r Flashcards
rancid
(adj.) having a terrible taste or smell (Rob was double-dog-dared to eat the rancid egg salad sandwich.)
rancor
(n.) deep, bitter resentment (When Eileen challenged me to a fight, I could see the rancor in her eyes.)
rapport
(n.) mutual understanding and harmony (When Margaret met her paramour, they felt an instant rapport.)
raucous
(adj.) loud, boisterous (Sarah’s neighbors called the cops when her house party got too raucous.)
raze
(v.) to demolish, level (The old tenement house was razed to make room for the large chain store.)
rebuke
(v.) to scold, criticize (When the cops showed up at Sarah’s party, they rebuked her for disturbing the peace.)
recalcitrant
(adj.) defiant, unapologetic (Even when scolded, the recalcitrant young girl simply stomped her foot and refused to finish her lima beans.)
reclusive
(adj.) solitary, shunning society (Reclusive authors such as J.D. Salinger do not relish media attention and sometimes even enjoy holing up in remote cabins in
the woods.)
rectitude
(n.) uprightness, extreme morality (The priest’s rectitude gave him the moral authority to counsel his parishioners.)
redoubtable
- (adj.) formidable (The fortress looked redoubtable set against a stormy sky.) 2. (adj.) commanding respect (The audience greeted the redoubtable speaker with a standing ovation.)
refract
(v.) to distort, change (The light was refracted as it passed through the prism.)
refute
refute (v.) to prove wrong (Maria refuted the president’s argument as she yelled and gesticulated at the TV.)
relegate
- (v.) to assign to the proper place (At the astrology conference, Simon was relegated to the Scorpio room.) 2. (v.) to assign to an inferior place (After spilling a
drink on a customer’s shirt, the waiter found himself relegated to the least lucrative shift.)
remedial
(adj.) intended to repair gaps in students’ basic knowledge (After his teacher discovered he couldn’t read, Alex was forced to enroll in remedial English.)
remiss
(adj.) negligent, failing to take care (The burglar gained entrance because the security guard, remiss in his duties, forgot to lock the door.)