Chapter 23

Question 1

ramification

Answer 1

a consequence of an action or event, especially when complex or unwelcome

Question 2

ramshackle

Answer 2

(especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair: a ramshackle cottage.

Question 3

rancor

Answer 3

bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing: he spoke without rancor.

Question 4

rant

Answer 4

speak or shout at length in a wild, impassioned way: she was still ranting on about the unfairness of it all.

Question 5

rapacity

Answer 5

aggressive greed: the rapacity of landowners seeking greater profit from their property.

Question 6

ratify

Answer 6

sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid: both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year.

Question 7

ration

Answer 7

portion

Question 8

raucous

Answer 8

making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise: raucous youths.

Question 9

ravage

Answer 9

cause severe and extensive damage to: fears that a war could ravage their country.

Question 10

rave

Answer 10

speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm or admiration: New York’s theater critics raved about the acting.

Question 11

raven

Answer 11

[with object] devour voraciously: clusters of grapes, the which they raven’d quick.

Question 12

voracious

Answer 12

wanting or devouring great quantities of food: he had a voracious appetite.
• having a very eager approach to an activity: his voracious reading of literature.

Question 13

raze

Answer 13

annihilate

Question 14

rebate

Answer 14

discount

Question 15

recapitulate

Answer 15

summarize

Question 16

recast

Answer 16

1 give (a metal object) a different form by melting it down and reshaping it: in 1919, the bells were recast.
• present or organize in a different form or style: his doctoral thesis has been recast for the general reader.
2 allocate the parts in (a play or film) to different actors: there were moves to recast the play.

Question 17

recess

Answer 17

temporarily suspend

Question 18

rectitude

Answer 18

morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness: Maddie is a model of rectitude.

Question 19

redeem

Answer 19

compensate for the faults or bad aspects of (something): a disappointing debate redeemed only by an outstanding speech | (as adjective redeeming) : the splendid views are the one redeeming feature of the center.

Question 20

reducible

Answer 20

[predicative] (of a subject or problem) capable of being simplified in presentation or analysis: Shakespeare’s major soliloquies are not reducible to categories.

Question 21

reenact

Answer 21

1 act out (a past event): bombers were gathered together to re-enact the historic first air attack.
2 bring (a law) into effect again when the original statute has been repealed: section 3 of the Act re-enacted the form of strict liability formerly found in the Dogs Act.

Question 22

act out

Answer 22

perform a narrative as if it were a play; translate something into action: students were encouraged to act out the stories | were there any early indications that he was getting ready to act these fantasies out?

Question 23

refuge

Answer 23

a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble: he was forced to take refuge in the French embassy | I sought refuge in drink.
• something providing shelter: the family came to be seen as a refuge from a harsh world.

Question 24

refurbish

Answer 24

renovate and redecorate (something, especially a building): the premises have been completely refurbished in our corporate style.

Question 25

register

Answer 25

面部表情流露

Question 26

regress

Answer 26

return to a former state

Question 27

rehabilitate

Answer 27

restore

Question 28

reiterate

Answer 28

say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity

Question 29

rejoice

Answer 29

feel or show great joy or delight

Question 30

rejuvenate

Answer 30

give new energy or vigor to; revitalize:

Question 31

relapse

Answer 31

• (relapse into) return to (a less active or a worse state): he relapsed into silence.

Question 32

relay

Answer 32

receive and pass on (information or a message): she intended to relay everything she had learned.

Question 33

relegate

Answer 33

consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position: they aim to prevent women from being relegated to a secondary role.

Question 34

relentless

Answer 34

oppressively constant; incessant: the relentless heat of the desert.

Question 35

relocate

Answer 35

move to a new place and establish one’s home or business there

Question 36

remedial

Answer 36

giving or intended as a remedy or cure: remedial surgery.

Question 37

remediation

Answer 37

the action of remedying something, in particular of reversing or stopping environmental damage.

Question 38

rend

Answer 38

tear (something) into two or more pieces

Question 39

rendition

Answer 39

a performance or interpretation, especially of a dramatic role or piece of music: a wonderful rendition of “Nessun Dorma.”.

Question 40

renegade

Answer 40

a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles: an