Set 16 A
Terms
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- n rancor
- long-lasting hatred; bitterness; Ex. negotiation without rancor; ADJ. rancorous
- n recount
- narrate or tell (a story); count over again
- s rasp
- (of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves); make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; rub with something rough; Ex. The cat's tongue rasped my hand.
- n rave
- overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic
- s recess
- pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place; Ex. parliament in recess; V. CF. recessive
- n recalcitrant
- disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child
- ramification
- branching out; subdivision; one branch of a system; one of the results following from an action or decision; Ex. ramifications of a business/the decision
- rampart
- defensive mound of earth
- n recast
- reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.); fashion again
- s rickety
- (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D
- n rapacious
- voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds
- n rarefied
- made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction
- n ratiocination
- reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason logically
- n rail
- complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the weaker railing against injustices
- recapitulate
- summarize
- n rebuttal
- refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove
- recession
- withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
- reactionary
- strongly opposed to social or political change; opposing progress; politically ultraconservative; N. OP. radical
- s rake
- angle of a slope; V: slant from the perpendicular
- n raspy
- making a harsh noise; grating; harsh
- recondite
- abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret
- ravel
- fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist
- rapport
- close relationship; emotional closeness; harmony
- n rapt
- engrossed; absorbed; enchanted; Ex. rapt listener
- s maraud
- move in search of plunder; Ex. marauding army
- ramify
- branch out; divide into branches or subdivisions
- s lot
- object used in making a determination at random; fate; piece of land
- n raiment
- clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear.
- n rakish
- jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle.
- receptive
- quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.); Ex. receptive to the proposal
- s recreant
- disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person
- n ramshackle
- (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart
- rebuke
- scold harshly; criticize severely
- ramble
- wander aimlessly (physically or mentally); digress
- s rake
- immoral or dissolute person
- n rankle
- irritate; fester; annoy
- s ransack
- search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town.
- recant
- disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement
- s fashion
- give shape to; make; Ex. fashion the pot out of clay
- recourse
- resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to
- s rare
- (of air) thin in density; rarefied; Ex. rare air of the mountains
- n rebus
- representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''.
- rally
- come or bring together; call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate (after illness or difficulty); N: act of rallying; mass gathering
- raze
- destroy completely; Ex. raze the city to the ground