one word 1000-1050 Flashcards
rhetoric
the art of elegant speech of writing
repose
a condition of rest and feeling calm
reciprocate
to give and receive mutually
retrace
To do the same which is done just before
recant
to disown ones belief
retinue
group of attendants and servants going with a person
reveille
a sound intended to wake up soldiers
ransom
money paid to get a person freed from captivity
repartee
quick,witty replies
refrain
resist doing something
rationalist
someone who emphasizes observable facts
rattle
to make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sound
remind
to cause to remember someone or something
reminisce
to talk or write about old times, past remembering etc
responsive
react quickly and positively
review
a formal assessment of something with the intention of instituting change if necessary
revel
take great pleasures
racism
discriminatory or abusive behavior towards member of an another race
renegade
one who forsakes religion
rebut
opposing arguments
rebel
one who takes up arms againts the government
samaritan
a person who helps a stranger in a helpless person in difficulty
scandal
talk that bring bad reputation to somebody
shrewd
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sinecure
a job that you are paid for even though it involves little or no work
savages
wild peoples belonging to an uncivilized, undeveloped tribe or group
surveyor
a person whose occupation is to survey lands or buildings
spinster
a woman who is not married, especially an older woman who is not likely to marry
stationer
a person who sells writing material
sculptor
a person who carves out figures
scaffold
a platform on which criminals are executed
submerged
put under the surface of water
spiritualism
relief that the only reality in the world is spirt
secularism
the belief that the religion must not be involved in the organization of society education etc
shrew
an ill tempered woman
surreptitious
one who done secretly
sever
to cut something into two pieces
severe
extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
stoicism
indifferent to pleasure or pain
secular
a government in which all religion honoured
sporadic
occurring at irregular interval of time
sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines
stale
a thing or food which is not good
somniloquist
one who talks while sleeping
somnambulist
one who walks while sleeping
stickler
a person who insist something
sterilize
to free anything from germs , make free from bacteria
sterile
incapable of reproducing, deficient in originally or creatively
scullery
a place of washing dishes adjoining the kitchen
stub
short remaining end of cigarette