| Question |
Answer |
| reverberate |
echo repeatedly; resound; Ex. The thunder reverberated across the valley. |
| reverend |
deserving reverence; N: priest |
| reverent |
respectful; worshipful; V. revere: regard with reverence; N. reverence: profound respect |
| reverie |
daydream; abstracted musing |
| revert |
relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion |
| revile |
attack with abusive language; vilify(slander) |
| revoke |
cancel; retract; CF. irrevocable |
| revulsion |
sudden strong feeling of disgust; sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction; Ex. revulsion from the scenes of torture |
| rhapsodize |
speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner; Ex. rhapsodize over the beauty of the scenery |
| rhapsody |
excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling; musical composition of irregular form (as if made up as one plays it) |
| rhetoric |
art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as |
| ribald |
marked by vulgar lewd humor; wanton; profane; N. ribaldry: ribald language or joke |
| rickety |
(of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D |
| riddle |
pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone) |
| rider |
amendment or clause added to a legislative bill |
| rife |
(of something bad) widespread; abundant; current |
| rift |
narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation |
| rig |
arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship's sails |
| righteous |
morally upright; just |
| rightful |
legally correct; Ex. rightful owner |
| rigid |
hard and unbending; stiff and unyielding; fixed in behavior or views; strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule |
| rigor |
severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter |
| rile |
irritate; vex; muddy |
| rip |
tear or be torn quickly and violently; Ex. The sail ripped under the force of the wind; N. |
| rivet |
metal pin used for fastening metal plates together; V: fasten with a rivet; engross |
| riveting |
holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing |
| rivulet |
small stream; CF. rill < rivulet < river |
| robust |
strong; vigorous |
| rococo |
ornate; highly decorated; N. CF. 18th century |
| roil |
make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; disturb |
| rolling |
(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| romp |
play or frolic boisterously; gambol; N. |
| rooster |
cock; adult male chicken |
| roseate |
rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views |
| roster |
list (of names) |
| rostrum |
raised platform for speech-making; pulpit |
| rote |
repetition; memorization through repetition without understanding; Ex. learn poetry by rote |
| rotund |
(of a person) fat and round |
| rotunda |
circular building or hall covered with a dome |
| rotundity |
roundness; sonorousness of speech |
| rou\'e |
lecherous man |
| rousing |
lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V. rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or depression; excite; stir up |
| rout |
put to rout; stampede; drive out; N: complete defeat and disorderly retreat |
| rubble |
fragments (esp. from a destroyed building) |
| rubric |
title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol |
| ruddy |
reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking |
| rudimentary |
elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language |
| rue |
regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue the day; N. ADJ. rueful |
| ruffian |
violent scoundrel; bully |
| rumble |
make or move with a deep rolling sound (as thunder or stomach) |
| ruminant |
animal that ruminates; ADJ. |
| ruminate |
chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically); mull over(ponder) |
| rummage |
ransack; thoroughly search |
| run-down |
(of a place) dilapidated; in a bad condition; (of a person) weak or exhausted |
| runic |
mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm |
| ruse |
trick to deceive; stratagem |
| rustic |
pertaining to country people; unsophisticated; simple; crude; uncouth; (of furniture) rough with the bark left on; N. rural person; rustic person |
| rusticate |
banish to the country; dwell in the country |
| rustle |
make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together |
| ruthless |
pitiless; merciless; cruel |
| saboteur |
one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property; N. sabotage: destruction of property (usually carried out secretly) |
| saccharine |
cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin |
| sacrilegious |
desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration, misuse, or theft of something sacred |
| sacrosanct |
invioably sacred; most sacred; inviolable |
| sadistic |
inclined to cruelty; N. sadism: delight in cruelty |
| saga |
Scandinavian myth; any legend; long heroic narrative |
| sagacious |
wise; perceptive; shrewd; having insight; N. sagacity |
| sage |
person celebrated for wisdom; wise person; ADJ: wise |
| salacious |
lascivious; lustful; Ex. salacious monk |
| salient |
prominent; projecting beyond a line; conspicuous; Ex. salient features |
| saline |
salty |
| sallow |
(of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex. sallow complexion due to jaundice |
| salubrious |
healthful; conducive to health or well-being; socially desirable; Ex. salubrious area; CF. health |
| salutary |
tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; Ex. The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy; CF. health |
| salvage |
rescue (goods or property) from loss; N: saving; property saved |
| sanctimonious |
displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness; N. sanctimony: hypocritical piety |
| sanction |
approve; ratify; N: permission; penalty intended to enforce compliance |
| sanctuary |
place of refuge; shelter; shrine; holy place; Ex. The outlaw was granted sanctuary in the church. |
| sanguinary |
bloody; with much bloodshed |
| sanguine |
optimistic; cheerful; hopeful; of the color of blood; red |
| sap |
diminish; weaken; undermine the foundations of (a fortification); Ex. The element kryptonite sapped his strength. |
| sarcasm |
cutting ironic remark; scornful remarks; stinging rebuke; ADJ. sarcastic |
| sardonic |
scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; Ex. sardonic smile |
| sartorial |
pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor |
| sate |
satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| satellite |
small body revolving around a larger one |
| satiate |
satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger); sate; N. satiety: condition of being satiated |
| satire |
form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly |
| satirical |
using satire; mocking |
| saturate |
soak thoroughly; imbue; impregnate; charge; fill to capacity |
| saturnine |
morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance. |
| satyr |
half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning; lecher; CF. faun; CF. goat: lecherous man |
| saunter |
stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly; N. |
| savant |
scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know |
| savor |
enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality; N: taste or smell; distinctive quality |
| savory |
pleasant in taste; tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable; Ex. savory reputation |
| scabbard |
case for a sword blade; sheath |
| scad |
a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes |
| scaffold |
temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground); bracing framework; platform for execution |
| scale |
climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones |
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