SAT- R Flashcards
Raconteur
witty, skillful storyteller
Radiant
glowing, beaming, emitting heat
Radical
marked departure from the norm
Rail
to scold with bitter or abusive language
Ramble
to roam, wander, to babble, digress
Rancor
bitter hatred
Rancorous
bitter, hateful
Rankle
to cause anger and irritation
Rapacious
taking by force, driven by greed
Rapt
deeply absorbed
Rarefy
to make rare, thin, or less dense
Rascal
playful, mischievous person, a scoundrel
Raspy
rough, grating
Ratify
to approve formally
Raucos
harsh sounding
Ravenous
wildly eager to eat
Raze
to tear down, demolish
Reactionary
marked by extreme conservatism, especially in politics
Reap
to obtain a return, often a harvest
Rebate
deduction in amount to be paid
Rebuff
to bluntly reject
Recalcitrant
resisting authority or control
Recall
cancel, revoke, take back
Recant
to retract a statement or opinion
Recapitulate
to review by a brief summary
Recidivism
a tendency to relapse into a previous behavior, especially criminal behavior
Reckless
careless, rash
Recoil
to pull back physically or emotionally
Reconciliation
the resolution of a dispute
Recondite
relating to obscure learning, known only to a few
Recrimination
counter accusation
Rectitude
moral uprightness
Redress
relief from wrong or injury
Redundancy
unnecessary repetition
Refinement
improvement, elegance
Refract
to deflect sound or light
Refracted
sharply bent
Refurbish
to renovate
Refute
to contradict, discredit
Regale
amuse
Regurgitate
rush, surge, or throw back
Rehash
bring forth again with no real change
Reiterate
to say or do again
Rejoinder
response
Relapse
regress