vocab 16

Question 1

rebuke (v.)

Answer 1

to criticize sharply

Question 2

recant (v.)

Answer 2

to withdraw a statement or belief formally and publicly

Question 3

recapitulate (v.)

Answer 3

to retell or restate briefly; summarize

Question 4

recoil (v.)

Answer 4

to (suddenly) shrink back physically or emotionally

Question 5

recondite (adj.)

Answer 5

difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend

Question 6

recreant (n.)

Answer 6

unfaithful to duty or allegiance; coward/traitor

Question 7

rectify (v.)

Answer 7

to set right

Question 8

redolent (adj.)

Answer 8

to reminisce; pleasant smell

Question 9

redundant (adj.)

Answer 9

exceeding what is necessary or normal

Question 10

regale (v.)

Answer 10

to give pleasure or amusement to

Question 11

regress (v.)

Answer 11

movement backward to a previous and especially worse or more primitive state or condition

Question 12

sacrosanct (adj.)

Answer 12

most sacred or important

Question 13

sadistic (adj.)

Answer 13

of, relating to, or characterized by sadism; delight in other’s pain or cruelty

Question 14

sagacious (adj.)

Answer 14

of keen judgement

Question 15

salacious (adj.)

Answer 15

lustful