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rabbit
bunny, bunny rabbit, coney, cony
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racism
ethnicism†, racialism
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racist
rayciss, bigoted
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racking
straight-up method
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radical
Jacobin, Jacobinic, Jacobinical
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rage
apoplexy, fury, ire, fume, foam at the mouth
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rah
wow
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raider
corsair, freebooter, pirate
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railroad
railway
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railway
rwy, Ry
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rainbow
multihued, polychromatic
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random
vagrant
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randy
toey, coarse, rude
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ransack
ramshack, ransackle, ranshackle
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rape
abuse, constuprate, defile, defoul, dishonour
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rare
dearthy, few and far between, geason, infrequent, in short supply
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rarely
barely, hardly, infrequently, once in a while, seldom
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rarity
black swan, lightning in a bottle, one in a million, rara avis, rare bird
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rascal
imp, mischief-maker, scamp, scoundrel
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raspberry
hindberry, raspis
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rat
tell on, to finger, put the finger on, bewray
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ration
Hooverize
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rationality
rationalness
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rave
craze, have a kangaroo loose in the top paddock, have a screw loose, have bats in one's belfry, have bats in the belfry
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ravenous
starving
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ravish
abripe
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raw
coarse, crude, natural, pure, pristine
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ray
Arsacia
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reaction
reax, rxn
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ready
good to go
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real
true, actual, authentic, genuine, heartfelt
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realist
real-worlder
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realistic
realsome
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reality
truth, actuality
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really
in fact, indeed, truly, gosh, is that so
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realm
country, land, kingdom
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ream
nail, root, tap
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reason
that which causes
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rebel
defy
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rebellion
uprising
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reboot
rebegin, recommence, reinitiate, restart
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recant
abjure, backpedal, disavow, disown, eat one's words
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receive
acquire, accept, attain, come by, cop
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recently
as of late, freshly, just now, just then, late
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receptacle
thalamus, torus, socket
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recipe
receipt
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recipient
accepter, accipient, acquirer, getter, obtainer
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reciprocal
mutual, two-way, contrary, opposite, converse
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reciprocate
give as good as one gets, respond in kind
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reckless
daring, devil-may-care, headstrong, heedless, impetuous
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reckoning
computation
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recluse
reclusive
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recoil
kick
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recollection
reminiscence, remembrance, memory, mind, recall
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recompense
recompensate
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reconsider
think over, second-guess
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recurring
repetitive
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red
carmine, cinnabar, claret, crimson, rosé
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redhead
Red, ginger, ginge, ging, ginger head
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redirect
reorient, redirect examination
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reduction
lessening
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redundancy
backup, retirement
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redundant
acervatim, adscititious, dropsical, duplicate, excessive
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ree
merry, squiffy
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reek
funk, honk, niff, hum, pong
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refer
delegate, direct
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refinement
gentility
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reformed
Calvinistic
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refrigerator
chiller, coolchest, fridge, frigerator, icebox
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refuge
haven, sanctuary, zoar, asylum, bield
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refugee
flightling
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regard
consideration, onlook, respect
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regardless
after all, algate, always, any road up, anyhoo
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regeneration
palingenesia, rebirth, regen
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Regina
R.
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register
reserve, schedule, enroll, book
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regress
retrogress
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regretful
repining, sorry, rueful
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regularly
routinely
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reimburse
compensate, guerdon, imburse, recompense, reprise
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reincarnation
rebirth (1, and to some extent 2), gilgul, rebirth
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reiterate
iterate, repeat, reprise
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reject
abjure, abnegate, decline, deny, disown
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relate
chronicle, describe, divulge, recount, state
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related
kin
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relation
member of one's family, association, bearing, concern, pertinence
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relative
comparative, conditional, limited, relation, sib
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release
quietus
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relentless
bateless, grim, incontestable, inexorable, invincible
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relevant
germane, in point, pertinent, salient
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reliable
secure, dependable, trustworthy, solid
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relieve
allay, assuage
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religion
faith
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remain
stay, tarry, last, stand, bide
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remainder
residue, rest, lave, surplus, leavings
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remaining
rest, balance
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remark
comment, emention, notic, observe
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remember
recall, reminisce, retrieve, bear in mind, bethink
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remembrance
recollection, reminiscence
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reminiscent
evocative, redolent, remindful, resonant
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remit
responsibility, purview, jurisdiction, brief
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remnant
residue, remainder, lave
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remorse
agenbite, rue, ruth, compunction, contrition
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remorseful
penitent, apologetic, regretful, repentant, contrite
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removal
move, relocation, ablation, deduction, deinstallation
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remove
unstay, abate, bate, deduct, knock off
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render
accord, render off
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rendezvous
RV
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renewal
renew
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renounce
forsay, forswear
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reorganization
rearrangement, reordering, rearranging, resorting, restructuring
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reorganize
revise
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repair
amend, correct, fix, fix up, furbish
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repayment
payback
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repeal
annul, cancel, invalidate, veto, revoke
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repeat
reiterate, reprise, rework see also Thesaurus:reiterate, recrudesce, recourse
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repeating
repetitious
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repent
afterthink, regret, rue
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repentance
compunction, contrition, penitence, remorse
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repetition
reiteration, reprise
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replace
swap
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replay
do over
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replenish
plenish
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replication
repetition, duplication, imitation, reproduction, copying
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reply
respond, answer back, react, rejoin, counter
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represent
make up
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representative
rep
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reproach
obloquy, opprobrium
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reproduce
manifold
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reproduction
procreation, repro
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reptile
creeper
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repulsive
repellent, disgusting, vile, inappropriate
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request
desire
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require
ask, call for, exact
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research
investigation, exploration, examination, study, inquiry
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resemblance
likeness
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resemble
mirror, duplicate, look like, smack of
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reserve
Territorial Army, TA, TAVR, territorials, terriers
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reside
abide, bedwell, belive, dwell, haunt
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residue
lave, remnant
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resign
quit
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resignation
resignment
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resilient
bendable, flexible, strong
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resist
gainstay, oppose, withset
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resolute
sturdy
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resolve
fortitude, inner strength, resoluteness, sticktoitiveness, tenacity
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resonant
remugient
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respectable
honorable, savory, admirable, commendable, allowable
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respond
answer, retort, answer back, react, rejoin
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response
reaction
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responsibility
responsibleness
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rest
relieve, lean, place, put, lie
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restitution
reddition, render, rendition, restoration, surrender
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restrain
limit, withstrain
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restrained
low-key, understated
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restroom
bathroom
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resurrection
anastasis
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retard
hinder, slow, slow down, put off, stay back
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reticent
reserved, restrained, tight-lipped, unwilling, closemouthed
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retreat
back away, back down, balk, beat a retreat, bug out
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retrospective
hindsightly, historical, reflective
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return
revend, give back, reinstate, render, restore
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reunion
reunition, reunite
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reveal
bare, bewray, betray, display, expose
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revenge
avenge, payback, reprisal, retaliation, requital
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revenue
net sales, turnover
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revere
esteem, honor, idolize, lay store by, look up to
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reversal
reversion, about-face
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revert
deconvert, reconvert, rehabilitate, restitute, restore
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revival
revive
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reward
acknowledgment, guerdon, meed, payback, recompense
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rhetoric
speechcraft, wordcraft
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rhythm
meter, metre, prosody
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rickety
bockety, bone-shaking, craichy, cranky, creaky
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ride
get it on
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rider
horseman
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ridicule
derision, scoff, mockery, katagelasticism
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rife
ubiquitous
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right
just, precisely, smack-dab, in truth, ever so
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rigid
Zeppelin
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rigidity
rigidness
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rigorous
painstaking, scrupulous, strict
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riot
anarchy, breach of the peace, chaos, discord, trouble
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rip
tear
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rise
get up, increase, go up
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river
large, small, brooklet, burnlet, ree
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road
frog, frog and toad, marg, street
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robe
don, put on
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robot
bot, robo, clanker
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rock
natural mineral aggregate, bedrock, hit, sleep with, waver
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roger
do it, get some
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roman
Rhomaian, Romaean, Romaic
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romance
put the moves on, solicit
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Rome
Romeburg, Romeburgh, Romeland, Romelede, Romethede
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rook
castle, fortress
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rookie
beginner, newbie, noob, tyro, novice
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room
rm
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rot
putrefy, molder
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rotate
revolve, circumvolve
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rotation
turning, revolution, rota, roster, duty roster
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rotted
rotten
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rotten
bad, gone bad, gone off, maggoted, spoiled
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rough
abrasive, asperous, coarse, gimped, harsh
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roundup
muster
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routinely
ordinarily
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roving
wandering
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rowdy
brawler, ruffian
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rowing
sculling
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royal
major
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ruckus
ruction, rumpus, uproar
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ruddy
bally, bleeding, blimming, bloody, blooming
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rude
uncouth, impolite, blue, pornographic, crude
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ruff
trump
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ruler
overling, provost
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rum
rumbullion, rumbustion, kill-devil, Nelson's blood, strange fish
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rumble
beating, drumming, grumbling, rataplan, rubadub
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rumor
bruit, buzz, tidbit, fame, on dit
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rump
croupe, crupper, buttocks
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Rumpelstiltskin
Tom Tit Tot
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run
gallop, execute, start, tread, ladder
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runny
liquid, flowy, fluent, fluid, free-flowing
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runway
airstrip
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Rus
Rus' principalities
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rush
fly, scramble, get a move on, hasten, haul
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rusk
Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread, zwieback
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rust
oxidise, oxidize, corrode
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rutabaga
swede, Swedish turnip
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