Word List 25

Question 1

relegate

Answer 1

v. banish; consign to inferior position

Question 2

remiss

Answer 2

adj. negligent

Question 3

remonstrate

Answer 3

v. protest

Question 4

remunerative

Answer 4

adj. compensating; rewarding

Question 5

rend

Answer 5

v. split; tear apart

Question 6

renegade

Answer 6

n. deserter; apostate

Question 7

renunciation

Answer 7

n. giving up; renouncing

Question 8

repartee

Answer 8

n. clever reply

Question 9

repercussion

Answer 9

n. rebound; reverberation; reaction

Question 10

replete

Answer 10

adj. filled to capacity; abundantly supplied

Question 11

repository

Answer 11

n. storehouse

Question 12

reprehensible

Answer 12

adj. deserving blame

Question 13

reprieve

Answer 13

n. temporary stay

Question 14

reprisal

Answer 14

n. retaliation

Question 15

reprobation

Answer 15

n. severe disapproval

Question 16

repudiate

Answer 16

v. disown; disavow

Question 17

requisite

Answer 17

n. necessary requirement

Question 18

rescind

Answer 18

v. cancel

Question 19

rescission

Answer 19

n. abrogation; annulment

Question 20

respite

Answer 20

n. delay in punishment; interval of relief; rest

Question 21

resplendent

Answer 21

adj. brilliant; lustrous

Question 22

restitution

Answer 22

n. reparation; indemnification

Question 23

restive

Answer 23

adj. unmanageable; fretting under control

Question 24

retentive

Answer 24

adj. holding; having a good memory

Question 25

reticence

Answer 25

N. reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to be silent

Question 26

retinue

Answer 26

n. following; attendants

Question 27

retribution

Answer 27

n. vengeance; compensation; punishment for offences

Question 28

retroactive

Answer 28

adj. of a law which dates back to a period before its enactment

Question 29

retrograde

Answer 29

v. going backwards; degenerating

Question 30

retrospective

Answer 30

adj. looking back on the past

Question 31

reverie

Answer 31

n. daydream; musing

Question 32

revile

Answer 32

v. slander; vilify

Question 33

rhapsodise

Answer 33

v. to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner

Question 34

rheumy

Answer 34

adj. pertaining to a discharge from nose and eyes

Question 35

ribald

Answer 35

ajd. wanton; profane

Question 36

rife

Answer 36

adj. abundant; current

Question 37

rime

Answer 37

n. white frost

Question 38

risible

Answer 38

adj. inclined to laugh; ludicrous

Question 39

roan

Answer 39

adj. brown mixed with gray or white

Question 40

rococo

Answer 40

adj. ornate; highly decorated

Question 41

roil

Answer 41

v. to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment

Question 42

roseate

Answer 42

adj. rosy; optimistic

Question 43

rostrum

Answer 43

n. platform for speech-making; pulpit