R Flashcards
Ranks
(n) personnel; a group of people considered all together
reap
(v) harvest, such as by cutting; get as a result of one’s effort
recluse
(n) person who lives in seclusion
relegate
(v) send or commit to an inferior place, rank, condition; exile, banish; assign a task to someone
render
(v) give, submit, surrender; translate; declare formally; cause to become
replete
(adj) supplied in abundance, filled, gorged
reproach
(n, v) blame, disgrace (noun); criticize express disappointment in
repudiate
(v) reject, cast off, deny that something has authortiy
requite
(v) reciprocate, repay, or revenge
restive
(adj) impatient or uneasy under the control of another; resisting being controlled
reticent
(adj) not talking much; private (of a person), reserved
retrospective
(adj, n) looking to the past or backward; applying to the past (adj); an art exhibit of an artist’s work over a long period of time (n)
Reverent
(adj) feeling or expressing very deep respect and awe
Rhetoric
(n) the art or study of persuasion through speaking or writing; language that is elaborate or pretentious but actually empty, meaning little
Rife
(adj) happening frequently, abundant, currently being reported