Words 3800 - 4000 Flashcards
rapacious
adjective
Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods.
rapine
noun
The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.
raptorial
adjective
Seizing and devouring living prey.
raucous
adjective
Harsh.
ravage
verb
To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring or other destructive methods.
ravenous
adjective
Furiously voracious or hungry.
readjust
verb
To but in order after disarrangement.
rebuff
noun
A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches.
recant
verb
To withdraw formally one’s belief (in something previously believed or maintained).
receivable
adjective
Capable of being or fit to be received - often money.
recessive
adjective
Having a tendency to go back.
recidivist
noun
A confirmed criminal.
recognizance
noun
An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.
recoil
verb
To start back as in dismay, loathing or dread.
reconnoiter
verb
To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying or geological purposes.
recourse
noun
Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble.
recreant
noun
A cowardly or faithless person.
recreate
verb
To refresh after labour.
recrudescence
noun
The state of becoming raw or sore again.
rectitude
noun
The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.
redemption
noun
The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged by paying the debt.
redolent
adjective
Smelling sweet and agreeable.
redoubtable
adjective
Formidable.
redound
noun
Rebound.
redress
verb
To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer.
referable
adjective
Ascribable.
regale
verb
To give unusual pleasure.
regalia
noun (plural)
The emblems of royalty.
regality
noun
Royalty.
regent
noun
One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler.
regicide
noun
The killing of a ling or sovereign.
regimen
noun
A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits.
regiment
noun
A body of soldiers.
regnant
adjective
Exercising royal authority in one’s own right.
rein
noun
A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal.
reliquary
noun
A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept.
remiss
adjective
Negligent.
remission
noun
Temporary diminution of a disease.
remonstrance
noun
Reproof.
remonstrant
adjective
Having the character of a reproof.
Remonstrate
verb
To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong.
Renaissance
noun
The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time.
renunciation
noun
An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege.
repartee
noun
A ready, witty or apt reply.
repertory
non
A place where things are stored or gathered together.
repine
verb
To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding.
repository
noun
A place in which goods are stored.
reprehend
verb
To find fault with.
reprehensible
adjective
Censurable.
reprehension
noun
Expression of blame.
reprobate
noun
One abandoned to depravity and sin.
reproof
noun
An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured.
repudiate
verb
To refuse to have anything to do with,
repugnance
noun
Thorough dislike.
repute
verb
To hold in general opinion.
requiem
noun
A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead.
requital
noun
Adequate return for good or ill.
requite
verb
To repay either good or evil to, as to a person.
rescind
verb
To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority.
resistless
adjective
Powerless.
resonance
noun
The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.
resplendent
adjective
Very bright.
restitution
noun
Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs.
resumption
noun
The act of taking back, or taking again.
retch
verb
To make an effort to vomit.
reticence
noun
The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.
retinue
noun
The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.
retrench
verb
To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity.
retrograde
verb
To cause to deteriorate or to move backward.
