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BARRONS GRE WORDLIST 41

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6. resilient: ADJ. elastic; having the power of springing back. Highly resilient, steel makes excellent bedsprings. resilience, N.
59. roseate: ADJ. rosy; optimistic. I am afraid you will have to alter your roseate views in the light of the distressing news that has just arrived.
10. resonant: ADJ. echoing; resounding; deep and full in sound. The deep, resonant voice of the actor James Earl Jones makes him particularly effective when he appears on stage.
48. rife: ADJ. abundant; current. In the face of the many rumors of scandal, which are rife at the moment, it is best to remain silent.
78. rusticate: V. banish to the country; dwell in the country. I like city life so much that l can never understand how people can rusticate in the suburbs.
40. revile: V. attack with abusive language; vilify. Though most of his contemporaries reviled Captain Kidd as a notorious, bloody-handed pirate, some of his fellow merchant-captains believed him innocent of his alleged crimes.
60. roster: N. list. They print the roster of players in the season's program.
57. rococo: ADJ. ornate; highly decorated. The rococo style in furniture and architecture, marked by scrollwork and excessive decoration, flourished during the middle of the eighteenth century.
69. ruddy: ADJ. reddish; healthy-looking. Santa Claus's ruddy cheeks nicely complement Rudolph the Reindeer's bright red nose.
8. resolve: N. determination; firmness of purpose. How dare you question my resolve to take up sky-diving! Of course I haven't changed my mind! also V.
41. revoke: V. cancel; retract. Repeat offenders who continue to derive under the influence of alcohol face having their driver's licenses permanently revoked. revocation, N.
4. residue: N. remainder; balance. In his will, he requested that after payment of debts, taxes, and funeral expenses, the residue be given to his wife.
67. rubble: N. fragments. Ten years after World War ll, some of the rubble left by enemy bombings could still be seen.
75. runic: ADJ. mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet. Tolkien' use of Old English words and inscriptions in the runic alphabet give The Lord of the Rings its atmosphere of antiquity.
52. rigor: N. severity. Many settlers could not stand the rigors of the New England winters.
50. rig: V. fix or manipulate. The ward boss was able to rig the election by bribing people to stuff the ballot boxes with ballots marked in his candidate's favor.
26. retiring: ADJ. modest; shy. Given Susan's retiring personality, no one expected her to take up public speaking; surprisingly enough, she became a star of the school debate team.
73. ruminate: V. chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically); mull over; ponder. Unable to digest quickly the baffling events of the day, Reuben ruminated about them till four in the morning.
37. reverent: ADJ. respectful; worshipful. Though I bow my head in church and recite the prayers, sometimes I don't feel properly reverent. revere, V. reverence, N.
17. restraint: N. moderation or self-control; controlling force; restriction. Show some restraint, young lady! Three desserts is quite enough!
55. rivulet: N. small stream. As the rains continued, the trickle of water running down the hillside grew into a rivulet that threatened to wash away a portion of the slope.
12. respite: N. interval of relief; time for rest; delay in punishment. For David, the two weeks vacationing in New Zealand were a delightful respite from the pressures of his job.
56. robust: ADJ. vigorous; strong. After pumping iron and taking karate for six months, the little old lady was for more robust in health and could break a plank with her fist
61. rostrum: N. platform for speech-making; pulpit. The crowd murmured angrily and indicated that they did not care to listen to the speaker who was approaching the rostrum.
30. retribution: N. vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses. The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact retribution from the sinners.
46. riddle: V. pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout. With his machine gun, Tracy riddled the car with bullets till it looked like a slice of Swiss cheese. During the proofreaders strike, the newspaper was riddled with typos.
21. retain: V. keep; employ. Fighting to retain his seat sin Congress, Senator Foghorn retained a new manager to head his reelection campaign.
32. retroactive: ADJ. taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax). Because the new pension law was retroactive to the first of the year, even though Martha had retired in February she was eligible for the pension.
18. resumption: N. taking up again; recommencement. During the summer break, Don had not realized how much he missed university life; at the resumption of classes, however, he felt marked excitement and pleasure. resume, V.
80. saboteur: N. one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property. Members of the Resistance acted as saboteurs, blowing up train lines to prevent supplies from reaching the Nazi army.
1. rescind: V. cancel. Because of the public outcry against the new taxes, the senator proposed a bill to rescind the unpopular financial measure.
79. ruthless: ADJ. pitiless; cruel. Captain Hook was a dangerous, ruthless villain who would stop at nothing to destroy Peter Pan.
38. reverie: N. daydream; musing. She was awakened from her reverie by the teacher's question.
64. rotundity: N. roundness; sonorousness of speech. Washington Irving emphasized the rotundity of the governor by describing his height and circumference.
53. rile: V. vex; irritate; muddy. Red had a hair-trigger temper; he was an easy man to rile.
47. rider: N. amendment or clause added to a legislative bill. Senator Foghorn said he would support Senator Filibuster''s tax reform bill only if Filibuster agreed to add an antipollution rider to the bill.
45. ribald: ADJ. wanton; profane. He sang a ribald song that offended many of the more prudish listeners. ribaldry, N.
36. reverberate: V. echo; resound. The entire valley reverberated with the sound of the church bells.
82. sacrilegious: ADJ. desecrating; profane. His stealing of the altar cloth was a very sacrilegious act.
70. rudimentary: ADJ. not developed; elementary; crude. Although my grandmother's English vocabulary was limited to a few rudimentary phrases, she always could make herself understood.
66. rout: V. stampede; drive out. The reinforcements were able to rout the enemy. also N.
23. retentive: ADJ. holding; having a good memory. The pupil did not need to spend much time in study as he had a retentive mind.
31. retrieve: V. recover; find and bring in. The dog was intelligent and quickly learned to retrieve the game killed by the hunter, retrieval, N.
83. sacrosanct: ADJ. most sacred; inviolable. The brash insurance salesman invaded the sacrosanct pri8vacy of the office of the president of the company.
44. rhetoric: N. act of effective communication; insincere or grandiloquent language. All writers, by necessity, must be skilled in rhetoric. rhetorical, ADJ.
54. riveting: ADJ. engrossing; absorbing. The reviewer described Byatt's novel Possession as a reveting tale; absorb ed in the story, she had finished it in a single evening.
35. revelry: N. boisterous merrymaking. New Year's Eve is a night of revelry.
63. rotunda: N. circular building or hall covered with a dome. His body lay in state in the rotunda of the Capitol.
13. resplendent: ADJ. dazzling; glorious; brilliant. While all the adults were commenting how glorious the emperor looked in his resplendent new clothes, one little boy was heard the say, "But he's naked!"
29. retrench: V. cut down; economize. If they were to be able to send their children to college, they would have to retrench.
28. retract: V. withdraw; take back. When I saw how Fred and his fraternity brothers had frashed the frat house, I decided to retract my offer to let them use our summer cottage for the weekend. retraction, N.
9. resolve: V. decide; settle; solve. Holmes resolved to travel to Bo9hemia to resolve the dispute between lrene Adler and the King.
24. reticent: ADJ. reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence. Fearing his competitors might get advance word about his plans from talkative staff members, Hughes preferred reticent employees to loquacious ones. reticence, N.
65. rousing: ADJ. lively; stirring. "And now, let's have a rousing welcome for TV's own Rosie O'Donnell, who'll lead us in a rousing rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner."
49. rift: N. opening; break. The plane was lost in the stormy sky until the pilot saw the city through a rift in the clouds.
74. rummage: V. ransack; thoroughly search. When we rummaged through the trunks in the attic, we found many souvenirs of our childhood days also N.
62. rote: N. repetition. He recited the passage by rote and gave no indication he understood what he was saying. also ADJ.
71. rue: V. regret; lament; mourn. Tina rued the night she met Tony and wondered how she ever fell for such a jerk. also N. rueful, ADJ.
20. resuscitate: V. revive; The lifeguard tried to resuscitate the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.
68. rubric: N. title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol. In ordaining the new priests, the bishop carefully observed all the rubrics for the ordination service.
25. retinue: N. following; attendants. The queen's retinue followed her down the aisle.
39. revert: V. relapse; backslide; turn back to. Most of the time Andy seemed sensitive and mature, but occasionally he would revert to his smart-alecky, macho, adolescent self. reversion, N.
43. rhapsodize: V. to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner. She greatly enjoyed her Hawaiian vacation and rhapsodized about it for weeks.
42. revulsion: N. sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction. Many people in this country who admired dictatorships underwent a revulsion when they realized what Hitler and Mussolini were trying to do.
58. roil: V. to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; to disturb. Be careful when you pour not to roil the wine; if you stir up the sediment you'll destroy the flavor.
5. resignation: MN. patient submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job. If Bob Cratchit gad not accepted Scrooge's bullying with timid resignation, he might have gotten up the nerve to hand in his resignation. resigned, ADJ.
72. ruffian: N. bully; scoundrel. The ruffians threw stones at the police.
76. ruse: N. trick; stratagem. You will not be able to fool your friends with such an obvious ruse.
11. respiration: N. breathing; exhalation. The doctor found that the patient's years of smoking had adversely affected both his lung capacity and his rate of respiration.
51. rigid: ADJ. stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending. By living with a man to whom she was not married, George Eliot broke Victorian society's most rigid rule of respectable behavior.
3. reserve: N. self-control; formal but distant manner. Although some girls were attracted by Mark's reserve, Judy was put off by it, for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness, reserved, ADJ.
14. responsiveness: N. state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc. The audience cheered and applauded, delighting the performers by its responsiveness.
77. rustic: ADJ. pertaining to country people; uncouth. The backwoodsman looked out to place in his rustic attire.
7. resolution: N. determination. Nothing could shake his resolution to succeed despite all difficulties. resolute, ADJ.
33. retrograde: V. go backwards; degenerate. lnstead of advancing, our civilization seems to have retrograded in ethics and culture. also ADJ.
19. resurge: V. rise again; flow to and fro. It was startling to see the spirit of nationalism resurge as the Soviet Union disintegrated into a loose federation of ethnic and national groups. resurgence, ADJ.
81. saccharine: ADJ. cloyingly sweet. She tried to ingratiate herself, speaking sweetly and smiling a saccharine smile.
34. retrospective: ADJ. looking back on the past. The Museum of Graphic Arts is holding a retrospective showing of the paintings of Michael Whelan over the past two decades also N. retrospection, N.
27. retort: N. quick, sharp reply. Even when it was advisable for her to keep her mouth shut, she was always ready with a retort. also V.
16. restive: ADJ. restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control. Waiting impatiently in line to see Santa Claus, even the best-behaved children grow restive and start to fidget
22. retaliation: V. repayment in kind (usually for bad treatment). Because everyone know the Princeton band had stolen Brown's mascot, the whole Princeton student body expected some sort of retaliation from Brown. retaliate, V.
2. resentment: N. indignation; bitterness; displeasure. Not wanting to appear a sore loser, Bill tried to hide his resentment of Barry's success.
15. restitution: N. reparation; indemnification. He offered to make restitution for the window broken by his son.

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