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Vocab Set 7

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  • placed apart from people; hidden from view; private and not used and seen by many people
    secluded
  • looking back on or dealing with past events or situations
    retrospective
  • a strong natural liking for something that is usually bad; a tendency to do something that is usually bad
    proclivity
  • to go back to an earlier state, typically a worse one
    retrogress
  • to make something suitable for a new use or purpose; modify
    adapt
  • a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular clause or policy
    advocate
  • to drive or cause to move, forward or onward
    propel
  • to declare openly, announce or affirm, acknowledge
    profess
  • directed or moving backwards
    retrograde
  • next to or adjoining something else
    adjacent
  • a natural inclination or tendency
    propensity
  • to keep a person or group away from other people
    sequester
  • say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity
    reiterate
  • withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or political or religious organization
    secede
  • a number of people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly fashion
    procession
  • to withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat
    retreat
  • occurring often or repeatedly
    recurrent
  • the crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to disobey their government
    sedition
  • a preliminary discourse, a preface or an introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel
    prologue
  • taking effect from a date in the past
    retroactive