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Rancorous-Risible
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| rancorous | characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment; acrimonious |
| rankle | to irritate; to cause resentment; irk |
| rarefy | to make or become thin or less dense; refine, purify |
| recalcitrant | obstinately resistant to authority; difficult to manage; defiant, rebellious |
| recondite | hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure; abstruse, esoteric |
| reconnoiter | to engage in reconnaissance; investigate |
| redolence | the state of being fragrant, suggestive, or evocative; fragrance |
| redress | to set something right; to make amends for; rectify |
| refulgent | radiant; shining; brilliant; luminous, resplendent |
| refute | to disprove; to successfully argue against; rebut, counter |
| regale | to delight or entertain; amuse |
| relegate | to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position; demote, downgrade, consign |
| renege | to fail to honor a commitment; to break a promise; withdraw |
| repartee | witty conversation; banter |
| reprehensible | worthy of blame or censure; shameful |
| repudiate | to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown; abandon, deny |
| rescind | to invalidate; to repeal; to retract; void, annul |
| reverent | marked by, feeling, or expressing profound awe and respect; respectful |
| rhetoric | the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion; elocution |
| risible | causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous |