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
