NSF nationals vocabulary 24 Flashcards
Requite
To repay or return for
Reproof
The act of expressing rebuke or censure
Resilient
To spring back or rebound from an illness or depression
Respondent
Someone who responds or replies, answering
Restitution
The act of restoring or recompensing for something lost
Resurgent
Rising again with new vigor or life
Retort
A vessel that is used for decomposing materials by heat, a witty reply
Retractile
Capable of being retracted or brought back
Retrench
To cut down of make a reduction
Retroactive
An event or process that has an effect on events that have occurred previously
Rhapsody
A epic poem for recitation
Revisionist
a person who re-examines
Riffraff
A group of people or class that is regarded as worthless, trash
Rile
To irritate or vex, make turbid by stirring
Riptide
A type of tide that opposes other tides creating a disturbance
Roster
A list of names
Rotund
Having a spherical shape, plump
Rubella
A contagious viral disease by fever
Ruddy
Having a reddish color
Rueful
Expressing or showing sorrow or pain
Rudimentary
Not fully developed, primitive, reddish
Ruminant
A hoofed animal that chews cud and has 3-4 stomachs
Ruminate
To chew cud, think deeply about something
Rune
A character from a ancient Greek alphabet
Russet
A reddish brown
Russophobe
A person who hates or fears Russians
Rut
A furrow, track or groove
Sabbatical
A leave taken every 7 years
Saccharine
Very sweet
Sacrilegious
The violation of anything religious
Sacrosanct
Extremely sacred
Sagacious
Skillful and wise
Sally
A clever or witty remark
Salutary
Promoting good health well-being
Sanctimonious
Hypocritically pious
Sanction
Authoritative permission for a action
Sanctum
A sacred or holy place
Sang-froid
Coolness under pressure
Sarong
A loose skirt worn in the southern pacific
