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- recapitulate
- to summarize, review
- resuscitate
- to revive, bring back to life
- recant
- to repudiate, withdrawl a previous statement
- recession
- withdrawl
- reciprocate
- to repay in kind
- redundant
- more than necessary, superfluous
- resonate
- echoing, vibrating
- rescind
- cancel, nullify
- reimburse
- to repay
- reiterate
- to repay
- retrospective
- looking back on the past
- posthumous
- after death
- postprandial
- after dinner
- posterity
- descendants; the people who come after you
- antithesis
- contrast; the direct opposite of
- antipathy
- strong feelings against an object or person; hatred
- antiseptic
- substance that prevents infection
- anticlimax
- a disappointment in thought or emotion from what came before
- antique
- belonging to an earlier period
- antiquated
- too oled to be useful; antediluvian
- antiquity
- ancient times
- contraband
- against the law; illegal trade; smuggling
- contravene
- to violate; contradict
- controvert
- to oppose with arguements; contradict
- contraindicated
- to be opposite of what is expected or advised
- accolade
- an honor or award
- redolent
- sweet smelling
- qualm
- a sudden feeling of uneasiness
- reticent
- uncommunitcative; restrained; silent; taciturn
- inadvertant
- unintentional; inattentive; heedless
- travesty
- a shameful imitation
- impunity
- freedom from punishment
- erratic
- wandering, irregular, unsuitable
- fundamental
- basic
- illuminate
- to light up; explain
- tirade
- long, vehement speech, usually negative
- infer
- to read between the lines
- inference
- conclusion drawn from available data
- inclination
- a liking or leaning toward; tendency
- jocular
- jolly
- immune
- not liable to danger of infection; free from obligation
- angst
- anxiety; fear
- diurnal
- occuring during the day
- lobby
- to urge or influence
- impetuous
- rash; impulsive
- remonstrate
- to complain; protest, censure
- reprehensible
- blamable; reproachable
- feign
- pretend
- cajole
- to coax with insincere flattery
- resolute
- determined; tenacious
- unwonted
- unaccustomed; newly tried
- circumstance
- facts or event; something standing around another thing
- circumvent
- to outwit; baffle; to get around by clever maneuvering
- cicumspect
- cautious, prudent,
- circumstatiate
- to give detailed proof, verified with circumstances
- circumlocution
- roundabout; devious way of saying something
- cicuitous
- roundabout; winding
- circlet
- small ring or band
- autocrat
- self-willed person; absolute ruler
- autonomy
- right to self rule
- multiplicity
- large number
- multitude
- great numbers, a crowd
- multifarious
- made of many parts or kinds; having a great variety
- multilateral
- having many sides; involving more than two nations
- multilingual
- knowing more than one language
- paradox
- contradiction; an obsurd outcome when seen beside the original outcome
- paradigm
- a model, ideal
- supercilious
- snobbish, arrogant
- superfluous
- excessive, more than needed
- superannuated
- retired due to old age; very old
- superfacial
- trivial; shallow; on the surface
- supernumerary
- an extra; in excess of needed number, superfluous
- insuperable
- not able to overcome
- subjugate
- to bring under control
- subversive
- aimed at overthrowing; bringing down a government
- subliminal
- below the threshold of conscious perception
- sub rosa
- in strict confidence; privately
- subsequent
- following; later
- subsidary
- subordinate; secondary
- subsistence
- barest means of support
- substantiate
- to verify; support; give a foundation under
- subtle
- clever not immediately obvious; ingenious
- subservient
- slavish
- subordinate
- lower in rank; inferior
- subterfuge
- underhandedness; action used to escape
- whet
- to sharpen; stimulate
- discord
- disagreement
- onerous
- burdensome
- skirmish
- small fight; brief encounter
- sinister
- evil; ominous; malovent
- ilk
- of a kind; sort (often negative)
- viable
- practical; workable
- stereotype
- unvarying pattern; to assign one trait to an entire group
- preclude
- to prevent; shut out
- voracious
- desiring or consuming great quantaties; ravenous
- furtive
- secret; stealthy; surretitious
- ominous
- threatening
- solace
- easing of grief
- germane
- relevant; to the point
- homily
- a sermon
- precipitous
- steep; rash
- untoward
- deplorable; hindering; hard to control
- ferment
- commotion
- magnanimous
- generous; charitable
- usurp
- to take power by force
- quitotic
- idealistic; romantically impractical
- tumultuous
- wild and noisy
- incongruous
- unuitable, inappropriate
- incredulous
- unbelievable; skeptical; suspicious
- assuage
- to soothe; lessen (ease in pain)
- circumspect
- cautious; prudent; a careful look around
- circumstantiate
- to give detailed proof; verify with circumstances
- cicumlocution
- roundabout; devious way of saying something
- circuitous
- roundabout; winding
- automation
- a robot; one who loseses human qualities and acts mechanically
- automomy
- right of self rule
- hydraulic
- operates by water or toher liquids
- dehydrate
- to remove water from
- microbe
- microscopic living being
- omnibus
- comprehensice, miscellaneous
- omnipotent
- all powerful
- microcosm
- a representation of the world on a small scale
- omnivorous
- eating all; not particular
- omnifarious
- of all kinds; caries
- omniscient
- all-knowing; completely wise
- accost
- to approach a person (often in a threatening way)
- indiscriminate
- choosing at random without careful selection
- felon
- person guilty of a major crime
- incipient
- just beginning to exist
- tremulous
- quivering; trembling
- sordid
- filthy; base; dirty
- aspirant
- candidate for high position
- contrue
- to make a deduction; infer
- valid
- strong; true; proper
- servile
- overly submissive
- universal
- everywhere; affecting everything
- anarchy
- lack of government
- virtulent
- very harmful; extremely poisonous
- scrutinize
- to examine closely
- trivial
- uninmportant
- phenomenon
- a remarkable or extraordinary event that can be observed
- irrational
- unreasonable; absurd
- vital
- important; alive; essential
- ironic
- satiric; unexpected
- provocative
- exciting; attracting attention
- conventional
- common; usual; customary; traditional
- tentative
- not final
- deferential
- respectable; submissive
- plethora
- excess
- inexorable
- determined; implacable
- dilatory
- procrastinating; delaying
- deleterious
- injuious; harmful
- prevaricator
- a liar
- laud
- to praise
- ambivalent
- feeling torn; uncertain
- peripheral
- nearing the edge; bordering
- megalomania
- mental disorder; grandoise ideas of self importance
- megalopois
- cities close together that are considered an urban complex
- photogenic
- attractive as a subject for photography
- telephoto
- large image of a distant object
- telepathy
- communicateion between two people far apart by other than normal sensory means
- philathropist
- one who loves people; gives money to benefit humanity
- misanthrope
- onw who hates people
- anthropoid
- resembling humans
- anthropomorphism
- attributing human form or characteristics ot a god, animal, or inanimate object
- intermediary
- one who acts as a mediator between people
- interims
- time between periods or events; meanwhile
- intermittent
- occuring at intervals; coming and going
- interminable
- endless; unlimited
- interlocution
- dialogue; conference; speak in turn
- interlude
- an intervening period of time
- intravenous
- within a vein
- intragalactic
- within a galaxy
- introvert
- one who turns inward
- introspective
- look within one's mind; analyzing one's own feelings
- eminent
- of high reputation; outstanding
- replete
- completely filled or supplied with
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- phlegmatic
- calm; hard to rouse into action
- admonish
- to warn; to reprove gently
- infamous
- famous for doing evil or bad things
- insipid
- bland, boring, stupid
- egregious
- remarkably bad
- unsavory
- tasteless; morally offensive
- novel
- new; unusual
- belligerent
- warlike
- deter
- prevent; stop; keep from doing something
- depraved
- morally corrupt
- deride
- to ridicule; make fun
- austere
- severe; without frills
- implore
- to beg urgently for aid or mercy
- akacrutt
- briskness; lively action; cheerful promptness
- heresy
- opposed to established beliefs
- banal
- common or trite; dull; ordinary
- expedite
- to move faster and easier
- inane
- foolish
- recalcitrant
- stubbornly resistnet to authority
- acquiesce
- to give in
- pristine
- clean; natural; uncontained
- complacent
- self-satisfied; smug
- effervescent
- bubbly; lively
- volatile
- explosive; highly unstable
- incommodious
- not spacious
- rue
- to regret
- stratagem
- a scheme or deception