Vocab 17
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- raffish
- adjective) | 1 : marked by or suggestive of flashy vulgarity or crudeness | 2 : marked by a careless unconventionality : RAKISH
- quisling
- (noun) | : TRAITOR 2, : COLLABORATOR
- redoubtable
- able (adjective) | 1 : causing fear or alarm : FORMIDABLE | 2 : ILLUSTRIOUS, EMINENT; broadly : worthy of respect
- recreant
- (adjective) | 1 : crying for mercy : COWARDLY | 2 : unfaithful to duty or allegiance | | (noun) | 1 : COWARD | 2 : APOSTATE, DESERTER
- puerile
- (adjective) | 1 : JUVENILE | 2 : CHILDISH, SILLY
- prophylaxis
- (noun) plural | : measures designed to preserve health (as of an individual or of society) and prevent the spread of disease
- rectitude
- (noun) | 1 : the quality or state of being straight | 2 : moral integrity : RIGHTEOUSNESS | 3 : the quality or state of being correct in judgment or procedure
- prognosticate
- (transitive verb) | 1 : to foretell from signs or symptoms : PREDICT | 2 : PRESAGE | synonym: FORETELL
- rapprochement
- (noun) | : establishment of or state of having cordial relations
- provenance
- (noun) | 1 : ORIGIN, SOURCE | 2 : the history of ownership of a valued object or work of art or literature
- pulchritude
- (noun) | : physical comeliness
- propinquity
- (noun) | 1 : nearness of blood : KINSHIP | 2 : nearness in place or time : PROXIMITY
- protean
- (adjective) | 1 : of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms | 2 : displaying great diversity or variety : VERSATILE
- rebus
- (noun) | : a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound ; also : a riddle made up of such pictures or symbols
- reify
- (transitive verb) | : to regard (something abstract) as a material or concrete thing
- Pyrrhic
- adjective) | : achieved at excessive cost ; also : costly to the point of negating or outweighing expected benefits
- renascent
- (adjective) | : rising again into being or vigor
- purview
- (noun) | 1 a : the body or enacting part of a statute b : the limit, purpose, or scope of a statute | 2 : the range or limit of authority, competence, responsibility, concern, or intention | 3 : range of vision, understanding, or cognizance
- rime
- (noun) | 1 : FROST | 2 : an accumulation of granular ice tufts on the windward sides of exposed objects that is formed from supercooled fog or cloud and built out directly against the wind | 3 : CRUST, INCRUSTATION
- pusillanimous
- (adjective) | : lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity | synonym: COWARDLY