Deck 37

Question 1

relinquish

Answer 1

to release or let go of; to surrender; to stop doing

Question 2

remission

Answer 2

the temporary or permanent disappearance of a disease; pardon

Question 3

remonstrate

Answer 3

to argue against; to protest; to raise objections

Question 4

remuneration

Answer 4

payment; recompense

Question 5

rend

Answer 5

to tear; to rip

Question 6

render

Answer 6

to make; to cause to be; to provide; to depict

Question 7

reparation

Answer 7

paying back; making amends; compensation

Question 8

repartee

Answer 8

a quick, witty reply; witty, spirited conversation full of quick, witty replies

Question 9

repose

Answer 9

rest; tranquility; relaxation

Question 10

reprehensible

Answer 10

worthy of severe blame or censure

Question 11

reprisal

Answer 11

a military action undertaken in revenge for another; an act of taking “an eye for an eye”

Question 12

reproach

Answer 12

to scold, usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace

Question 13

reprobate

Answer 13

a depraved, wicked person; a degenerate

Question 14

reprove

Answer 14

to criticize mildly

Question 15

repudiate

Answer 15

to reject; to renounce; to disown; to have nothing to do with

Question 16

repugnant

Answer 16

repulsive; offensive; disgusting

Question 17

requisite

Answer 17

required; necessary

Question 18

respite

Answer 18

a period of rest or relief

Question 19

resplendent

Answer 19

brilliantly shining; radiant; dazzling

Question 20

retrospect

Answer 20

looking backward; a review

Question 21

revel

Answer 21

to enjoy thoroughly; to take delight in; to carouse

Question 22

revere

Answer 22

to respect highly; to honor

Question 23

revile

Answer 23

to scold abusively; to berate; to denounce

Question 24

rhapsodize

Answer 24

to speak extremely enthusiastically; to gush

Question 25

rhetoric

Answer 25

the act of formal speaking or writing; inflated discourse