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From: Joe R. N.J.
Category: Category 1
Date: 15 Jan 1999
Time: 12:32:12
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Q Question: 1. he subject matter at issue 2. A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply 3. Uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something 4. Place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do" Quintessential: 1. An extract from anything, containing in concentrated form its most essential principle 2. The purest and most essential part, manifestation, or embodiment of anything R Race: 1. People who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock Rationalization: 1. The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason 2. A defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening Reaction: 1. A response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude 2. A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent 3. An idea evoked by some experience 4. Doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like 5. Extreme conservatism in political or social matters Readiness: 1. The state of being ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) 2. Prompt willingness 3. (psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a particular way 4. natural effortlessness Ready: 1. Poised for action 2. Make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc 3. Completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress Reality: 1. All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you 2. The state of being actual or real 3. The state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be 4. The quality possessed by something that is real Realm: 1. A domain in which something is dominant 2. A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about reasoning or conduct 2. A rule or standard especially of good behavior 3. Rule of personal conduct Rebellion: 1. Refusal to accept some authority or code or convention 2. Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another Recaptured: 1. Experience anew 2. Capture anew 3. Take back by force, as after a battle 4. Capture again, as of an escaped prisoner Receive: 1. Get something; come into possession of 2. Of perceptual input: receive a signal, receive news, receive a verdict, etc. 3. Of mental or bodily states or experiences 4. Accept as true or valid 5. Experience as a reaction Reciprocal: 1. Concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid" Reckless: 1. Marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences 2. Characterized by careless unconcerned Recognition: 1. The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged 2. The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering 3. Approval 4. Coming to understand something by thinking about it 5. The act of preferring Recognize: 1. Discern 2. Be fully aware or cognizant of 3. Detect with the senses 4. Perceive to be the same Recovery: 1. Return to an original state 2. Gradual healing after sickness or injury 3. The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) Refrain from certain foods of beverages Regret: 1. Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment 2. Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about 3. Feel sad about the loss or absence of Regularly: 1. In a regular manner 2. In a regular way without variation Rejected: 1. Refuse to accept or acknowledge 2. Refuse to approve 3. Cast off as valueless 4. Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning 5. Judged unacceptable Relapse: 1. A failure to maintain a higher state 2. Deteriorate in health 3. Go back to bad behaviors Relationship: 1. A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection) 2. A state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries Relieving: 1. Free someone temporarily form his or her obligations 2. Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to 3. Lessen the intensity of; calm; as of of anxieties and fears 4. Save from ruin or destruction 5. Provide relief for 6. Grant exemption or release to Religion: 1. A belief bringing the spiritual nature of a man to a supernatural being, as involving a feeling of dependence and responsibility, together with the feelings and practices which naturally flow from such a belief Rely: 1. Have confidence or faith in Remain: 1. Stay the same; remain in a certain state 2. Continue in a place, position, or situation 3. Be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc. "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger" 4. Stay behind Remorse: 1. A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) Remove: 1. Degree of figurative distance or separation 2. Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc.; or remove something abstract 3. Dispose of 4. Cause to leave 5. Go away or leave 6. Kill intentionally and with premeditation Renew: 1. Re-establish on a new, usually improved, basis 2. Make new or like new Reparation: 1. The act of putting something in working order again 2. Compensation (given or received) for an injury or insult Reprieve: 1. A (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort 2. An interruption in the intensity or amount of something 3. A warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence) 4. Postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution 5. Relieve temporarily Required: 1. Require as useful, just, or proper 2. Consider obligatory; request and expect 3. Make someone do something 4. Have need of 5. Necessary for relief or supply Resentment: 1. A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will Reservations: 1. An unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly 2. The act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion Respect: 1 . The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) 2. An attitude of admiration or esteem 3. An courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard 4. Behavior intended to please your parents 5. A feeling of friendship and esteem 6. Courteous regard for people's feelings 7. Regard highly; think much of 8. Show respect towards Responsible: 1. Worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable 2. Being the agent or cause 3. Having an acceptable credit rating Restoration: 1. The act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state 2. Getting something back again 3. The state of being restored to its former good condition 4. Changing to a point were addiction and it's accompanying insanity is no longer controlling our lives Results: 1. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end 2. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon 3. A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem 4. The situation that exists when something ends Reveal: 1. Make clear and visible 2. Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret Ridicule: 1. Exposing someone to laughter 2. Subject to laughter Righteousness: 1. Adhering to moral principles Rigorous: 1. Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard 2. Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures 3. (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering Risk: 1. A source of danger 2. A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury 3. Expose to a chance of loss or damage 4. Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome Root: 1. The place where something begins, where it springs into being S Sanction: 1. Formal and explicit approval 2. A mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards 3. The act of final authorization 4. Give authority or permission to Searching: 1. The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone 2. Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of 3. Inquire into 4. Diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation 5. Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect 6. Exploring thoroughly Self-absorption: 1. Preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else Self-appraisal: 1. Self-assessment: 1. Self-centered : 1. Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs Self-esteem: 1. A feeling of ride in yourself Selfishness: 1. Stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others Self-pity: 1. A feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings Self-righteousness: 1. Self-seeking: 1. Taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others Sensitive: 1. Having acute mental or emotional sensibility 2. Able to feel or perceive Serenity: 1. A disposition free from stress or emotion 2. The absence of mental stress or anxiety Service: 1. Work done by one person or group that benefits another 2. An act of help or assistance 3. Be used by; as of a utility Setback: 1. Where a wall or building narrows abruptly 2. An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating Shame: 1. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt 2. A state of dishonor 3. An unfortunate development Share: 1. Any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor 2. Have, give, or receive 3. Communicate Sharing: 1. Using or enjoying something jointly with others 2. Sharing thoughts and feelings 3. A distribution in shares 4. Use jointly or in common 5. Sharing equally with another or others 6. Unselfishly willing to share with others Shortcoming: 1. A failing or deficiency Shy: 1. Start suddenly, as from fight 2. Lacking self-confidence 3. Easily startled or frightened 4. Wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things 5. Wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things Sincerely:1. With sincerity; without pretense 2. Written formula for ending a letter Solution: 1. A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem Some situation or event that is thought about Source: 1. The place where something begins, where it springs into being 2. Anything that provides inspiration for later work 3. A facility where something is available 4. A person who supplies information 5. A person who supplies information Spirit: 1. A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character 2. The state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection) Spiritual: 1. Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul Spoils: 1. The act of stripping and taking by force 2. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin 3. Become unfit for consumption or use 4. Alter from the original 5. Treat with excessive indulgence 6. To hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of 7. Make imperfect Sponsor: 1. Someone who supports or champions something 2. Assume responsibility for or leadership of Stagnate: 1. Spent time in idleness Steadfast: 1. Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable 2. Firm and dependable especially in loyalty Strength: 1. The property of being physically or mentally strong 2. Capability in terms of personnel and materiel 3. An asset of special worth or utility 4. Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force Subconscious: 1. Psychic activity just below the level of awareness 2. Just below the level of consciousness Subsequent: 1. Following in time or order Substitution: 1. An event in which one thing is substituted for another 2. The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another Succession: 1. A following of one thing after another in time 2. A group of people or things arranged or following in order 3. The action of following in order Suffer: 1. Be subjected to 2. Of injuries and illnesses 3. Endure emotional pain 4. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant 5. Feel pain or be in pain 6. Be very uncomfortable Suffering: 1. A state of acute pain 2. Misery resulting from affliction 3. Psychological suffering 4. Feelings of mental or physical pain 5. Troubled by pain or loss 6. Very unhappy; full of misery Sufficient: 1. Of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant Suggest: 1. Make a proposal, declare a plan for something 2. Drop a hint; intimate by a hint 3. Imply as a possibility 4. Suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine 5. Call to mind or evoke Suicide: 1. Killing yourself 2. A person who kills himself intentionally Superior: 1. One of greater rank or station or quality 2. The head of a religious community 3. A combatant who is able to defeat rivals 4. Of high or superior quality or performance 5 Having a higher rank Support: 1. Something providing immaterial support or assistance to a person or cause or interest 2. Something that holds up or provides a foundation 3. Strengthen or make more firm as by corroboration Suppress: 1. To put down by force or authority 2. Come down on 3. Control and refrain from showing; of emotions 4. Put out of one's consciousness; in psychiatry Surrender: 1. Acceptance of despair 2. A verbal act of admitting defeat 3. A heartfelt belief in our own fallibility as human beings and an equally heartfelt decision to rely on a Power greater then our own (It Works How & Why Pg.107) 4. Not having to fight anymore (Basic Text Pg.22) Survive: 1. Continue to live, endure or last 2. Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) 3. Stay alive; survive 4. Live longer than Symptoms: 1. any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease 2. Anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence Systematically: 1. Characterized by order and planning 2. Not haphazard T Tempered: 1. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling 2. Harden by re-heating and cooling in oil 3. Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate 4. Restrain or temper 5. Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment 6. Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element Temptations: 1. Something tempting or enticing 2. The desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid 3. The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire Tension: 1. Something tempting or enticing 2. The desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid 3. The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire Terminal: 1. Being or situated at an end 2. Relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time 3. Occurring at or forming an end or termination Terrified: 1. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation Thankfulness: 1. Warm friendly feelings of gratitude Therapeutic: 1. Tending to cure or restore to health 2. Relating to or involved in therapy Thorough: 1. Painstakingly careful and accurate 2. Very thorough; exhaustively complete Thrashing: 1. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows 2. Give a thrashing to; beat hard 3. Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight Threat: 1. Something that is a source of danger 2. A warning that something unpleasant is immanent 3. Declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another 4. A person who inspires fear or dread Tolerance: 1. A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior 2. The act of tolerating something 3. Willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others 4. A permissible difference Tolerant: 1. Showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others 2. forgiving under provocation 3. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness 4. Showing the capacity for endurance Topic: 1. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion 2. Some situation or event that is thought about Torturous: 1. Extremely painful Tradition: 1. An inherited pattern of thought or action 2. A specific practice of long standing Traits: 1. A distinguishing feature of one's personal nature Trust: 1. Certainty based on past experience 2. The trait of trusting; of believing in the honesty and reliability of others 3. Complete confidence in a person or plan etc 4. Allow without fear 5. Be confident about something 6. Expect with desire Trustworthy: 1. Taking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations 2. The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect U Unconditional: 1. Not modified or restricted by reservations 2. Not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else Underlying: 1. In the nature of something though not readily apparent 2. Located beneath or below 3. Being or involving basic facts or principles Understanding: 1. The cognitive condition of someone who understands 2. The statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises 3. An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion 4. The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination 5. Know and comprehend the nature or meaning of 6. Perceive mentally, as of an idea 7. Make sense of a language 8. Believe to be the case 9. Be understanding of 10. Characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy Uniformity: 1. A condition in which everything is regular and unvarying 2. The quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom) Unique: 1. Radically distinctive and without equal 2. the single one of its kind 3.Highly unusual or rare but not the single instance Unity: 1. An unreduced or unbroken completeness or totality 2. The quality of being united into one 3.The spirit that joins thousands of members around the world in a spiritual fellowship that has the power to change lives (It Works How & Why Pg.125) Unlimited: 1. Having no limits in range or scope 2. Without reservation or exception 3. That cannot be entirely consumed or used up Unmanageable: 1. Difficult to manage or control Unparalleled: 1. Radically distinctive and without equal Urgency: 1. The state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity Uselessness: 1. The quality of having to practical use Users: 1. Someone who enjoys property 2. A person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically 3. Someone who consumes drugs V Various: 1. Of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity 2. Considered individually 3. Distinctly dissimilar or unlike 4. Having great diversity or variety Victim: 1. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance 2. A person who is tricked or swindled Vigilance:1. The process of paying close and continuous attention Vigilant: 1. Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger Vigorous: 1. Characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity 2. Strong and active physically or mentally Violent: 1. Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity 2. Effected by force or injury rather than natural causes 3. Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; fervid 4. Characterized by bloodshed Virtue: 1. The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong 2. Any admirable quality or attribute 3. Morality with respect to sexual relations 4. A particular moral excellence Void: 1. The state of nonexistence 2. An empty area or space 3. Containing nothing W We: 1. Plural of "I" Were: 1. Have the quality of being 2. Will: 1. The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention 2. A fixed and persistent intent or purpose Willing: 1. The act of making a choice 2. Have in mind 3. Determine by choice 4. Disposed or inclined toward 5. Not brought about by coercion or force Willingness: 1. Cheerful compliance Willpower: 1. Control of one's behavior Wisdom: 1. Accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment 2. The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight 3. Ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight 4. The quality of being prudent and sensible Withdrawal: 1. A retraction of a previously held position 2. A retraction of a previously held position 3. Avoiding emotional involvement 4. he termination of drug taking Worthless: 1. Lacking in excellence or value Wreckage: 1. The remains of something that has been destroyed Wrong: 1. That which is contrary to the principles of justice or law 2. Not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth 3. Contrary to conscience or morality or law 4. Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion 5. Based on or acting or judging in error 6. Not in accord with established usage or procedure Z Zeal: 1. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) 2. Excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end