Chapter 24 Flashcards
repeal
revoke or annul (a law or congressional act): the legislation was repealed five months later.
repent
feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one’s wrongdoing or sin
replete
filled or well-supplied with something:
repopulate
introduce a population into (a previously occupied area or country): the area was repopulated largely by Russians.
repose
composure; tranquility
repress
suppress
reproach
rebuke
reprove
reprimand or censure (someone): he was reproved for obscenity | [with direct speech] : “Don’t be childish, Hilary,” he reproved mildly.
requite
make appropriate return for (a favor, service, or wrongdoing): they are quick to requite a kindness.
resent
feel bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person): she resented the fact that I had children.
resigned
having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about: my response is a resigned shrug of the shoulders.
resilient
(of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions: babies are generally far more resilient than new parents realize | the fish are resilient to most infections.
resouding
1 unmistakable; emphatic: the evening was a resounding success.
2 (of a sound) loud enough to reverberate: a resounding smack across the face.
respite
- postpone
- a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant: the refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering | [in singular] : a brief respite from a dire food shortage.
resplendence
attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous: she was resplendent in a sea-green dress.
resurrect
restore (a dead person) to life: he was dead, but he was resurrected.
• revive the practice, use, or memory of (something); bring new vigor to: the deal collapsed and has yet to be resurrected.
reticent
not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily: she was extremely reticent about her personal affairs.
readily
without hesitation; easily
retract
draw back
retrieve
get or bring (something) back; regain possession of: I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden | Steven stooped and retrieved his hat.
revel
enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing: they spent the evening reveling with their guests.
(revel in) get great pleasure from (a situation or experience): Bill said he was secretly reveling in his new-found fame.
riddled
fill or permeate (someone or something), especially with something unpleasant or undesirable: the existing law is riddled with loopholes.
rife
(especially of something undesirable or harmful) of common occurrence; widespread: male chauvinism was rife in medicine in those days.
• (rife with) full of: the streets were rife with rumor and fear.
righteous
(of a person or conduct) morally right or justifiable; virtuous: feelings of righteous indignation about pay and conditions | he is a good, righteous man, I am sure.
rile
irk; annoy; irritate
2. North American make (water) turbulent or muddy: he’d been drinking sweet, clear water from a well, and now that water had been muddied and riled.
roam
move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area: tigers once roamed over most of Asia.
roil
[with object] literary make (a liquid) turbid or muddy by disturbing the sediment: winds roil these waters.
• [no object] (of a liquid) move in a turbulent, swirling manner: the sea roiled below her | figurative : a kind of fear roiled in her.
2 [with object] US
make (someone) annoyed or irritated.
rote
mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned: a poem learned by rote in childhood.
rout
a disorderly retreat of defeated troops: the retreat degenerated into a rout.
• a decisive defeat: the party lost more than half their seats in the rout.
rove
travel constantly without a fixed destination; wander
rue
bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone: Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer | she might live to rue this impetuous decision.
