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| 1 | regicide | (noun) the act of killing a king (noun) someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
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| 2 | reiterate | (verb) to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
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| 3 | rejuvenation | (noun) the act of restoring to a more youthful condition (noun) the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored; "the annual rejuvenation of the landscape"
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| 4 | relapse | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state (verb) go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" (verb) deteriorate in health; "he relapsed"
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| 5 | 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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| 6 | 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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| 7 | reluctant | (adjective satellite) not eager; "foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him"; "reluctant to help" (adjective satellite) unwilling to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help" (adjective satellite) unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"; "unwilling to face facts"
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| 8 | 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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| 9 | 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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| 10 | renovate | (verb) give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" (verb) make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate" (verb) restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sixtine Chapel"
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| 11 | renowned | (adjective satellite) widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"
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| 12 | rent | (noun) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" (noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" (noun) a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property (noun) the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions (verb) engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" (verb) grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" (verb) let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" (verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
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| 13 | repast | (noun) the food served and eaten at one time
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| 14 | 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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| 15 | 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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| 16 | 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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| 17 | repulsive | (adjective satellite) so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask" (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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| 18 | requite | (verb) make repayment for or return something
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| 19 | resigned | (adjective satellite) showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"
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| 20 | resilience | (noun) the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit (noun) an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
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| 21 | resolve | (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) a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote (verb) cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" (verb) understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" (verb) reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" (verb) find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" (verb) reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation (verb) make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?"
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| 22 | restive | (adjective satellite) impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive" (adjective satellite) being in a tense state
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| 23 | resurrect | (verb) cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" (verb) return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" (verb) restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"
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| 24 | resuscitation | (noun) act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; "although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration"
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| 25 | retard | (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence (verb) cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate" (verb) lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" (verb) slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" (verb) be delayed
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| 26 | 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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| 27 | revere | (noun) a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side (noun) American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818) (verb) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" (verb) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
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| 28 | rift | (noun) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" (noun) a narrow fissure in rock (noun) a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"
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| 29 | 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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| 30 | rope | (noun) street names for flunitrazepan (noun) a strong line (verb) fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" (verb) catch with a lasso; "rope cows"
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| 31 | rotund | (adjective satellite) excessively fat; "a weighty man" (adjective satellite) (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" (adjective satellite) spherical in shape
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| 32 | rubric | (noun) category name; "it is usually discussed under the rubric of `functional obesity'" (noun) a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type (noun) a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools" (noun) an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure (noun) directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book) (noun) an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text (verb) adorn with ruby red color
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| 33 | ruffian | (noun) a cruel and brutal fellow
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| 34 | 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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| 35 | 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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| 36 | salacious | (adjective satellite) suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" (adjective satellite) characterized by lust; "eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts"; "a salacious rooster of a little man"
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| 37 | 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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| 38 | 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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| 39 | salutary | (adjective satellite) tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air"
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| 40 | sanctimony | (noun) the quality of being hypocritically devout
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| 41 | 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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| 42 | 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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| 43 | sanity | (noun) normal or sound powers of mind
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| 44 | sap | (noun) a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people (noun) a person who lacks good judgment (noun) a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant (verb) excavate the earth beneath (verb) deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
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| 45 | sate | (verb) fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"
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| 46 | satiate | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream" (verb) fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" (adjective) supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction
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| 47 | 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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