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GRE Lesson 37
100 word chunks of Barron's data
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| rancor | long-lasting hatred; bitterness; Ex. negotiation without rancor; ADJ. rancorous |
| random | without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard; Ex. random shots; Ex. chosen at random |
| rank | offensive in odor or flavor |
| rankle | irritate; fester; annoy |
| ransack | search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town. |
| rant | speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; Ex. The priest ranted about the devil. |
| rapacious | voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds |
| rapport | close relationship; emotional closeness; harmony |
| rapt | engrossed; absorbed; enchanted; Ex. rapt listener |
| rapture | great joy and delight; ecstasy; ADJ. rapturous |
| rare | (of air) thin in density; rarefied; Ex. rare air of the mountains |
| rarefied | made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction |
| rasp | (of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves); make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; rub with something rough; Ex. The cat's tongue rasped my hand. |
| raspy | making a harsh noise; grating; harsh |
| ratify | approve formally; confirm; verify |
| ratiocination | reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason logically |
| ration | fixed portion; V: distribute as rations |
| rational | (of a person) having reason; (of ideas) based on reason; logical |
| rationale | fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based); fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action |
| rationalize | make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable ones; N. rationalization |
| raucous | (of voice) harsh and unpleasant; (of people) disorderly and boisterous; Ex. raucous shouts |
| ravage | devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms |
| rave | overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic |
| ravel | fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist |
| ravenous | extremely hungry; voracious |
| ravine | narrow valley with steep sides; gorge; CF. gully, canyon |
| raze | destroy completely; Ex. raze the city to the ground |
| reactionary | strongly opposed to social or political change; opposing progress; politically ultraconservative; N. OP. radical |
| realm | kingdom; field or sphere; Ex. not within the realms of possibility |
| reaper | one who harvests grain; Ex. the Grim Reaper; V. reap: cut and gather (crop); harvest a crop |
| rebate | return of part of a payment; discount; V. |
| rebuff | reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N. |
| rebuke | scold harshly; criticize severely |
| rebus | representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''. |
| rebuttal | refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove |
| recalcitrant | disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child |
| recant | disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement |
| recapitulate | summarize |
| recast | reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.); fashion again |
| receptive | quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.); Ex. receptive to the proposal |
| recess | pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place; Ex. parliament in recess; V. CF. recessive |
| recession | withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity |
| recidivism | habitual return to crime (even after being punished); N. recidivist |
| recipient | receiver |
| reciprocal | mutual; given and received in return; exchangeable; interacting; Ex. reciprocal trade agreement |
| reciprocate | do or give something in return; repay in kind; give or take mutually; interchange; move |
| recital | act of reciting publicly; detailed account; performance of music or dance (by a solo performer) |
| recite | repeat aloud (something learned); describe; Ex. recite his complaints; N. recitation |
| reckon | count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose |
| recline | lie down |
| recluse | hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive |
| reconcile | make friendly again (after quarrel); make consistent (two ideas in opposition); correct inconsistencies; Ex. reconcile one's political principles with one's religious beliefs |
| recondite | abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret |
| reconnaissance | survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering; V. reconnoiter: make a preliminary inspection of (esp. to gather military information) |
| recount | narrate or tell (a story); count over again |
| recourse | resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to |
| recreant | disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person |
| recrimination | countercharges; V. recriminate |
| rectify | set right; correct; CF. rect-: right |
| rectitude | moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment |
| recumbent | reclining; lying down completely or in part |
| recuperate | recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses |
| recurrent | occurring again and again |
| redolent | odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor); Ex. redolent of onions/mystery |
| redoubtable | formidable; causing fear |
| redress | remedy; compensation; Ex. seek redress for the damage to your car; V: put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for |
| reduce | diminish; bring to a weaker or more difficult condition; demote; lower in rank; separate into components by analysis; Ex. reduced to the ranks; Ex. reduce the house to rubble; N. reduction |
| redundant | superfluous; more than is necessary; verbose; excessively wordy; repetitious |
| reek | emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke); give off an unpleasant odor; give out smoke; Ex. reeking chimney; N: unpleasant odor; stench |
| refectory | dining hall; room where meals are served (in a school) |
| referendum | direct vote by all the people |
| refraction | bending of a ray of light |
| refractory | unmanageable; disobedient and stubborn; Ex. refractory horse |
| refrain | abstain from; resist; forbear; N: chorus |
| refulgent | effulgent; brilliant; brightly shining; gleaming; Ex. refulgent moon |
| refurbish | renovate; make clean, bright, or fresh (make new) again; make bright by polishing; Ex. refurbish an old theater; CF. furbish: polish |
| refuse | anything discarded or rejected as worthless; trash |
| refute | disprove; prove to be false; N. refutation |
| regal | royal; of a monarch; Ex. regal manner |
| regale | entertain |
| regatta | boat or yacht race |
| regeneration | spiritual rebirth; Ex. regeneration of the prisoners; V. regenerate: give or obtain new life; reform spiritually |
| regent | a person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill, absent, or still a child; ADJ. Ex. the Prince regent |
| regicide | murder of a king or queen |
| regime | method of system or government |
| regimen | prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer |
| regiment | military unit; V: subject to strict order; Ex. regimented society |
| rehabilitate | restore to proper condition (health or useful life); restore the former rank of |
| reimburse | repay; pay back |
| reinstate | restore to a previous condition or position |
| reiterate | repeat |
| rejoinder | reply; retort; comeback; V. rejoin: say in reply |
| rejuvenate | make young again |
| relapse | return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N. |
| relegate | put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; Ex. relegate the old furniture to the children's room; Ex. relegated to the second division |
| relent | become less severe; give in(surrender); ADJ. relentless: unyielding; continuously severe |
| relevant | having importance; pertinent; referring to the case in hand; N. relevance, relevancy |
| relic | surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X. |
| religious | of religion; (of a person) pious; having reverence for a deity |
| relinquish | give up something (with reluctance); yield; release; Ex. relinquish power/the claim to the land/his hold on my arm |
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