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Question 1

Ramify

Answer 1

v. to split into two or more branches

Cars ramified throughout the world in the twentieth century.

Question 2

Rash

Answer 2

adj. without attention to danger or risk

Her rash decision to pass the car nearly resulted in a crash.

Question 3

Raw

Answer 3

adj. unrefined
adj. not processed; uncooked (as in food)

He’s got raw talent as a singer, but he needs to work on his performance skills.
In some countries, such as Japan, it is normal to eat raw fish.

Question 4

Readily

Answer 4

adv. right away and without difficulty

Water was readily available at different points in the race.

Question 5

Reconsideration

Answer 5

n. thinking again about a previously made choice

The judges’ reconsideration of her performance resulted in her victory.

Question 6

Reform

Answer 6

n. a change for the better; improvement
v. to improve via change

The reform made it so that only those 18 and older can legally drive.
The government reformed its vague policies on marijuana use.

Question 7

Refute

Answer 7

v. to prove to be untrue, unfounded, or incorrect

The student refuted the professor’s claim in class.

Question 8

Reinforce

Answer 8

v. to strengthen or add support to

We can use these pipes to reinforce the structure.

Question 9

Reluctantly

Answer 9

adv. somewhat unwillingly

Max reluctantly agreed to see the horror movie with his friends.

Question 10

Renounce

Answer 10

v. to give up (usu. power or a position)
v. to cast off

Our CEO renounced her position yesterday.
He renounced his friend after he caught her stealing money from him.

Question 11

Reproach

Answer 11

v. to criticize

The mother reproached her daughter’s school for making students come in during a blizzard.

Question 12

Repudiate

Answer 12

v. to refuse to recognize as true
v. to cast off

The father repudiated his son’s marriage.
She repudiated her son once she found out he’d married someone without telling her.

Question 13

Retention

Answer 13

n. the act of keeping something

Water retention can make you weigh more on certain days.

Question 14

Rapidity

Answer 14

noun: rapidity
the quality of moving or reacting with great speed.
“the fish sank into the sand with such rapidity that it must be seen to be believed”

the fact of happening at a great rate; swiftness.
“technology spreads with extraordinary rapidity”

Question 15

Redundancy

Answer 15

noun: redundancy
the state of being not or no longer needed or useful.
“the redundancy of 19th-century heavy plant machinery”

ENGINEERING
the inclusion of extra components which are not strictly necessary to functioning, in case of failure in other components.
“a high degree of redundancy is built into the machinery installation”

Question 16

Reservoir

Answer 16

noun
1.a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
“the more water we use, the more land has to be flooded for reservoirs”

a supply or source of something.
“Scotland has always had a fine reservoir of comic talent”

Question 17

Reckon

Answer 17

-to think or believe:
I reckon it’s going to rain.
How much do you reckon (that) it’s going to cost?
“Can you fix my car today?” “I reckon not/so (= probably not/probably).”

-to consider or have the opinion that something is as stated:
I don’t reckon much to (US of) their chances of winning (= I do not think they will win).
She was widely reckoned (to be) the best actress of her generation.

-to calculate an amount:
Angela quickly reckoned the amount on her fingers.
The inflation rate is now reckoned to be 10 percent.

Question 18

Replete

Answer 18

adjective: replete
-filled or well-supplied with something.
“sensational popular fiction, replete with adultery and sudden death”

-very full of or sated by food.
“I went out into the sun-drenched streets again, replete and relaxed”