Chapter 24

Question 1

repeal

Answer 1

revoke or annul (a law or congressional act): the legislation was repealed five months later.

Question 2

repent

Answer 2

feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one’s wrongdoing or sin

Question 3

replete

Answer 3

filled or well-supplied with something:

Question 4

repopulate

Answer 4

introduce a population into (a previously occupied area or country): the area was repopulated largely by Russians.

Question 5

repose

Answer 5

composure; tranquility

Question 6

repress

Answer 6

suppress

Question 7

reproach

Answer 7

rebuke

Question 8

reprove

Answer 8

reprimand or censure (someone): he was reproved for obscenity | [with direct speech] : “Don’t be childish, Hilary,” he reproved mildly.

Question 9

requite

Answer 9

make appropriate return for (a favor, service, or wrongdoing): they are quick to requite a kindness.

Question 10

resent

Answer 10

feel bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person): she resented the fact that I had children.

Question 11

resigned

Answer 11

having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about: my response is a resigned shrug of the shoulders.

Question 12

resilient

Answer 12

(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.

Question 13

resouding

Answer 13

1 unmistakable; emphatic: the evening was a resounding success.
2 (of a sound) loud enough to reverberate: a resounding smack across the face.

Question 14

respite

Answer 14

1. postpone
2. 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.

Question 15

resplendence

Answer 15

attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous: she was resplendent in a sea-green dress.

Question 16

resurrect

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

reticent

Answer 17

not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily: she was extremely reticent about her personal affairs.

Question 18

readily

Answer 18

without hesitation; easily

Question 19

retract

Answer 19

draw back

Question 20

retrieve

Answer 20

get or bring (something) back; regain possession of: I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden | Steven stooped and retrieved his hat.

Question 21

revel

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

riddled

Answer 22

fill or permeate (someone or something), especially with something unpleasant or undesirable: the existing law is riddled with loopholes.

Question 23

rife

Answer 23

(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.

Question 24

righteous

Answer 24

(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.

Question 25

rile

Answer 25

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.

Question 26

roam

Answer 26

move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area: tigers once roamed over most of Asia.

Question 27

roil

Answer 27

[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.

Question 28

rote

Answer 28

mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned: a poem learned by rote in childhood.

Question 29

rout

Answer 29

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.

Question 30

rove

Answer 30

travel constantly without a fixed destination; wander

Question 31

rue

Answer 31

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.