GRE FLASHCARDS (R)
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- rabid
- like a fanatic; furious
- raconteur
- story-teller
- ragamuffin
- person wearing tattered clothes
- raiment
- clothing
- rakish
- stylish; sporty
- rally
- call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate
- ramble
- wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)
- ramification
- branching out; subdivision
- ramify
- divide into branches or subdivisions
- rampant
- growing in profusion; unrestrained
- rampart
- defensive mound of earth
- ramshackle
- rickety; falling apart
- rancid
- having the odor of stale fat
- rancor
- bitterness; hatred
- rant
- rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech
- rapacious
- excessively grasping; plundering
- rapt
- absorbed; enchanted
- rarefied
- * made less dense (of a gas)
- ratiocination
- reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises
- raucous
- harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous
- ravage
- plunder; despoil
- ravel
- fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle
- ravenous
- extremely hungry
- ravine
- narrow valley with steep sides
- raze
- destroy completely
- reactionary
- opposing progess; politically ultraconservative
- rebuff
- snub; beat back
- rebus
- puzzle in which pictures stand for words
- recalcitrant
- * obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly
- recant
- * disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error
- recapitulate
- summarize
- recast
- reconstruct (a sentence, story, etc.); fashion again
- recluse
- * hermit; loner
- reconcile
- correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel
- recondite
- * abstruse; profound; secret
- recourse
- resorting to help when in trouble
- recrimination
- countercharges
- rectitude
- uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
- recumbent
- reclining; lying down completely or in part
- redolent
- fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor
- redoubtable
- formidable; causing fear
- redress
- remedy; compensation
- reek
- emit (odor)
- refectory
- dining hall
- refraction
- bending of a ray of light
- refractory
- * stubborn; unmanageable
- refulgent
- brightly shining; gleaming
- refute
- * disprove
- regeneration
- spiritual rebirth
- regicide
- murder of a king or queen
- rejoinder
- retort; comeback; reply
- relegate
- * banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
- relent
- give in
- remediable
- reparable
- remiss
- negligent
- remission
- temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of a debt; forgiveness or pardon
- remnant
- remainder
- remonstrance
- protest; objection
- remunerative
- compensating; rewarding
- rend
- split; tear apart
- render
- deliver; prvide; represent
- renegade
- deserter; traitor
- renege
- deny; go back on
- rent
- rip; split
- reparation
- amends; compensation
- repartee
- clever reply
- repast
- meal; feast; banquet
- repeal
- revoke; annul
- repercussion
- rebound; reverberation; reaction
- repine
- fret; complain
- replenish
- fill up again
- replete
- filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied
- reprieve
- temporary stay
- reprisal
- retaliation
- reprise
- musical repetition; repear performance; recurrent action
- reproach
- * express disapproval or disappointment
- reprobate
- * person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency
- reprobation
- severe disapproval
- reprove
- censure; rebuke
- repudiate
- * disown; disavow
- repugnance
- loathing
- reputable
- respectable
- requiem
- mass for the dead; dirge
- requite
- repay; revenge
- rescind
- * cancel
- residue
- remainder; balance
- resolution
- * determination
- resolve
- * determination; firmness of purpose
- resplendent
- dazzling; glorious; brilliant
- respite
- interbal of relief; time for rest; delay in punishment
- restitution
- reparation; indemnification
- restive
- restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control
- resumption
- taking up again; recommencement
- resurge
- rise again; flow to and fro
- retain
- keep; employ
- retentive
- holding; having a good memory
- reticent
- * reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence
- retinue
- following; attendants
- retiring
- modest; shy
- retrench
- cut down; economize
- retroactive
- taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)
- reverent
- * respectful; worshipful
- reverie
- daydream; musing
- revile
- attack with abusive language; vilify
- revulsion
- sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction
- retrograde
- go backwards; degenerate
- rhapsodize
- to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
- rhetoric
- art of effective communication; insincere or grandiloquent language
- ribald
- wanton; profane
- rider
- amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
- rife
- abundant; current
- rile
- vex; irritate; muddy
- rivulet
- small stream
- rococo
- ornate; highly decorated
- roil
- to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; to disturb
- roseate
- rosy; optimistic
- rostrum
- platform for speech-making; pulpit
- rotunda
- circular building or hall covered by a dome
- rotundity
- roundness; sonorousness of speech
- rout
- stampede; drive out
- rubric
- title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol
- rue
- regret; lament; mourn
- ruffian
- bully; scoundrel
- runic
- mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet
- rusticate
- banish to the country; dwell in the country