| Term | Definition |
| raconteur | storyteller |
| raiment | clothing , attire |
| rancour | a continuing and bitter hate |
| rapacious | plundering , greedy |
| ravenous | wildly hungry , voracious |
| recalcitrant | resistant , stubborn , unmanageable |
| rectitude | integrity , honesty , uprightness |
| recumbent | lyingdown , reclining , leaning |
| redolent | sweet smelling , fragrant |
| regale | to entertain , amuse |
| rejuvenate | to make young again , reinvigorate , restore |
| renegade | traitor , deserter |
| renege | to go back on |
| repartee | quick , witty reply |
| reprobate | a person who behaves in an immoral way |
| rescind | to revoke , cancel |