R Flashcards

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Ratify

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To sign or give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement

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Ravenous

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Extremely hungry

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Raze

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To completely destroy

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Recalcitrant

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Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline

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Reckless

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(Of a person or their actions) without caring about the consequences of an action

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Refute

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To prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false

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Reject

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To dismiss as inadequate, inappropriate, or not to one’s taste

A person or thing dismissed as failing to meet standards or satisfy tastes

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Reluctant

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Unwilling and hesitant

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Reminisce

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To indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events

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Remote

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(Of a place) situated far from the main population, distant

Unlikely to occur

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Rendezvous

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A meeting at an agreed time and place

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Renounce

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To formally declare one’s abandonment of s claim, right, or possession

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Renown

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The condition of being know or talked about by many people, fame

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Remonstrate

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To complain or protest

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Remuneration

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Money paid for work or a service

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Reparation

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Repairing or keeping in repair

The act of making amends

The payment of damages

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Replete

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Filled or well-supplied with something

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Replenish

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To fill something up again

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Replica

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An exact copy or model of something

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Reprehensible

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Deserving condemnation

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Repress

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To suppress someone or something by force

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Reprimand

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To rebuke officially

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Reproach

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To address someone I. SY to express disapproval or disappointment

The expression of disapproval or disappointment

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Repudiate

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To refuse to accept or be associated with

To deny the truth or validity of

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Repugnant
Distasteful, unacceptable In conflict with, incompatible with
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Reservations
The action of reserving something
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Residual
Remaining after the greater part or quantity has gone
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Resilience
The ability to recover quickly from difficulties, toughness The ability of substance or object to spring back into shape, elasticity
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Restore
To bring back, reinstate
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Resume
To continue to do after a pause or interruption
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Reticent
Not revealing one's thoughts and feelings readily
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Reveal
To make previously unknown or secret information known to others To cause or allow something to be seen
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Revere
To feel deep respect or admiration for something
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Reverent
Feeling it showing deep and solemn respect
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Robust
Strong and healthy, vigorous Strong and rich in flavor or smell
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Rouse
To bring out of sleep, awaken To cause to become active To cause to feel angry or excited To stir a liquid
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Routine
A regularly followed sequence of actions A performance's set sequence Performed as a part of a regular procedure To organize as part of a routine
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Rue
To bitterly regret something one has done or allowed to Halle Repentance, regret Compassion, pity
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Ruminate
To contemplate, think deeply about something To mull over
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Ruse
To action intended to deceive someone, a trick
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Rustic
Relating to the countryside (simplicity and charm) Lacking urban sophistication Constructed into or made in a plain and simple fashion
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Ruthless
Having not showing no pity or compassion for others