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| 1 | resilient | (adjective satellite) rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" (adjective satellite) recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
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| 2 | resolution | (noun) finding a solution to a problem (noun) a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions" (noun) the trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" (noun) analysis into clear-cut components (noun) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "the finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" (noun) a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote (noun) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" (noun) (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord (noun) the subsidence of swelling or others signs of inflammation (especially in a lung) (noun) the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together (noun) (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
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| 3 | resonant | (adjective satellite) inducing resonance; "resonant frequency" (adjective satellite) characterized by reverberation; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder"
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| 4 | respite | (noun) a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" (noun) the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment (noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something (noun) a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort (noun) a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" (verb) postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
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| 5 | resplendent | (adjective satellite) having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity" (adjective satellite) richly and brilliantly colorful
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| 6 | resurgent | (adjective satellite) surging or sweeping back again (adjective satellite) rising again as to new life and vigor; "resurgent nationalism"
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| 7 | reticent | (adjective satellite) reluctant to draw attention to yourself (adjective satellite) cool and formal in manner (adjective satellite) temperamentally disinclined to talk
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| 8 | retract | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" (verb) pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" (verb) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) (verb) pull away from a source of disgust or fear
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| 9 | reverent | (adjective satellite) showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" (adjective) feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence"
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| 10 | reverie | (noun) an abstracted state of absorption (noun) absent-minded dreaming while awake
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| 11 | revile | (verb) spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
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| 12 | rhapsodize | (verb) say (something) with great enthusiasm (verb) recite a rhapsody
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| 13 | rhetorical | (adjective) concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply" (adjective) of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford
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| 14 | ribald | (noun) a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language (adjective satellite) humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language"
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| 15 | rigor | (noun) excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" (noun) something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" (noun) the quality of being logically valid
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| 16 | rivet | (noun) heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together (noun) ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) (verb) direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" (verb) hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists" (verb) fasten with a rivet or rivets
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| 17 | roseate | (adjective satellite) having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn"
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| 18 | rout | (noun) an overwhelming defeat (noun) a disorderly crowd of people (verb) defeat disastrously (verb) cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" (verb) make a groove in (verb) dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"
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| 19 | rudimentary | (adjective satellite) being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary plans" (adjective satellite) not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings" (adjective satellite) being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"
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| 20 | ruffian | (noun) a cruel and brutal fellow
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| 21 | ruminate | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" (verb) chew the cuds; "cows ruminate"
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| 22 | rummage | (noun) a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis" (noun) a jumble of things to be given away (verb) search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers"
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| 23 | rustic | (noun) an unsophisticated country person (adjective satellite) awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" (adjective satellite) characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls" (adjective satellite) used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility" (adjective satellite) characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness"
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| 24 | saga | (noun) a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
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| 25 | sagacious | (adjective satellite) skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and sagacious statesman" (adjective satellite) acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators"
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| 26 | salient | (noun) (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy (adjective satellite) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient trait (adjective) (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
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| 27 | salubrious | (adjective satellite) promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet"; "clean healthy air"; "plenty of healthy sleep"; "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy"; "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for you" (adjective satellite) favorable to health of mind or body; "not the most salubrious campsite"; "one of the less salubrious suburbs"
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| 28 | salvage | (noun) the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire (noun) the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction (noun) property or goods saved from damage or destruction (verb) collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" (verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm
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| 29 | sanction | (noun) a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards (noun) the act of final authorization; "it had the sanction of the church" (noun) official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times" (noun) formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" (verb) give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies" (verb) give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; "sanctify the marriage" (verb) give authority or permission to
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| 30 | sanguine | (adjective satellite) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" (adjective satellite) confidently optimistic and cheerful
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| 31 | sapid | (adjective satellite) full of flavor
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| 32 | sarcasm | (noun) witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Johathan Swift
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| 33 | sardonic | (adjective satellite) disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman
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| 34 | satire | (noun) witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Johathan Swift
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| 35 | saturate | (verb) cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material, etc.) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance (verb) infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
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| 36 | saturnine | (adjective satellite) showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper (adjective satellite) bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde
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| 37 | saunter | (noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) (noun) a careless leisurely gait; "he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadn't a care in the world" (verb) walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
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| 38 | savant | (noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
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| 39 | savor | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth (verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" (verb) taste appreciatively; "savor the soup" (verb) give taste to (verb) have flavor; taste of something
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| 40 | scanty | (noun) short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) (adjective satellite) lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
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| 41 | schism | (noun) division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"
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| 42 | scourge | (noun) a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (noun) a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" (noun) something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life" (verb) devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" (verb) whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" (verb) punish severely; excoriate
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| 43 | scrupulous | (adjective satellite) characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details" (adjective) having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled; "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance"
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| 44 | scrutinize | (verb) of accounts and tax returns; with the intent to verify (verb) to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror"
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| 45 | scurrilous | (adjective satellite) expressing offensive reproach
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| 46 | sectarian | (noun) a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect" (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind"; "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook; "sectarian squabbles in psychology" (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects; "sectarian differences"
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| 47 | sedentary | (adjective satellite) used of persons or actions; "forced by illness to lead a sedentary life"
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| 48 | sedition | (noun) an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
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