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| 1 | rabid | (adjective satellite) marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"
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| 2 | raconteur | (noun) a person skilled in telling anecdotes
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| 3 | ramification | (noun) the act of branching out or dividing into branches (noun) an arrangement of branching parts (noun) a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications" (noun) a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"
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| 4 | rampant | (adjective satellite) unrestrained and violent; "rampant aggression"
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| 5 | rampart | (noun) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
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| 6 | rancid | (adjective satellite) smelling of fermentation or staleness (adjective satellite) used of decomposing oils or fats; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon"
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| 7 | rancor | (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
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| 8 | rant | (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing (noun) a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion (verb) talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
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| 9 | rapacious | (adjective satellite) devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" (adjective satellite) excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments" (adjective satellite) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
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| 10 | ratify | (verb) approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation; "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?"
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| 11 | rationalize | (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" (verb) remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized" (verb) think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize" (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" (verb) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"
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| 12 | raucous | (adjective satellite) unpleasantly loud and harsh (adjective satellite) disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers"
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| 13 | raze | (verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
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| 14 | realm | (noun) a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited domain of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult" (noun) the domain ruled by a king or queen (noun) a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"
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| 15 | rebuff | (noun) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) (noun) an instance of driving away or warding off (verb) reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" (verb) force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
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| 16 | rebuttal | (noun) (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder (noun) the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
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| 17 | recalcitrant | (adjective satellite) marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators" (adjective satellite) marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance; "a recalcitrant teenager"; "everything revolves around a refractory individual genius"
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| 18 | recession | (noun) the act of becoming more distant (noun) the act of ceding back (noun) the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service (noun) a small concavity (noun) the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
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| 19 | recidivism | (noun) habitual relapse into crime
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| 20 | reciprocal | (noun) hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype (noun) (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7 (noun) something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else; "risk is the reciprocal of safety" (adjective satellite) of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function; "the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a" (adjective) concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other clubs" (adjective satellite) of or relating to or suggestive of complementation; "interchangeable electric outlets"
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| 21 | recluse | (noun) one who lives in solitude (adjective satellite) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"
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| 22 | recondite | (adjective satellite) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
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| 23 | rectify | (verb) convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current" (verb) make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" (verb) set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" (verb) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" (verb) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar" (verb) math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve"
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| 24 | recumbent | (adjective satellite) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
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| 25 | recusant | (noun) someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct (adjective satellite) refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams (adjective satellite) (of Catholics formerly) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
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| 26 | redolent | (adjective satellite) having a strong distinctive fragrance; "the pine woods were more redolent"- Jean Stafford (adjective satellite) serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics"
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| 27 | redundant | (adjective satellite) repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant (adjective satellite) use of more words than required to express an idea; "a wordy gossipy account of a simple incident"; "a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious" (adjective satellite) more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare
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| 28 | refurbish | (verb) make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"
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| 29 | refute | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect (verb) overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
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| 30 | regal | (adjective satellite) belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"
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| 31 | reiterate | (verb) to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
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| 32 | relegate | (verb) assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" (verb) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant" (verb) expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" (verb) refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
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| 33 | relevant | (adjective satellite) having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony" (adjective) having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research"
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| 34 | relinquish | (verb) relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another (verb) release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" (verb) turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" (verb) part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" (verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
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| 35 | remonstrate | (verb) censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" (verb) argue in protest or opposition (verb) present and urge reasons in opposition
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| 36 | remorse | (noun) a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
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| 37 | renascence | (noun) the revival of learning and culture
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| 38 | rend | (verb) tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
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| 39 | render | (noun) a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls (verb) cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile" (verb) melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" (verb) restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U. (verb) bestow; "give hommage"; "render thanks" (verb) pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" (verb) coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the den" (verb) give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" (verb) show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" (verb) give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" (verb) to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" (verb) give back; "render money" (verb) make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" (verb) provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
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| 40 | renegade | (noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. (noun) someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw (verb) break with established customs (adjective satellite) having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"
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| 41 | repast | (noun) the food served and eaten at one time
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| 42 | replete | (verb) fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"
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| 43 | replica | (noun) copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
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| 44 | reprehend | (verb) express strong disapproval of
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| 45 | reproach | (noun) a mild rebuke or criticism; "words of reproach" (noun) disgrace or shame; "he brought reproach upon his family" (verb) express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior"
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| 46 | reprobate | (noun) a person without moral scruples (verb) reject (documents) as invalid (verb) express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" (verb) abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner" (adjective satellite) marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
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| 47 | reproof | (noun) an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" (verb) censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
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| 48 | repudiate | (verb) refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement" (verb) cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" (verb) reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations" (verb) refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt"
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| 49 | repugnant | (adjective satellite) offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
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| 50 | resignation | (noun) a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign; "he submitted his resignation as of next month" (noun) the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) (noun) acceptance of despair
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