Deck 36

Question 1

ramification

Answer 1

a consequence; a branching out (ex. tree)

Question 2

rampant

Answer 2

widespread; uncontrollable; prevalent; raging

Question 3

rancor

Answer 3

bitter, long-lasting ill will or resentment

Question 4

rapacious

Answer 4

greedy; plundering; avaricious

Question 5

rapture

Answer 5

ecstasy; bliss; unequaled joy

Question 6

rarefied

Answer 6

esoteric; interesting to a select few; thin (air)

Question 7

ratify

Answer 7

to confirm; to approve something formally

Question 8

ratiocination

Answer 8

logical reasoning

Question 9

rationale

Answer 9

underlying reason; basis; reasoning

Question 10

reactionary

Answer 10

ultraconservative; right-wing; backward-thinking

Question 11

rebuff

Answer 11

to snub; to reject

Question 12

rebuke

Answer 12

to criticize sharply

Question 13

recalcitrant

Answer 13

stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient

Question 14

recant

Answer 14

to publicly take back and deny (something) previously said or believed); to openly confess error

Question 15

recidicism

Answer 15

the act of repeating an offense

Question 16

reclaim

Answer 16

to make uncultivated areas of land fit for cultivation; to recover usable substances from reuse; to demand the restoration of

Question 17

recondite

Answer 17

hard to understand; over one’s head

Question 18

recrimination

Answer 18

a bitter counter-accusation or the act of making bitter counter-accusation

Question 19

redeem

Answer 19

to buy back; to fulfill; to make up for; to rescue from sin

Question 20

redolent

Answer 20

fragrant

Question 21

redress

Answer 21

to remedy; to make amends for

Question 22

referendum

Answer 22

a public vote on a measure proposed or passed by a legislature

Question 23

refractory

Answer 23

disobedient and hard to manage; resisting treatment

Question 24

regimen

Answer 24

a regulated course (from a doctor or at schools)

Question 25

relegate

Answer 25

to banish; to send away