R Flashcards
Ratify
To sign or give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement
Ravenous
Extremely hungry
Raze
To completely destroy
Recalcitrant
Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline
Reckless
(Of a person or their actions) without caring about the consequences of an action
Refute
To prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false
Reject
To dismiss as inadequate, inappropriate, or not to one’s taste
A person or thing dismissed as failing to meet standards or satisfy tastes
Reluctant
Unwilling and hesitant
Reminisce
To indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events
Remote
(Of a place) situated far from the main population, distant
Unlikely to occur
Rendezvous
A meeting at an agreed time and place
Renounce
To formally declare one’s abandonment of s claim, right, or possession
Renown
The condition of being know or talked about by many people, fame
Remonstrate
To complain or protest
Remuneration
Money paid for work or a service
Reparation
Repairing or keeping in repair
The act of making amends
The payment of damages
Replete
Filled or well-supplied with something
Replenish
To fill something up again
Replica
An exact copy or model of something
Reprehensible
Deserving condemnation
Repress
To suppress someone or something by force
Reprimand
To rebuke officially
Reproach
To address someone I. SY to express disapproval or disappointment
The expression of disapproval or disappointment
Repudiate
To refuse to accept or be associated with
To deny the truth or validity of
Repugnant
Distasteful, unacceptable
In conflict with, incompatible with
Reservations
The action of reserving something
Residual
Remaining after the greater part or quantity has gone
Resilience
The ability to recover quickly from difficulties, toughness
The ability of substance or object to spring back into shape, elasticity
Restore
To bring back, reinstate
Resume
To continue to do after a pause or interruption
Reticent
Not revealing one’s thoughts and feelings readily
Reveal
To make previously unknown or secret information known to others
To cause or allow something to be seen
Revere
To feel deep respect or admiration for something
Reverent
Feeling it showing deep and solemn respect
Robust
Strong and healthy, vigorous
Strong and rich in flavor or smell
Rouse
To bring out of sleep, awaken
To cause to become active
To cause to feel angry or excited
To stir a liquid
Routine
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
Rue
To bitterly regret something one has done or allowed to Halle
Repentance, regret
Compassion, pity
Ruminate
To contemplate, think deeply about something
To mull over
Ruse
To action intended to deceive someone, a trick
Rustic
Relating to the countryside (simplicity and charm)
Lacking urban sophistication
Constructed into or made in a plain and simple fashion
Ruthless
Having not showing no pity or compassion for others
