| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ravenous | adj. extremely hungry |
| raze | v. destroy completely |
| rebuttal | n. refutation; response with contrary evidence |
| recalcitrant | adj. obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly |
| recant | v. disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; peopnly confess horror |
| receptive | adj. quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions, etc. |
| recluse | n. hermit; loner |
| recount | v. narrate or tell; count over again |
| recourse | n. resorting to help when in trouble |
| rectify | v. set right; correct |
| recurrent | adj. occurring again and again |
| redolent | adj. fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor |
| redundant | adj. superfluous; repetitious; excessively |
| refurbish | v. renovate; make bright by polishing |
| refute | v. disprove |
| reiterate | v. repeat |
| relegate | v. banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign |
| relic | n. surviving remnant; memento |
| remiss | adj. negligent |
| remission | n. temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of a debt; forgiveness or pardon |
| remorse | n. guilt; self-reproach |
| render | v. deliver; provide; represent |
| rendition | n. translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc. |
| renounce | v. abandon; disown; repudiate |
| repel | v. drive away; disgust |
| replete | adj. filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied |
| replica | n. copy |
| reprehensible | adj. deserving blame |
| reprieve | n. temporary stay |
| reprimand | v. reprove severely; rebuke |
| reprisal | n. retaliation |
| reprove | v. censure; rebuke |
| repudiate | v. disown; disavow |
| repugnant | adj. loathsome; hateful |
| requiem | n. mass for the dead; dirge |
| rescind | v. cancle |
| reserve | n. self-control; formal but distant manner |
| resigned | adj. accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive |
| resilient | adj. elastic; having the power of springing back |
| resolution | n. determination; resolve |
| resolve | n. determination; firmness of purpose |
| resonant | adj. echoing; resounding; deep and full in sound |
| respite | n. interval of relief; time for rest; delay in punishment |
| resplendent | adj. dazzling; glorious; brilliant |
| restraint | n. moderation of self-control; controlling force; restirction |
| retentive | adj. holding; having a good memory |
| reticence | n. reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence |
| retract | v. withdraw; take back |
| retroactive | adj. of a law that dates back to a period before its enactment |
| retrospective | adj. looking back at the past |
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