Day 24 Flashcards
quibble
Make trivial arguments or criticisms, find
faults in a petty way, esp. to evade something
more important
don’t quibble over who gets to sit in front
quiescent
Quiet, still
After huge protests, which included the front pages of normally quiescent newspapers, at his obvious framing, the authorities released him.
quixotic
Extremely impractical but very romantic,
chivalrous, or idealistic; impulsive
They had quixotic dreams about the future.
raconteur
Witty storyteller
Light skinned with reddish hair, Mr. Franklin was a raconteur who relished being the center of attention.
ranks
Personnel; a group of people considered all
together
rarefied
Lofty, very high up or elevated (in a
metaphorical way); exclusive, select; thin,
pure, or less dense (as air at the top of a
mountain)
The rarefied group included owners of sports teams, the aerospace giant Boeing and some of the nation’s leading investors.
reap
Harvest, such as by cutting; gather; get as a
result of one’s effort
He reaped large profits from his investments.
recapitulate
Summarize, repeat in a concise way
He is best when commenting on the words of others; he is worst when attempting to recapitulate the history of sports or boxing.
recrudescent
Revival, breaking out into renewed activity
redound
To have a good or bad effect, esp. as a result
of a person’s efforts or actions (usually used
with to, on, or upon)
new power alignments which may or may not redound to the faculty’s benefit
refulgent
Shining, radiant
rejoinder
Response or reply, esp. a witty comeback
he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything
relegate
Send or commit to an inferior place, rank,
condition, etc.; exile, banish; assign (a task)
to someone else
rend
Tear violently, esp. to tear one’s clothing or
hair out of grief; pull apart, split, or tear away
WREST
mourners rending their clothes in grief
render
Give, submit, surrender; translate; declare
formally; cause to become
repast
A meal (noun); to eat or feast (verb)
Maybe your children are joining the night’s repast.
repertorial
Pertaining to a repertory or repertoire, a stock
of available things or a number of theatrical
performances presented regularly or in
sequence
She acted in repertory for many years.
repose
The act or state of resting; peacefulness,
tranquility; lying dead in a grave
enjoyed the repose of a serene summer evening
reprobate
Disreputable, unprincipled, or damned
person (noun); shameless, depraved (adj)
a reprobate judge who could be bribed, and often with astonishing ease
requite
Reciprocate, repay, or revenge
the future writer would later requite the abuse he suffered at the hands of his classmates by creating scathing portraits of them in his novels
repudiate
Reject, cast off, deny that something has
authority
She says she has evidence which repudiates the allegations.
