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provincial adj.
Uncultured in thought and manner.
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provocation n.
An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment.
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proximately adv.
Immediately.
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prudential adj.
Proceeding or marked by caution.
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prudery n.
An undue display of modesty or delicacy.
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pseudapostle n.
A pretended or false apostle.
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pseudonym n.
A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer.
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pseudonymity n.
The state or character of using a fictitious name.
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psychiatry n.
The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease.
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psychic adj.
Pertaining to the mind or soul.
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psychopathic adj.
Morally irresponsible.
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psychotherapy n.
The treatment of mental disease.
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pudgy adj.
Small and fat.
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pulmonary adj.
Pertaining to the lungs.
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pupilage n.
The state or period of being a student.
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purl v.
To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
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putrescent adj.
Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors.
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pyre n.
A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.
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pyromania n.
An insane propensity to set things on fire.
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pyrotechnic adj.
Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture.
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pyx n.
A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved.
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quadrate v.
To divide into quarters.
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quadruple v.
To multiply by four.
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quartet n.
A composition for four voices or four instruments.
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quarto n.
An eight-page newspaper of any size.
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quiescent adj.
Being in a state of repose or inaction.
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quietus n.
A silencing, suppressing, or ending.
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quintet n.
Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments.
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raillery n.
Good-humored satire.
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rampart n.
A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry.
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rapine n.
The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.
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raptorial adj.
Seizing and devouring living prey.
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rationalism n.
The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority.
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readjust v.
To put in order after disarrangement.
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realism n.
The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist.
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reassure v.
To give new confidence.
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receivable adj.
Capable of being or fit to be received - often money.
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receptive adj.
Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions.
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recessive adj.
Having a tendency to go back.
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recidivist n.
A confirmed criminal.
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reciprocal adj.
Mutually interchangeable or convertible.
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reciprocate v.
To give and take mutually.
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reciprocity n.
Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed.
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reck v.
To have a care or thought for.
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reclaim v.
To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of.
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recline v.
To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position.
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reclusory n.
A hermitage.
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recognizance n.
An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.
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recollect v.
To recall the knowledge of.
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reconcilable adj.
Capable of being adjusted or harmonized.
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reconnoiter v.
To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes.
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reconsider v.
To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action.
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recourse n.
Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble.
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recreate v.
To refresh after labor.
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recrudescence n.
The state of becoming raw or sore again.
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recrudescent adj.
Becoming raw or sore again.
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redemption n.
The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by paying the debt.
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redress v.
To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer.
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reducible adj.
That may be reduced.
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reestablish v.
To restore.
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refer v.
To direct or send for information or other purpose.
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referrer n.
One who refers.
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referable adj.
Ascribable.
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refinery n.
A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified.
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reflectible adj.
Capable of being turned back.
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reflexible adj.
Capable of being reflected.
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reform n.
Change for the better.
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reformer n.
One who carries out a reform.
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refract v.
To bend or turn from a direct course.
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refringency n.
Power to refract.
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refringent adj.
Having the power to refract.
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regalia n. pl.
The emblems of royalty.
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regenerate v.
To reproduce.
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regent n.
One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler.
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regnant adj.
Exercising royal authority in one's own right.
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regress v.
To return to a former place or condition.
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rein n.
A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal.
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reinstate v.
To restore to a former state, station, or authority.
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rejoin v.
To reunite after separation.
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rejuvenescence n.
A renewal of youth.
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relapse v.
To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery.
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reliant adj.
Having confidence.
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reliquary n.
A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept.
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remembrance n.
Recollection.
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reminiscence n.
The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience.
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reminiscent adj.
Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest.
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remission n.
Temporary diminution of a disease.
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remonstrant adj.
Having the character of a reproof.
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remonstrate v.
To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong.
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Renaissance n.
The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time.
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repeal v.
To render of no further effect.
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repentance n.
Sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire to make things right by undoing the wrong.
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repertory n.
A place where things are stored or gathered together.
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repository n.
A place in which goods are stored.
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reprehension n.
Expression of blame.
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repress v.
To keep under restraint or control.
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reproof n.
An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured.
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repulse n.
The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy.
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repulsive adj.
Grossly offensive.
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repute v.
To hold in general opinion.
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requital n.
Adequate return for good or ill.
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requite v.
To repay either good or evil to, as to a person.
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reseat v.
To place in position of office again.
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resent v.
To be indignant at, as an injury or insult.
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respondent adj.
Answering.
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restitution n.
Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs.
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resumption n.
The act of taking back, or taking again.
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resurrection n.
A return from death to life
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resuscitate v.
To restore from apparent death.
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retaliate v.
To repay evil with a similar evil.
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retch v.
To make an effort to vomit.
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retention n.
The keeping of a thing within one's power or possession.
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retouch v.
To modify the details of.
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retrace v.
To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking.
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retract v.
To recall or take back (something that one has said).
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retroactive adj.
Operative on, affecting, or having reference to past events, transactions, responsibilities.
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retrospect n.
A view or contemplation of something past.
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retrospective adj.
Looking back on the past.
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reunite v.
To unite or join again, as after separation.
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reversion n.
A return to or toward some former state or condition.
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rhetorician n.
A showy writer or speaker.
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riddance n.
The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable.
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ripplet n.
A small ripple, as of water.
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rivulet n.
A small stream or brook.
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robust adj.
Characterized by great strength or power of endurance.
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rondo n.
A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times.
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rookery n.
A place where crows congregate to breed.
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rotary adj.
Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus.
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rue v.
To regret extremely.
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ruminant adj.
Chewing the cud.
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ruth n.
Sorrow for another's misery.
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sacrilege n.
The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.
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salience n.
The condition of standing out distinctly.
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salient adj.
Standing out prominently.
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salutation n.
Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act.
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salutatory n.
The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges.
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salvage n.
Any act of saving property.
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salvo n.
A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer.
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sanguineous adj.
Consisting of blood.
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sapience n.
Deep wisdom or knowledge.
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sapiential adj.
Possessing wisdom.
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saponaceous adj.
Having the nature or quality of soap.
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satiric adj.
Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule.
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satirize v.
To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit.
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satyr n.
A very lascivious person.
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savor v.
To perceive by taste or smell.
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scabbard n.
The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon.
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scholarly adj.
Characteristic of an erudite person.
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scholastic adj.
Pertaining to education or schools.
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scribble n.
Hasty, careless writing.
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scribe n.
One who writes or is skilled in writing.
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script n.
Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form.
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Scriptural adj.
Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures.
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scruple n.
Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty.
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scythe n.
A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc.
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sance n.
A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits.
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sear v.
To burn on the surface.
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secant adj.
Cutting, especially into two parts.
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second-rate adj.
Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc.
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secretary n.
One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others.
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secretive adj.
Having a tendency to conceal.
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seditious adj.
Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquility of the state.
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seignior n.
A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir.
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seismograph n.
An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes.
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semicivilized adj.
Half-civilized.
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semiconscious adj.
Partially conscious.
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seminar n.
Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher.
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seminary n.
A special school, as of theology or pedagogics.
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senile adj.
Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age.
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sensation n.
A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling.
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sensibility n.
Power to perceive or feel.
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sensorium n.
The sensory apparatus.
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sensual adj.
Pertaining to the body or the physical senses.
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sensuous adj.
Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury.
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sentience n.
Capacity for sensation or sense-perception.
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sentient adj.
Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception.
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sentinel n.
Any guard or watch stationed for protection.
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septennial adj.
Recurring every seven years.
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sequacious adj.
Ready to be led.
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sequent adj.
Following in the order of time.
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prefatory adj.
Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book.
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probity n.
Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
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procrastinate v.
To put off till tomorrow or till a future time.
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profligacy n.
Shameless viciousness.
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profligate adj.
Abandoned to vice.
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profuse adj.
Produced or displayed in overabundance.
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prologue n.
A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance.
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promiscuous adj.
Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex).
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promontory n.
A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea.
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promoter n.
A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager.
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prophecy n.
Any prediction or foretelling.
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proscribe v.
To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation.
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proselyte n.
One who has been won over from one religious belief to another.
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prosody n.
The science of poetical forms.
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prostrate adj.
Lying prone, or with the head to the ground.
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provident adj.
Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.
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punctilious adj.
Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.
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purgatory n.
An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering.
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qualm n.
A fit of nausea.
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quay n.
A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.
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query v.
To make inquiry.
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quibble n.
An utterly trivial distinction or objection.
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Quixotic adj.
Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree.
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rampant adj.
Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint.
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rebuff n.
A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches.
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recede v.
To move back or away.
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recreant n.
A cowardly or faithless person.
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rectitude n.
The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.
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recur v.
To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals.
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recurrent adj.
Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals.
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regicide n.
The killing of a king or sovereign.
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rejuvenate v.
To restore to youth.
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reprehend v.
To find fault with.
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reprehensible adj.
Censurable.
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retinue n.
The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.
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retort n.
A retaliatory speech.
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revere v.
To regard with worshipful veneration.
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ribald adj.
Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity.
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sapient adj.
Possessing wisdom.
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scrupulous adj.
Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong.
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secede v.
To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body.
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secession n.
Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies.
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sedition n.
Conduct directed against public order and the tranquility of the state.
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