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Vocabulary Set F7
reprisal-ribald
Question | Answer | |
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reprobate | n. One abandoned to depravity and sin. | The old reprobate would sell his soul for another bottle of wine. |
repudiate | v. To refuse to have anything to do with. | The nations in the global economy were worried the struggling country would repudiate her debts. |
rescind | v. To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority. | The threat of a lawsuit prevented them from rescinding on our agreement. |
reticent | adj. Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance. | Even with such an interesting history as she possessed, she was reticent to speak of her past. |
ribald | adj. Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity. | His ribald sense of humor did not go over well with his fiancee's family. |
reprisal | n. Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy. | We cannot attack this city with having to be in constant fear of reprisals. |