Quiz 71

Question 1

Ramification

Answer 1

Ramification ( ram uh Fu KAY shun ) n a consequence; a branching out

Question 2

Rancor

Answer 2

Rancor ( RANG kur )n bitter, long-lasting ill will or resentment
• the mutual rancor felt by the two nations eventually led to war

Question 3

Rapacious

Answer 3

Rapacious ( ruh PAY shus ) adj greedy; plundering; avaricious
•wall street investors are often accused of bring rapacious
N form is rapacity

Question 4

Rebuked

Answer 4

Rebuke ( ri BYOOK) v to criticize sharply

•we trembled as mr. Solomon rebuked us for flipping over his car . . .

Question 5

Rebut

Answer 5

Rebut ( ri BUT) v to contradict; to argue in opposition to; to prove to be false.
•they all thought I wad crazy but none of them could rebut my argument

Question 6

Recalcitrant

Answer 6

Recalcitrant ( ri KAL suh trunt ) adj stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient
• the recalcitrant cancer continued to soread through the patients body despite therapy.
•. . . recalcitrant dictator . . .

Question 7

Recant

Answer 7

Recant ( ri KANT) v to publicly take back and deny ( something previously said or believed) to openly confess error.
• the chagrined scientist recanted hi theory that mice originated on the moon.
V recantation

Question 8

Reciprocal

Answer 8

Reciprocal ( ri SIP ruh kul) adj mutual; shared; interchangeable
• the Rochester club had a reciprocal arrangement with the blah club. Members of either could have full privileges of the other
•their hatred was reciprocal

Question 9

Reclusive

Answer 9

Reclusive ( ri KLOOS iv) adj hermitlike; withdrawn from society
• the crazy millionaire led a reclusive existence
Bruce Wayne became a recluse after Rachel died.

Question 10

Recondite

Answer 10

Recondite (REK un dyte) adj hard to understand; over one’s head
•the philosophers theory was so recondite I couldn’t get past the first two sentences