GRE_3000_List21 Flashcards
(42 cards)
refulgent
shining radiantly
[E] Refulgent sunlight broke through the clouds, creating huge swaths of light in the valley below us.
[S] beaming; brilliant; incandescent; lustrous;
[A] dim; dull; lackluster;
[P] refulgence;
reiterate
to say or state again
[E] Let me reiterate our stance.
[S] chime; din; iterate; rehearse;
relapse
to slip or fall back into a former worse state
[E] The patient wondered whether his illness would relapse
[S] recidivate; regress; retrogress; revert
[A] habilitate; redeem; convalesce; rehabilitate
remiss
exhibiting carelessness or slackness
[E] I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you how much I appreciated the lovely gift.
[S] careless; derelict; heedless; lax;
[A] attentive; meticulous; scrupulous; conscientious;
remonstrance
an expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially a formal statement of grievances.
[E] She seems deaf to her son’s remonstrances.
[S] challenge; compliant; demur; difficulty; fuss; objection; remonstration;
[A] acceptance; acquiescence; agreement; approval; assent; sanction;
remunerate
to pay an equivalent to for a service, loss, or expense
[E] He promptly remunerated the repair company for fixing the satellite TV.
[S] compensate; indemnity; recompense; recoup; redress; requite;
[A] remunerative;
renegade
one who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter
[E] A band of renegades who had deserted their infantry units were making their way to Mexico.
[S] apostate; betrayer; defector; deserter; recreant; traitor; turncoat;
[A] adherent; loyalist; partisan
repatriate
to restore or return to the country of origin, allegiance, or citizenship.
[E] As soon as the war ends, the government will start to repatriate war refugees.
[A] banish; deport; expatriate;
repertoire
the complete list or supply of skills, devices, or ingredients used in a particular field, occupation, or practice.
[E] The chef’s repertoires of specialists seems to be limited, with several of the dishes appearing over and over again in slightly varied guises.
[S] budget; fund; inventory; pool; reservoir; stock;
repine
1 to feel or express discontent or dejection
[E] There is no use repining over a love that’s been long lost.
[S] carp; complain; fuss; gripe; grouch; inveigh; moan; wail;
[A] crow; delight;
2 to long for something
[E] During the deep cold winter, I repine for warm tropical beaches.
[S] ache; covet; crave; salivate; thirst; yearn;
[A] abhor; abominate; detest;
replete
1 having one’s appetite completely satisfied
[E] Everyone is completely replete after the huge meal.
[S] sated; satiate; stuffed;
[A] empty; famished; hungry;
2 possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
[E] a scholar replete with knowledge;
[S] abounding; abundant; awash; fraught; lousy;
[A] depleted; drained; deficient;
repose
1 a state of resting after exertion or strain
[E] The doctor ordered a period of repose for the patients suffering from insomnia.
[S] ease; leisure; relaxation
[A] exertion; labor; toil
2 a state of freedom from storm or disturbance
[E] We enjoyed the repose of a summer evening on a remote island.
[S] calmness; hush; peace; placidity; quietness; serenity;
[A] commotion; pandemonium; tumult;
3 to take a rest
[E] They have to repose on couches because all beds have been occupied.
[S] idle; lounge; relax;
[A] drudge; hustle; moil; strive; sweat;
4 to put into the possession or safekeeping of another.
[E] The constitute reposes the power to declare war to Congress, and to that body alone.
[S] consign; delegate; deliver; entrust; leave;transfer; transmit;
[A] hold; retain; withhold
reprieve
1 to postpone or cancel the punishment of
[E] Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved.
[S] absolve; acquit; amnesty; condone; respite;
[A] penalize;
2 to prevent from been closed
[E] The library has been reprieved and will remain open for at least another year,
[S] deliver; rescue; save;
reproof
criticism for a fault, rebuke
[E] The head teacher speaks in tones of gentle reproof.
[S] commination; condemnation; denunciation; excoriation; rebuke; reprimand;
[A] commendation; eulogy; endorsement;
reprove
1 to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly words
[E] My piano teacher often reproves me for slouching while playing, observing that good posture helps one play better.
[S] admonish; reprimand;
[A] lambaste; commend; eulogize; extol;
2 to hold an unfavorable opinion of
[E] The older generation has always reproved the younger generation’s taste in music.
[S] deprecate; discountenance; disesteem; disfavor; frown;
[A] adore; endorse;
repudiate
1 to declare not to be true
[E] She repudiate the charge that she had lied on her resume.
[S] contradict; disaffirm; disavow; disclaim;
[A] acknowledge; admit
2 to show unwillingness to accept
[E] We didn’t like the terms, so we repudiate the contract.
[S] deselect; nix; spurn;
[A] agree;
[P] repudiation;
requite
1 to make repayment or return for
[E] requite her love with hatred
[S] indemnity; reciprocate; recompense; recoup; reimburse; remunerate; repay;
2 to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for
[E]The future writer would later requite the abuse he suffered at the hans of his classmates by creating scathing portraits of them in his novels.
[S] avenge; redress; retaliate; revenge;
[A] absolve; condone; forgive; pardon
requisite
1 something necessary
[E] Calculus is a requisite for modern physics.
[S] condition; necessity
2 necessary
[E] Oxygen is requisite for human to survive
[S] critical; compulsory; imperative;
[A] needless; dispensable;
rescind
to make void
[E] The government refused to rescind the order of curfew.
[S] abolish; abrogate; annul; invalidate;
[A] enact; continue;
respite
an interval of rest or relief
[E] In the middle of each semester there came a short respite.
[S] break; intermission; recess
respire
to inhale and exhale air successively [E] unable to respire due to heart attack [S] breath [A] smother; suffocate; [P] respiration
resplendent
shining brilliantly [E] Geography teacher showed us a picture of the resplendent aurora borealis. [S] brilliant; glorious; gorgeous; [A] dim; lackluster; [P] resplendence;
responsive
quick to respond or react appropriately or sympathetically
[E] Children are often the most responsive members of the audience.
[S] sensible; prompt;
[A] dispassionate; detached
[P] responsiveness;
restive
1 marked by impatience [E] I spent a restive night worrying about the next day's exam. [S] restless; nervy [A] imperturbable; phlegmatic; 2 resisting control [E] Tired soldiers grew restive. [S] balky; contumacious; defiant; insubordinate; [A] amenable; biddable; docile [P] restiveness;
