word smart list 71

Question 1

ramification

Answer 1

n. a consequence; a branching out

Question 2

rancor

Answer 2

n. bitter, long-lasting ill will or resentment

Question 3

rapacious

Answer 3

adj. greedy; plundering; avaricious

Question 4

rebuke

Answer 4

adj. to criticize sharply

Question 5

rebut

Answer 5

v. to contradict; to argue in opposition to; to prove to be false

Question 6

recalcitrant

Answer 6

adj. stubbornly defiant of authority or control;

disobedient

Question 7

recant

Answer 7

v. to publically take back and defy; to openly confess

error

Question 8

reciprocal

Answer 8

adj. mutual; shared; interchangeable

Question 9

reclusive

Answer 9

adj. hermitlike; withdrawn from society

Question 10

recondite

Answer 10

adj. hard to understand; over ones head