| Term | Definition |
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| raconteur | (noun) - a person skilled at telling stories or anecdotes. syn: storyteller. ant: none. |
| ragamuffin | a dirty shabbily clothed urchin |
| raiment | especially fine or decorative clothing |
| rakish | marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness |
| ramification | the act of branching out or dividing into branches |
| rampart | an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes |
| ramshackle | (adj)appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky |
| rapacious | living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey |
| rapport | relation of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people |
| rarefied | 1. Of, relating to, or interesting to a select group: esoteric. 2. Very high. |
| ratify | approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation |
| ratiocination | logical and methodical reasoning |
| ratiocination | the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) |
| reinstate | bring back into original existence, use, function, or position |
| 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 | (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder |
| recidivism | habitual relapse into crime |
| reciprocate | alternate the direction of motion of |
| recondite | difficult to penetrate |
| recourse | something or someone turned to for assistance or security |
| recreant | a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. |
| rectitude | uprightness as a consequence of being honorable and honest |
| recumbent | lying down |
| redolent | having a strong distinctive fragrance |
| refulgent | radiating or as if radiating light |
| regale | provide with choice or abundant food or drink |
| regatta | a meeting for boat races |
| rejoinder | (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication |
| relegate | assign to a lower position |
| relent | give in, as to influence or pressure |
| relevant | having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue |
| repine | express discontent |
| repository | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
| reprehensible | bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure |
| Requiem | a Mass celebrated for the dead |
| rescind | To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority. |
| resplendent | having great beauty and splendor |
| restitution | the act of restoring something to its original state |
| resurge | rise again |
| retinue | the group following and attending to some important person |
| revelry | unrestrained merrymaking |
| reverie | an abstracted state of absorption |
| rhapsodize | say (something) with great enthusiasm |
| ribald | humorously vulgar |
| rife | excessively abundant |
| riveting | capable of arousing and holding the attention |
| rococo | fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century |
| rout | an overwhelming defeat |
| rubric | a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type |
| ruddy | having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies |
| rue | sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment |
| ruminate | reflect deeply on a subject |
| rummage | a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion) |
| ruse | a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) |
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