R Flashcards
Ratify
To sign or give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement
Ravenous
Extremely hungry
Raze
To completely destroy
Recalcitrant
Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline
Reckless
(Of a person or their actions) without caring about the consequences of an action
Refute
To prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false
Reject
To dismiss as inadequate, inappropriate, or not to one’s taste
A person or thing dismissed as failing to meet standards or satisfy tastes
Reluctant
Unwilling and hesitant
Reminisce
To indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events
Remote
(Of a place) situated far from the main population, distant
Unlikely to occur
Rendezvous
A meeting at an agreed time and place
Renounce
To formally declare one’s abandonment of s claim, right, or possession
Renown
The condition of being know or talked about by many people, fame
Remonstrate
To complain or protest
Remuneration
Money paid for work or a service
Reparation
Repairing or keeping in repair
The act of making amends
The payment of damages
Replete
Filled or well-supplied with something
Replenish
To fill something up again
Replica
An exact copy or model of something
Reprehensible
Deserving condemnation
Repress
To suppress someone or something by force
Reprimand
To rebuke officially
Reproach
To address someone I. SY to express disapproval or disappointment
The expression of disapproval or disappointment
Repudiate
To refuse to accept or be associated with
To deny the truth or validity of