Review Lessons 45 through 48   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
reprehensible
reprieve
reprimand
repugnant
repulse
rescind
residual
resigned
resolution
resonant
respiration
respite
resplendent
resurgence
retain
retaliate
reticent
retract
retroactive
retrospect
revelation
revere
revert
revitalize
revive
ribald
rife
rigid
rival
robust
roster
rural
rustic
ruthless
saccharine
saga
sage
salvation
sanction
sanctity
saturate
savor
savory
scalpel
scapegoat
scent
scoff
scope
scrupulous
sculptor
seclusion
sectarian
secular
sedate
sedative
sedition
sentinel
sequence
sequester
serene
sermon
sever
shortcoming
shrewd
shrine
shrivel
shun
simplistic
simultaneous
singular
sinister
slander
slogan
smug
sobriety
solar
solemn
solitary
solo
somber
sonnet
sovereign
speculate
sphinx
spontaneous
sporadic
spurious
squalid
squelch
staid
stately
statistics
status
steadfast
stealth
stereotype
stigma
stilted
stimulus
stipend


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      retroactive 1. operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective
___________________________ 2. any performance, as a dance, by one person; lone; singular
___________________________ 3. contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc; revision; reexamination; review
___________________________ 4. a document ordering such a release.
___________________________ 5. a resolve or determination; dissection; analysis; breakdown
___________________________ 6. to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate; worship; reverence
___________________________ 7. to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc; recur; react; turn back
___________________________ 8. the act of revealing; oracle; prophecy
___________________________ 9. in chemistry, to cause (a substance) to absorb or dissolve another substance to capacity; impregnate; steep; waterlog
___________________________ 10. to give new life to; resuscitate; retrieve
___________________________ 11. to maintain possession or use of; hold; own
___________________________ 12. reluctant to speak; not given to frequent speech; restrained; shy; silent; uncommunicative; tight-mouthed
___________________________ 13. firmly fixed or set; unyielding; immalleable; unbending
___________________________ 14. majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance, etc; solemn; conventional; ceremonial
___________________________ 15. a period of rest, esp. from something difficult or unpleasant.
___________________________ 16. the breadth or range of one's view, thoughts, operation, or the like; elbowroom; play; margin
___________________________ 17. to restore to life or consciousness; revivify; resuscitate
___________________________ 18. to force backward or repel (an attack or the like); hold; fend
___________________________ 19. deserving of blame or reproof; condemnable; blameworthy; unholy; amiss; guilty
___________________________ 20. of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious; no-nonsense; sobersided
___________________________ 21. occurring irregularly or in a thinly scattered manner in time or space; spasmodic; desultory; fitful
___________________________ 22. a strong, usu. formal statement of disapproval; rebuke; reproach; reproof; wig
___________________________ 23. foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy; black; uncleanly
___________________________ 24. the act of breathing.
___________________________ 25. of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use; current; ruling