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Question 1

ravenous

Answer 1

D. extremely hungry

Question 2

rebate

Answer 2

D. an amount of money that is paid back to you because you have paid too much; an amount of money that is taken away from the cost of something, before you pay for it

E. a tax rebate / Buyers are offered a cash rebate.

Question 3

rebuke

\ri-ˈbyük\

Answer 3

D. to scold sharply

Question 4

recalcitrant

\ri-ˈkal-sə-trənt\

Answer 4

D. stubborn; hard to handle

E. the manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority

Question 5

recant

\ri-ˈkant\

Answer 5

D. to say, often publicly, that you no longer have the same belief or opinion that you had before

E. He made a public recantation of all his former beliefs.

Question 6

recapitulate

\ˌrē-kə-ˈpi-chə-ˌlāt\

Answer 6

D. to repeat or give a summary of what has already been said, decided, etc

E. To recapitulate briefly, the three main points are these…

Question 7

recidivist

\rē-‘ci-vist\

Answer 7

D. a person who continues to commit crimes, and seems unable to stop, even after being punished

E. Gross overcrowding has led to a sky-high recidivist rate.

Question 8

reciprocal

\ri-ˈsi-prə-kəl\

Answer 8

D. involving two people or groups who agree to help each other or behave in the same way to each other

E. The two colleges have a reciprocal arrangement whereby students from one college can attend classes at the other.

Question 9

recision

\ri-ˈsi-zhən\

Answer 9

D. an act of rescinding : cancellation

E. the national emergency forced the immediate recision of all military leave

Question 10

recluse

Answer 10

D. one who lives away from others

Question 11

reconcile

Answer 11

D. to bring together again

Question 12

recondite

\ˈre-kən-ˌdīt\

Answer 12

D. not known about or understood by many people

e. geochemistry is a recondite subject

Question 13

reconnaissance

\ri-ˈkä-nə-zən(t)s\

Answer 13

D. looking over a situation to get information (especially military)

E. a reconnaissance aircraft/mission/satellite

Question 14

recourse

\ˈrē-ˌkȯrs\

Answer 14

D. turning to sb or sth for help

E. The dispute was settled without recourse to law.

Question 15

recreant

\ˈre-krē-ənt\

Answer 15

D. not brave; unfaithful to duty or allegiance; crying for mercy

E. recreant campaign workers who walked out as soon as their candidate began dropping in the polls

Question 16

recrimination

\ri-ˌkri-mə-ˈnā-shən\

Answer 16

D. answering an attack by attacking in return

E. The discussion turned into a heated debate with recriminations flying back and forth.

Question 17

rectify

Answer 17

D. to make right (rectus-straight, right)

Question 18

rectitude

Answer 18

D. moral uprightness (rectus-straight, right)

E. encouraged the graduates to go on to live lives of unimpeachable rectitude and integrity

Question 19

recumbent

\ri-ˈkəm-bənt\

Answer 19

D. lying down; resting

E. The Egyptian sphinx has the body of a recumbent lion.

Question 20

recurrent

\ri-ˈkər-ənt

Answer 20

D. happening again one or more times

E. The loss of innocence is a recurrent theme in his stories.

Question 21

redeem

Answer 21

D. to make somebody/something seem less bad; to do something to improve the opinion that people have of you, especially after you have done something bad; to save somebody from the power of evil to pay a debt

E. The only redeeming feature of the job (= good thing about it) is the salary. / He has a chance to redeem himself after last week’s mistakes. / Jesus Christ came to redeem us from sin. / to redeem a loan/mortgage

Question 22

redolent

're-dō-lənt\

Answer 22

D. sweet-smelling

E. my grandmother’s house always seemed to be redolent with the aroma of baking bread

Question 23

redoubtable

Answer 23

D. if a person is redoubtable, they have very strong qualities that make you respect them and perhaps feel afraid of them

E. a redoubtable leader

Question 24

redress

\ri-ˈdres\

Answer 24

D. to rectify

E. the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified

Question 25

redundant

Answer 25

D. more than enough

Question 26

refection

Answer 26

D. refreshment, especially with food or drink.

E. He took only one small refection in the day, which was usually after sun-set.

Question 27

refraction

Answer 27

D.the bending of a light when it goes through at an angle

E. Light is refracted when passed through a prism.

Question 28

refractory

\ri-ˈfrak-t(ə-)rē\

Answer 28

D. stubborn

E. believing that rules are only for other people, he’s been refractory virtually his entire life

Question 29

refulgent

Answer 29

D. shining

E. the refulgence of a full moon on a clear autumn night

Question 30

refutation

\ˌre-fyu̇-ˈtā-shən\

Answer 30

D. disproof

E. these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation

Question 31

regale

\ri-ˈgāl\

Answer 31

D. to entertain with a feast

E. regaled his grandchildren with stories of his time in Morocco

Question 32

regeneration

Answer 32

D. renewal; rebirth

E. The money will be used to regenerate the commercial heart of the town. / economic regeneration

Question 33

regime

\rā-ˈzhēm\

Answer 33

D. a method or system of government, especially one that has not been elected in a fair way; a method or system of organizing or managing something

E. an oppressive/brutal regime / Our tax regime is one of the most favourable in Europe.

Question 34

regressing

Answer 34

D. going backward

Question 35

reimburse

\ˌrē-əm-ˈbərs\

Answer 35

D. to pay back to someone

e. make sure you keep your receipts so we can reimburse you for your expenses

Question 36

reiterate

\rē-ˈi-tə-ˌrāt\

Answer 36

D. to repeat over and over

E. She avoided answering our questions directly, instead reiterating that the answers could be found in her book.

Question 37

rejuvenate

\ri-ˈjü-və-ˌnāt\

Answer 37

D. to make seem young again

E. Each candidate claims to have a plan to rejuvenate the sagging economy.

Question 38

relegate

Answer 38

D. to give somebody a lower or less important position, rank, etc. than before

E. She was then relegated to the role of assistant. / He relegated the incident to the back of his mind.

Question 39

relevant

Answer 39

D. closely connected with the subject you are discussing; having ideas that are valuable and useful to people in their lives and work

E. These comments are not directly relevant to this inquiry. / The ideas and observations expressed in the book are still relevant today.

Question 40

relinquish

\ri-ˈliŋ-kwish\

Answer 40

D. to give (sth) up

E. They had relinquished all hope that she was alive.

Question 41

relish

Answer 41

D. to enjoy

Question 42

remediable

Answer 42

D. that can be solved or cured

E. remediable problems/diseases

Question 43

reminisce

\ˌre-mə-ˈnis\

Answer 43

D. to remember

E. He reminisced with old buddies at his high school reunion. / She reminisced about her time in Europe.

Question 44

remiss

\ri-ˈmis\

Answer 44

D. careless in one’s duty

E. I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you how much I appreciated the lovely gift.

Question 45

remission

Answer 45

D. forgiveness: a period during which a serious illness improves for a time and the patient seems to get better; a reduction in the amount of time somebody spends in prison, especially because they have behaved well; an act of reducing or cancelling the amount of money that somebody has to pay

E. The patient has been in remission for the past six months. / She has been granted a remission of sentence. / New businesses may qualify for tax remission.

Question 46

regimen

\ˈre-jə-mən\

Answer 46

D. a system of diet and other physical care designed to aid health

E. a daily regimen of exercise