Word List 25 Flashcards
relegate
v. banish; consign to inferior position
remiss
adj. negligent
remonstrate
v. protest
remunerative
adj. compensating; rewarding
rend
v. split; tear apart
renegade
n. deserter; apostate
renunciation
n. giving up; renouncing
repartee
n. clever reply
repercussion
n. rebound; reverberation; reaction
replete
adj. filled to capacity; abundantly supplied
repository
n. storehouse
reprehensible
adj. deserving blame
reprieve
n. temporary stay
reprisal
n. retaliation
reprobation
n. severe disapproval
repudiate
v. disown; disavow
requisite
n. necessary requirement
rescind
v. cancel
rescission
n. abrogation; annulment
respite
n. delay in punishment; interval of relief; rest
resplendent
adj. brilliant; lustrous
restitution
n. reparation; indemnification
restive
adj. unmanageable; fretting under control
retentive
adj. holding; having a good memory
reticence
N. reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to be silent
retinue
n. following; attendants
retribution
n. vengeance; compensation; punishment for offences
retroactive
adj. of a law which dates back to a period before its enactment
retrograde
v. going backwards; degenerating
retrospective
adj. looking back on the past
reverie
n. daydream; musing
revile
v. slander; vilify
rhapsodise
v. to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
rheumy
adj. pertaining to a discharge from nose and eyes
ribald
ajd. wanton; profane
rife
adj. abundant; current
rime
n. white frost
risible
adj. inclined to laugh; ludicrous
roan
adj. brown mixed with gray or white
rococo
adj. ornate; highly decorated
roil
v. to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
roseate
adj. rosy; optimistic
rostrum
n. platform for speech-making; pulpit
