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- rampant
- growing or spreading uncontrollably; growing in profusion; unrestrained; Ex. rampant lawlessness/weed
- ramble
- wander aimlessly ; digress
- rebate
- return of part of a payment; discount; V.
- reconnaissance
- survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering; V. reconnoiter: make a preliminary inspection of
- rebuff
- reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N.
- ravage
- devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms
- reconcile
- make friendly again ; make consistent ; correct inconsistencies; Ex. reconcile one's political principles with one's religious beliefs
- rationale
- fundamental reason or principle ; fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action
- ramshackle
- poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart
- rebuke
- scold harshly; criticize severely
- reciprocate
- do or give something in return; repay in kind; give or take mutually; interchange; move backwards and forwards; Ex. reciprocate his invitation by inviting him; N. reciprocity: reciprocal relationship; mutual interchange of advantages between two groups; Ex. reciprocity in trading rights
- ratiocination
- reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason logically
- rationalize
- make rational; devise false reasons for ; offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable ones; N. rationalization
- random
- without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard; Ex. random shots; Ex. chosen at random
- recurrent
- occurring again and again
- recourse
- resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to
- recant
- disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement
- recast
- reconstruct ; fashion again
- rancid
- having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank
- rebuttal
- refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove
- ratify
- approve formally; confirm; verify
- raze
- destroy completely; Ex. raze the city to the ground
- rectify
- set right; correct; CF. rect-: right
- ramp
- slope; inclined plane or roadway
- rapport
- close relationship; emotional closeness; harmony
- rail
- complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the weaker railing against injustices
- recapitulate
- summarize
- ravine
- narrow valley with steep sides; gorge; CF. gully, canyon
- 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
- recondite
- abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret
- recrimination
- countercharges; V. recriminate
- ramify
- branch out; divide into branches or subdivisions
- 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"".
- reciprocal
- mutual; given and received in return; exchangeable; interacting; Ex. reciprocal trade agreement
- rapacious
- voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds
- reaper
- one who harvests grain; Ex. the Grim Reaper; V. reap: cut and gather ; harvest a crop
- recalcitrant
- disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child
- recuperate
- recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses
- ragamuffin
- dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes
- raiment
- clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear.
- ravenous
- extremely hungry; voracious
- recumbent
- reclining; lying down completely or in part
- rarefied
- made less dense ; V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction
- ravel
- fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist
- rampart
- defensive mound of earth
- reactionary
- strongly opposed to social or political change; opposing progress; politically ultraconservative; N. OP. radical
- raspy
- making a harsh noise; grating; harsh
- rave
- overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic
- raconteur
- story-teller; one who tells stories with wit and skill
- realm
- kingdom; field or sphere; Ex. not within the realms of possibility
- recidivism
- habitual return to crime ; N. recidivist
- rant
- speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; Ex. The priest ranted about the devil.
- rapt
- engrossed; absorbed; enchanted; Ex. rapt listener
- recluse
- hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive
- recession
- withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
- rectitude
- moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
- raucous
- harsh and unpleasant; disorderly and boisterous; Ex. raucous shouts
- recipient
- receiver
- rally
- come or bring together; call up or summon ; revive or recuperate ; N: act of rallying; mass gathering
- recount
- narrate or tell ; count over again
- rankle
- irritate; fester; annoy
- rakish
- jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle.
- receptive
- quick or willing to receive ; Ex. receptive to the proposal
- rancor
- long-lasting hatred; bitterness; Ex. negotiation without rancor; ADJ. rancorous
- rabid
- of or suffering rabies; like a fanatic; extremely zealous; furious; CF. rabies: hydrophobia