R-Word List

Question 1

Raiment

Answer 1

(N)-clothing; apparel; attire.

Question 2

Raison d’être

Answer 2

(N)-the most important reason or purpose for someone or something’s existence.

Question 3

Recalcitrance

Answer 3

(Adj)-resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.

Question 4

Reciprocity

Answer 4

(N)-a reciprocal state or relation.

Question 5

Reconnoiter

Answer 5

(V)-make a military observation of (a region).

Question 6

Referent

Answer 6

(N)-the object or event to which a term or symbol refers.

Question 7

Reliquary

Answer 7

(N)-a repository or receptacle for relics.

Question 8

Remunerate

Answer 8

(V)-pay (someone) for services rendered or work done.

Question 9

Renunciate

Answer 9

(N)-A person who renunciates or gives up something; especially a religious person who has renounced a secular way of life.

(V)-with object To renounce, give up (something).

Question 10

Reprobate

Answer 10

(N)-an unprincipled person (often used humorously or affectionately).

Question 11

Reprudiate

Answer 11

(V)-refuse to accept or be associated with.

Question 12

Revanchist

Answer 12

(Adj)-of or relating to a policy designed to recover lost territory or status

Question 13

Rigmarole

Answer 13

(N)-a lengthy and complicated procedure.

Question 14

Rhapsode

Answer 14

(N)-A person who recites epic poems, especially one of a group in ancient Greece whose profession it was to recite the Homeric poems.

Question 15

Rostrum

Answer 15

(N)-any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking.

Question 16

Rote

Answer 16

(N)-mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned.