Initial R

• rack: framework for holding objects
• racket: thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched; broad wooden shoe or pattern for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground
• radar: measuring instrument to detect distant objects by microwave radiant: brilliant; delighted
• radiate: spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
• radiation: very small particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
• radical: drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
• radius: right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery
• rage: something that is desired intensely; state of extreme anger
• raid: search without warning; surprise attack by a small armed force
• rail: scold; express objections or criticisms in bitter, harsh, or abusive language
• rainbow: arc of colored light in sky caused by refraction of the sun’s rays by rain
• rally: call up or summon; call together for a common purpose
• ramble: wander aimlessly; move about aimlessly; walk about casually or for pleasure
• ranch: farm consisting of a large tract of land
• random: without definite purpose, plan, or aim; having no specific pattern
• range: limits within which something can be effective; variety of different things or activities
• rank: hold a particular position in a social hierarchy; form or stand in a row or rows
• rapture: seizing by violence; hurrying along; rapidity with violence; state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one’s self by agreeable excitement
• rare: scarce; infrequently occurring; uncommon
• rarely: not often; in an unusual degree; exceptionally
• rat: any of various long tailed rodents, similar to but larger than mouse
• ratify: approve formally; confirm; verify
• ratio: relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind; rate; proportion ration: allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
• rational: consistent with; based on; using reason
• rattle: a rapid series of short loud sounds; loosely connected horny sections
• ravage: bring heavy destruction on; devastate
• raw: in the natural unprocessed condition; cruel and unfair; uncooked; untrained and inexperienced ray: one of a number of lines diverging from a point; a line of light or heat proceeding from a point razor: sharp-edged cutting instrument used especially for shaving the face or other body parts
• react: act against or in opposition to; show a response or a reaction
• reactionary: opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
• readily: easily; quickly; in a prompt, timely manner; promptly
• realization: fulfillment; awareness; coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
• realm: kingdom; domain ruled by a king or queen
• reap: gain; harvest a crop from; get or derive; obtain as a result of effort
• rear: side of an object that is opposite its front; hind part; point or area farthest from the front
• reasonable: showing reason or sound judgment; capable of reasoning; rational; being within bounds of common sense
• reassure: give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain
• rebel: one who takes part in an armed group against the constituted authority; revolt;
• rebellion: organized opposition to authority
• rebuke: scold harshly; criticize severely
• recall: remember; call back; cause to be returned
• recede: move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
• receipt: act of receiving; acknowledgment of goods delivered or money paid
• reception: act of receiving; manner in which something is greeted
• receptionist: secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
• recession: withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
• recipe: medical prescription; a set of directions for making or preparing something, especially food recipient: receiver; one that receives or is receptive
• reciprocal: concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
• recite: repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory; rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor
• reckless: headstrong; rash; indifferent to or disregardful of consequences
• reckon: compute; take account of; have faith or confidence in
• reclaim: bring into or return to a suitable condition for use; claim back; make useful again recognition: acceptance ; appreciation; approval
• recognize: perceive the identity of; consent or admit with a formal acknowledgment; show appreciation of
• recollection: memory; remembrance; power of recalling ideas to the mind
• recommend: suggest; bestow commendation on; represent favorably
• recommendation: making attractive or acceptable; pushing for something
• recompense: render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
• reconcile: correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel; become compatible or consistent
• reconnaissance: gain information about enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
• recourse: one that is turned or applied to for aid or security; resort for help or protection; access or admittance
• recover: get or find back; regain a former condition
• recreation: amusement; entertainment
• recruit: enlist; register formally as a participant; engage for military service
• rectangle: a parallelogram with four right angles
• rectify: set right; correct by calculation or adjustment
• recur: reappear; happen or occur again
• recurrence: act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return
• redeem: purchase back; regain possession of by payment; ransom or rescue from captivity; pay penalty; make amends for
• reed: tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems
• reef: chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water
• reel: frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on axis, on which threads or lines are wound
• referee: someone to investigate and report on a case or to ensure fair play
• reference: act of referring or consulting; remark that calls attention to something or someone
• refine: purify; make more precise; improve
• refined: cultured; purified; made pure
• refinement: result of improving something; process of removing impurities
• reflect: throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
• reflection: image of something as reflected by mirror; remark expressing careful consideration refrain: abstain from; resist; hold oneself back
• refreshment: activity that refreshes and recreates; snacks and drinks served as a light meal
• refrigerator: machines in which food can be stored at low temperatures
• refugee: one who flees to shelter, or place of safety
• refund: repayment of fund; an amount repaid
• refusal: act of refusing; denial of anything demanded
• refute: disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
• regarding: with respect to; by concerning
• regardless: without consideration; in spite of everything; anyway
• regime: form of government; government in power; administration; prevailing social system or pattern regiment: government; mode of ruling; rule; authority
• region: province; district; tract; neighborhood; the upper air; sky or heavens; inhabitants of a district
• register: give outward signs of; express; record in writing; enroll as a student
• regulate: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
• regulation: act of controlling or directing according to rule; prescribed by or according to rule rehearsal: act of rehearsing; exercise or practice to prepare for a public performance
• rehearse: practice; drill; engage in preparation for a public performance
• reign: sovereignty; rule; dominance or widespread influence
• reimburse: pay back for some expense incurred
• rein: strap or rope attached to the bridle or bit, used to control a horse or other animal; instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing
• reinforce: give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
• reiterate: say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
• reject: turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
• rejection: act of rejecting something
• rejoice: feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
• relax: make less severe or strict; become less tense
• relaxation: state of refreshing tranquility; act of making less strict
• relay: act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another
• release: give off; liberate; grant freedom to; make something available
• relevant: pertinent; having connection with matter at hand
• reliability: trait of being dependable or reliable
• reliable: worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
• reliance: dependence; certainty based on past experience
• relief: easing of burden or distress, such as pain or anxiety; release from post or duty; pleasant or amusing change
• relieve: free from a burden; alleviate; save from ruin
• religion: belief in supernatural power regarded as creator and governor of the universe
• religious: of religion; concerned with religion; having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity
• relinquish: give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
• relish: take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
• reluctance: state of being reluctant; unwillingness; hesitancy in taking some action
• reluctant: not wanting to take some action; averse
• rely: rest with confidence; have confidence; depend
• remainder: remnant; something left after other parts have been taken away
• remains: all that is left after other parts have been taken away, used up, or destroyed; corpse; ancient ruins or fossils
• remark: expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed
• remarkable: worthy of notice; extraordinary
• remedy: a medicine or therapy; ; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
• remind: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
• reminiscence: recollection; process of remembering
• remit: send back; give up; surrender; resign; restore; transmit or send, especially as money in payment of a demand
• remittance: transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
• remnant: remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
• remove: move away from the position occupied; cause to change place; take away
• renaissance: revival; renewal; revival of learning and culture
• render: deliver; give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
• renew: renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
• renewable: capable of being renewed or extended
• renewal: act of renewing; filling again by supplying what has been used up
• rent: payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract
• rental: amount paid or collected as rent; act of renting
• repeal: revoke or annul, especially by official or formal act
• repel: force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
• repent: cause to feel remorse or regret; feel regret or self-reproach for
• repetition: act of doing or performing again
• replace: substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
• replacement: act of replacing; substitution; person or thing that takes the place of another
• replenish: fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
• represent: stand for; describe or present; play a role or part
• representation: act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf
• representative: one that represents anything; that which exhibits a likeness or similitude; agent reproach: express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
• reproduce: have offspring or young; duplicate; make a copy
• reproduction: act of making copies
• reptile: cold-blooded vertebrate including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles repudiate: disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
• reputable: having a good reputation; honorable
• reputation: state of being held in high esteem; general estimation in which a person is held by the public
• repute: ascribe a particular fact or characteristic to; consider; suppose
• request: express the need or desire for; ask for
• require: insist upon having; request and expect
• requisite: necessary requirement; indispensable item
• rescind: cancel; make void; repeal or annul
• rescue: free from harm or evil; take from legal custody by force
• research: inquire into; attempt to find out in scientific manner
• resemblance: likeness; similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
• resemble: be similar to; take after; look like
• resent: feel bitter; consider as injury or affront; be in angry
• resentment: indignation; deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
• reserve: lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression
• reservoir: tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; holding pond; lake used to store water for community use
• reside: dwell; live in a place permanently or for an extended period
• residence: official house; large house; act of dwelling in a place
• resident: one who resides in a place permanently or for an extended period; dweller
• residual: remaining as a residue; surplus
• resign: sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
• resignation: act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, or office; surrender
• resist: stand up or offer resistance; refuse to comply; withstand the force of something
• resistance: action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
• resistant: unaffected; incapable of being affected
• resolute: firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
• resolution: determination; resolving to do something; formal statement of a decision
• resolve: determination; formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
• resort: vacation spot; act of turning to for assistance
• resource: materials; abilities; available source
• respect: honor or esteem; admire; aspect; detail or point
• respective: individual; relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; respectful; regardful
• respectively: separately; individually; in the order given
• respond: show a reaction to something favorably or as hoped
• responsibility: duties; obligation; state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable responsible: accountable; held accountable
• restless: never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; eager for change; discontented
• restore: give or bring back; return to its original condition
• restrain: keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
• restraint: moderation or limitation; controlling force; loss of freedom; control of feelings
• restrict: keep or confine within limits
• restriction: act of keeping something within specified bounds; a principle that limits the extent of something
• restrictive: tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
• resume: give a summary; return to a previous location or condition
• retail: selling of goods to consumers
• retailer: company which sells goods
• retain: keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
• retire: move back and away from; stop performing one’s work or withdraw from one’s position retirement: period of your life after you have stopped work at a certain age
• retort: reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
• retreat: receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
• retroactive: extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions
• reveal: make known; disclose or show
• revenge: do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
• revenue: money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
• reverence: profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; disposition to revere; act of revering
• reverse: overturn; turn inside out or upside down; turning in the opposite direction
• revert: return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
• review: summary of a longer discussion; formal examination; practice to refresh memory
• revise: amend; change
• revision: modification; correction; act of altering
• revival: bringing again into activity and prominence
• revive: restore from a depressed; renew
• revoke: void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
• revolt: organize opposition to authority; make revolution
• revolution: act of revolving; motion of body round a fixed point or line; rotation; total or radical change; fundamental change in political organization
• revolutionary: marked by new or introducing radical change
• revolve: turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
• reward: satisfying return or result; profit, return for performance of a desired behavior; positive reinforcement.
• rhythm: pattern; beat; recurring at regular intervals
• rib: one of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax
• ribbon: fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk; narrow strip of fine material used for trimming
• riddle: pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout
• ridge: long, narrow upper section or crest; chain of hills or mountains
• ridicule: words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter; make fun of
• ridiculous: completely lacking of wisdom or good sense
• rifle: shoulder firearm with a long barrel
• righteous: morally justified; equitable; free from wrong, guilt, or sin
• rigid: stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
• rigidity: stiffness; physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
• rigor: strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
• rigorous: full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
• rim: border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving
• rinse: cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
• riot: state of disorder involving group violence; rebellion
• rip: tear or be torn violently; criticize or abuse strongly and violently
• ripe: ready; fully developed; mature
• ripen: grow ripe; cause to ripen or develop fully
• ripple: form or display little undulations or waves on the surface, as disturbed water does
• rise: move from a lower position to a higher; mount up; move upward; reach a higher level
• risky: involving risk or danger; hazardous
• rival: compete; be equal to in quality or ability; match
• rivalry: competition; the act of competing as for profit or a prize
• roam: wander; ramble; stroll
• roar: bellow; rumble; make a loud noise
• roast: cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; subject to laughter or ridicule
• robe: outer garment; dress of rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; dress of state, rank, office
• robust: vigorous; full of health and strength; vigorous
• rod: stick; a long thin implement made of metal or wood
• role: normal activity of a person in particular social setting; part played by a performer
• roll: a list of names
• rooster: adult male chicken
• rot: become decomposed by a natural process; perish slowly; become corrupt
• rotary: turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
• rotate: plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
• rotation: revolution; act of rotating as if on an axis
• rough: not perfected; having or caused by an irregular surface
• roughly: approximately; more or less
• round: by moving in or forming a circle; from beginning to end; throughout; to a specific place or person
• roundabout: circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
• rouse: pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances
• route: way for travel or transportation
• routine: unvarying or habitual method of procedure; occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals
• royalty: being royal; quality of royal person; kingship; sovereignty; share of product, as a percentage paid to owner of copyright
• rub: move over the surface with pressure and friction; spread a substance thinly over
• ruin: fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
• ruinous: causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious
• rule: governing direction for a specific purpose; regulation; systematic method
• rural: country; relating to rural areas
• rust: become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid
• ruthless: pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; me