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word list 41
rescind--sacrosanct
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |