R Flashcards
Ramification
- A ramification is an accidental consequence that complicates things. Remember that time you borrowed your father’s car without asking? The ramification was that Dad missed an important meeting, his company went under, and he had to sell the car. Oops!
- The act of branching out
Raconteur
A gifted storyteller
Rancor
A deep bitterness and hatred
Rapport
If you have rapport with someone, you two communicate with trust and sympathy.
Ra POOR
Rarefied
RARE uh fied
1. Super elite, above ordinary. The rarefied conversation of brilliant scholars.
- High elevation low oxygen air. The rarefied air
Ravage
N/V
Destruction, destroy
Rebuke
N/V
Verbal browbeating
To do that
Recalcitrant
Stubbornly resistant to authority
Just downright intractable.
Recant
To take back
Recidivism
Relapse into old behavior
Most commonly used for criminal behavior.
Reciprocate
Respond by mirroring a statement or situation.
Recluse
N
One who lives alone
Recondite
Difficult for the common man to understand
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reconnaissance
ri KAN eh sehns
Check out before taking action
do reconnaissance on a new employee
Recrimination
a recrimination, an accusation or insult that’s hurled back at someone.