspy
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rough, grating
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Ratify
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to approve formally
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Raucos
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harsh sounding
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Ravenous
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wildly eager to eat
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Raze
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to tear down, demolish
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Reactionary
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marked by extreme conservatism, especially in politics
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Reap
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to obtain a return, often a harvest
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Rebate
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deduction in amount to be paid
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Rebuff
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to bluntly reject
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Recalcitrant
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resisting authority or control
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Recall
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cancel, revoke, take back
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Recant
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to retract a statement or opinion
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Recapitulate
to review by a brief summary
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Recidivism
a tendency to relapse into a previous behavior, especially criminal behavior
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Reckless
careless, rash
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Recoil
to pull back physically or emotionally
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Reconciliation
the resolution of a dispute
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Recondite
relating to obscure learning, known only to a few
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Recrimination
counter accusation
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Rectitude
moral uprightness
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Redress
relief from wrong or injury
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Redundancy
unnecessary repetition
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Refinement
improvement, elegance
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Refract
to deflect sound or light
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Refracted
sharply bent
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Refurbish
to renovate
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Refute
to contradict, discredit
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Regale
amuse
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Regurgitate
rush, surge, or throw back
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Rehash
bring forth again with no real change
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Reiterate
to say or do again
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Rejoinder
response
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Relapse
regress
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Relegate
to sent into exile, banish, assign
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Relevance
pertinence to the matter at hand, applicability
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Relinquish
to renounce or surrender something
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Relish
to enjoy greatly
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Reluctant
unwilling, opposing
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Rely
be dependent, have confidence
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Remediable
capable of being corrected
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Remiss
negligent or carelessness about a job
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Remission
a lessening of intensity or degree
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Remnant
something left over, surviving a trace
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Remorseful
feeling sorry for sins
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Remote
distant, isolated
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Remuneration
payment for goods or services or to recompense for losses
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Renovation
making something new again
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Renunciation
rejection of beliefs or preferences
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Repartee
witty reply
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Repast
meal or mealtime
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Repel
to rebuff, repulse, disgust, offend
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Repentant
apologetic, remorseful, guilty
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Replete
abundantly supplied, complete
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Replicate
to duplicate, repeat
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Repose
relaxation, leisure
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Reprehensible
blameworthy, disreputable
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Repress
to restrain or hold in
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Reprieve
postponement of a punishment
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Reprimand
rebuke, adonish
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Reprobate
morally unprincipled person
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Reprove
to criticize or correct, usually in a gentle manner
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Repudiate
to reject as having no authority
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Reputable
honorable
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Requisition
to demand the use of
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Requite
to return or repay
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Rescind
to repeal, cancel
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Reserve
something put aside for future use
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Resilient
able to recover quickly after illness or bad luck, able to bounce back to shape
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Resolute
marked by firm determination
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Resource
something that can be used
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Resplendent
splendid, brilliant
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Restive
impatient, uneasy, restless
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Restore
reestablish, revive
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Restrained
controlled, repressed
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Retain
keep possession of
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Reticent
not speaking freely, reserved
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Retinue
group of attendants with an important person
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Retiring
shy, modest, reserved
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Retort
to answer quickly
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Retract
to take back or draw in
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Retrench
to cut down, to reduce
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Retroactive
applying to an earlier time
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Revelry
boisterous festivity
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Revere
regard with awe
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Revile
to criticize with harsh language, verbally abuse
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Revive
bring back to life, restore to use
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Revoke
to annul, call back
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Rhapsody
a state of overwhelming emotion
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Rhetoric
the art of speaking or writing effectively, skill in the effective use of speach
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Rhetorical
related to using language effectively
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Ribald
humorous in a vulgar way
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Riddle
to make many holes in, permeate
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Rife
abundant prevalent especially to an increasing degree, filled with
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Rococo
very highly ornamented; relating to an 18th century artistic style of elaborate ornamentation
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Roster
a record of names
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Rostrum
an elevated platform for public speaking
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Rouse
provoke, excite, stir
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Rout
to conquer, chase off
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Rude
crude, primitive, uncouth
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Ruminate
contemplate, reflect on
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Rustic
rural
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Ruthless
merciless, compassionless
