R Flashcards

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Ratify

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To sign or give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement

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Ravenous

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Extremely hungry

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3
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Raze

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To completely destroy

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Recalcitrant

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Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline

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Reckless

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(Of a person or their actions) without caring about the consequences of an action

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Refute

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To prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false

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Reject

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To dismiss as inadequate, inappropriate, or not to one’s taste

A person or thing dismissed as failing to meet standards or satisfy tastes

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8
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Reluctant

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Unwilling and hesitant

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9
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Reminisce

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To indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events

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Remote

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(Of a place) situated far from the main population, distant

Unlikely to occur

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Rendezvous

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A meeting at an agreed time and place

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Renounce

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To formally declare one’s abandonment of s claim, right, or possession

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13
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Renown

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The condition of being know or talked about by many people, fame

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14
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Remonstrate

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To complain or protest

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15
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Remuneration

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Money paid for work or a service

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Reparation

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Repairing or keeping in repair

The act of making amends

The payment of damages

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17
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Replete

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Filled or well-supplied with something

18
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Replenish

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To fill something up again

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Replica

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An exact copy or model of something

20
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Reprehensible

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Deserving condemnation

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Repress

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To suppress someone or something by force

22
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Reprimand

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To rebuke officially

23
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Reproach

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To address someone I. SY to express disapproval or disappointment

The expression of disapproval or disappointment

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Repudiate

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To refuse to accept or be associated with

To deny the truth or validity of

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Repugnant

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Distasteful, unacceptable

In conflict with, incompatible with

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Reservations

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The action of reserving something

27
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Residual

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Remaining after the greater part or quantity has gone

28
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Resilience

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The ability to recover quickly from difficulties, toughness

The ability of substance or object to spring back into shape, elasticity

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Restore

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To bring back, reinstate

30
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Resume

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To continue to do after a pause or interruption

31
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Reticent

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Not revealing one’s thoughts and feelings readily

32
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Reveal

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To make previously unknown or secret information known to others

To cause or allow something to be seen

33
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Revere

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To feel deep respect or admiration for something

34
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Reverent

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Feeling it showing deep and solemn respect

35
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Robust

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Strong and healthy, vigorous

Strong and rich in flavor or smell

36
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Rouse

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To bring out of sleep, awaken

To cause to become active

To cause to feel angry or excited

To stir a liquid

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Routine

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A regularly followed sequence of actions

A performance’s set sequence

Performed as a part of a regular procedure

To organize as part of a routine

38
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Rue

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To bitterly regret something one has done or allowed to Halle

Repentance, regret

Compassion, pity

39
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Ruminate

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To contemplate, think deeply about something

To mull over

40
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Ruse

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To action intended to deceive someone, a trick

41
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Rustic

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Relating to the countryside (simplicity and charm)

Lacking urban sophistication

Constructed into or made in a plain and simple fashion

42
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Ruthless

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Having not showing no pity or compassion for others