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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
rebuff 
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 | a. slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind |
| v. offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back |
| n. a casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept. |
| n. sovereignty; rule; dominance or widespread influence |
refinery
2
| a. spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent |
| a. stubborn; unmanageable; obstinately resistant to authority or control |
| n. a place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified. |
| adj. abominable. |
reliquary
3
| v. to predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance. |
| n. a casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept. |
| v. to endow with life or energy. |
| a. elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily |
resilient
4
| n. a land-measurer. |
| n. the act of bringing into a state of submission. |
| v. offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back |
| a. elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily |
reticence
5
| n. reserve; state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness |
| n. a land-measurer. |
| a. seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical |
| v. offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back |
secrecy
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| n. concealment. |
| n. words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter; make fun of |
| a. attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary |
| v. to raise or lift with effort. |
spurious
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| a. false; counterfeit; forged; illogical |
| v. attack with abusive language; vilify |
| v. enlist; register formally as a participant; engage for military service |
| n. something that is of short duration. |
studious
8
| v. handle with skill; exercise effectively; have power over; rule or manage |
| a. false; counterfeit; forged; illogical |
| adj. having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge. |
| adj. ready to be led. |
subtle
9
| a. slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind |
| v. to endow with life or energy. |
| n. student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution. |
| n. a land-measurer. |
transcontinental
10
| v. handle with skill; exercise effectively; have power over; rule or manage |
| n. words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter; make fun of |
| a. spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent |
| n. the act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs. |