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word list 41
rescind--sacrosanct
Question | Answer |
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rescind | cancel |
resentment | displeasure;bitterness |
resilient | elastic |
resolution;resolve | determination |
resplendent | dazzling;glorious;brilliant |
restitution | compensation;reparation;indemnification |
restive | restless impatient |
resurge | rise again;flow to & fro |
resuscitate | revive |
reticent | reserved;uncommunicative;inclined to silence |
retinue | following;attendants |
retiring | modest;shy |
retrench | cut down;economize |
retribution | vengenance;compensation |
retroactive | taking effect before its enactment or imposition |
retrospective | looking back on the past |
revelry | boisterous merrymaking |
reverberate | echo;resound |
reveirie | daydream;musing |
revile | attack with abusive language;vilify |
revulsion | sudden violent change of feeling;negative reaction |
rhapsodize | to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusaistic manner |
rhetoric | art of effective communication |
ribald | vulgar;wanton;profane |
riddle | pierce with holes;permeate or spread throughout |
rider | amendment or clause added to a legislative bill |
rife | abundant;current in speech or report;prevalent |
rig | fix;manipulate |
rigor | severity |
rile | vex;irritate;muddy |
riveting | absorbing;engrossing |
rivulet | small stream |
rococo | ornate;highly decorate |
roil | to make liquids murky by stirring the sediment;disturb |
roseate | rosy;optimistic |
roster | list |
rostrum | platform for speech making;pulpit |
rote | repetition |
rotunda/rotundity | circular building or hall;roundness |
rousing | lively;stirring |
rout | stampede;drive out |
rubble | fragments |
rubric | title/heading(in red print);protocol |
ruddy | reddish;healthy looking |
rue | regret;lament;mourn |
ruffian | bully;scoundrel |
rummage | ransack;thoroughly search |
runic | mysterious;set down in ancient alphabet |
ruse | trick;stratagem |
rustic | pertaining to country ppl;uncouth |
rusticate | banish to the country;dwell in the country |
saboteur | who commits sabotage;destroyer of property |
sacrilegious | profane;desecrating |
sacrosanct | most sacred;inviolable |