Word List 31

Question 1

relate

Answer 1

to give an account of; tell

e.g. We listened eagerly as she related the whole exciting story.

Question 2

relegate

Answer 2

to send into exile; banish
assign

e.g. The bill has been relegated to committee for discussion.
Courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor’s disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire.

Question 3

relent

Answer 3

to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity
to cease resistance; give in
let up, slacken

e.g. Our application was initially refused, but the city relented in the end and the permit was issued.

Question 4

relish

Answer 4

characteristic flavor; especially, pleasing or zestful flavor
a strong liking; inclination
to be pleased or gratified by; enjoy
to appreciated with taste and discernment

e.g. He took particular relish in pointing out my error.
I relish traveling to new places.

Question 5

reminisce

Answer 5

to indulge in reminiscence

e.g. He reminisced about his time in Europe.

Question 6

remiss

Answer 6

negligent in the performance of work or duty; careless
showing neglect or inattention; lax

e.g. I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you how much I appreciated the lovely gift.

Question 7

remunerative

Answer 7

providing remuneration; profitable

e.g. investors seeking more remunerative opportunities
a highly remunerative investment that ended up paying for my college tuition

Question 8

rend

Answer 8

to remove from place by violence; wrest
to split or tear apart in pieces by violence
to lacerate mentally or emotionally

e.g. mourners rending their clothes in grief

Question 9

render

Answer 9

to transmit to another; deliver 
give up, yield
to give in return or retribution 
to cause to be or become 
to reproduce or represent by artistic or verbal means
to direct the execution of; administer 

e.g. enough rainfall to render irrigation unnecessary
documents rendered in the original French
render a salute / render justice

Question 10

rendering

Answer 10

an act or instance of performing, rendition, or depiction, as of a dramatic or musical part
a translation

e.g. her rendering of the part of Hedda
Chapman’s rendering of Homer

Question 11

renegade

Answer 11

a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another
an individual who rejects lawful or conventional behavior

e.g. stories about pirates and renegades on the high sea

Question 12

renege

Answer 12

deny, renounce
revoke
to go back on a promise or commitment

e.g. They had promised to pay her tuition but later reneged.

Question 13

renounce

Answer 13

to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration
to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further; repudiate

e.g. Many of his former supporters have renounced him.
renounce the authority of the church

Question 14

renown

Answer 14

a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored; fame

e.g. Her photographs have earned her international renown.

Question 15

rent

Answer 15

an opening made by or as if by rending
a split in a party or organized group; schism
an act or instance of rending

Question 16

repartee

Answer 16

a quick and witty reply; a succession or interchange of clever retorts; amusing and usually light sparring with words
adroitness and cleverness in reply; skill in repartee

e.g. The repartee to the reporter’s question drew laughs from the bystanders.

Question 17

repatriate

Answer 17

(transitive) to restore or return to the country of origin, allegiance, or citizenship
e. g. Countries are required to repatriate prisoners of war when conflict has ended.

Question 18

repercussion

Answer 18

reflection, reverberation
an action or effect given or exerted in return; a reciprocal action or effect
a widespread, indirect, or unforeseen effect of an act, action, or even (oft. pl.)

e.g. Your decision not to go to college will have repurcissions you’ll feel for years to come.

Question 19

repertory

Answer 19

a place where something may be found; repository
repertoire
a company that presents several different plays alternately in the course of a season at one theater
production of plays by a repertory company

e.g. She acted in repertory for many years.

Question 20

repine

Answer 20

to be fretfully discontented; fret, complain

e.g. There is no using repining over a love that’s been long lost.

Question 21

replenish

Answer 21

to fill with persons or animals; stock
to fill with inspiration or power; nourish
to fill or build up again
to make good; replace

e.g. An efficient staff of workers replenished the trays of appetizers almost as quickly as gusts emptied them.

Question 22

replete

Answer 22

fully or abundantly provided or filled

e.g. a book replete with delicious details

Question 23

reportorial

Answer 23

of or relating to a reporter
of, noting, or characteristic of a report

e.g. His lectures are more reportorial than analytical.

Question 24

reprehend

Answer 24

to voice disapproval of; censure

e.g. Without exception, book reviewers reprehend the novel’s tired plot.

Question 25

reprehensible

Answer 25

worthy of or deserving reprehension; culpable

Question 26

reprieve

Answer 26

to delay the punishment of (as a condemned prisoner) to give grief or deliverance to for a time e.g. He was sentenced to death but then reprieved. The library has been reprieved and will remain open for at least another year.

Question 27

reprimand

Answer 27

a severe or formal reproof to reprove sharply or censure formally usually from a position of authority e.g. reprimanded the summer intern for her constant tardiness

Question 28

reprisal

Answer 28

the act or instance in international law or resorting to force short of war in retaliation for damage or loss suffered the regaining of something (as by recapture) something (as a sum of money) given or paid in restitution (oft. pl.) e.g. The allies threatened economic reprisal against the invading country. The hostages were taken in reprisal for the bombing.

Question 29

reprise

Answer 29

a recurrence, renewal, or resumption of an action e.g. The team is hoping to avoid a reprise of last year's defeat.

Question 30

reproach

Answer 30

an expression of rebuke or disapproval discredit, disgrace also e.g. Accusations and reproaches from both parties made it difficult to pursue discussions. She cleared her throat as a way of a reproaching us for having our elbows on the table.

Question 31

reprobate

Answer 31

``` to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil to foreordain to damnation to refuse to accept; reject also morally corrupt; depraved ``` e.g. Without hesitation she reprobated such an indecent idea. a reprobate judge who could be bribed, and often with astonishing ease

Question 32

reproof

Answer 32

criticism for a fault; rebuke e.g. The fear of reproof prevented them from complaining.

Question 33

reprove

Answer 33

to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent to express disapproval of; censure e.g. It is not for me to reprove popular taste.

Question 34

reptile

Answer 34

a person who cannot be trusted or who is not likable

Question 35

reptilian

Answer 35

cold-bloodedly treacherous e.g. a reptilian villain

Question 36

repudiate

Answer 36

to refuse to have anything to do with; disown to reject as untrue or unjust to refuse to acknowledge e.g. a generation that has repudiated the values of the past repudiate a charge / repudiate a debt

Question 37

repugnant

Answer 37

incompatible, inconsistent exciting distaste or aversion e.g. graffiti that featured absolutely repugnant racial slurs A bylaw must not be repugnant to the general law of the country.

Question 38

repulse

Answer 38

to drive or beat back; repel to cause repulsion rebuff, rejection the action of repelling an attack e.g. I was repulsed by the movie's violence. The waiter's incredibly rude repulse of our polite request for a better prompted us to walk out.

Question 39

repute

Answer 39

believe, consider the character or status commonly ascribed to one; reputation the state of being favorably known, spoken of, or esteemed e.g. a person reputed to be a billionaire a shop with good repute

Question 40

requisite

Answer 40

essential, necessary also e.g. This new CD is the requisite album of the year for classical music lovers.

Question 41

requite

Answer 41

to make return for; repay to make retaliation for; avenge to make suitable return to for a benefit or service or for an injury e.g. The company requited the employee who had fallen on the ice while leaving work by promptly paying all his medical bills, hoping that would stave off a lawsuit. The future writer would later requite the abuse he suffered at the hands of his classmates by creating scathing portraits of them in his novels.

Question 42

rescind

Answer 42

to take away; remove take back, cancel e.g. The navy rescinded its ban on women sailors. refuse to rescind the offer

Question 43

rescission

Answer 43

- rescind e. g. The judge ruled that the town's rescission of the contract was justified due the contractor's repeated failures to meet its obligations.

Question 44

reside

Answer 44

to dwell permanently or continuous; occupy a place as one's domicile to be present as an element or quality to be vested as a right e.g. Meaning resides within the text of the poem.

Question 45

resignation

Answer 45

an act or instance of resigning something; surrender the quality or state of being resigned; submissiveness e.g. meet his fate with resignation

Question 46

resigned

Answer 46

submissive, acquiescent e.g. resigned to his fate

Question 47

resilient

Answer 47

capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change e.g. a resilient economy

Question 48

resonant

Answer 48

continuing to sound; echoing capable of inducing resonance intensified and enriched by or as if by resonance e.g. the resonant tones of the piano words resonant with meaning

Question 49

resound

Answer 49

to become filled with sound; reverberate to sound loudly; to produce a sonorous or echoing sound to become renowned to extol loudly or widely; celebrate e.g. The organ resounded throughout the church. His speech resounded throughout the world.

Question 50

resourceful

Answer 50

able to meet situations; capable of devising ways and means

Question 51

respite

Answer 51

a period of temporary delay an interval of rest or relief to grant a temporary period of relief; grant respite to put off; delay e.g. The bad weather has continued without respite.

Question 52

resplendent

Answer 52

shining brilliantly; characterized by a glowing splendor e.g. meadows resplendent with flowers The house was deserted, just a melancholy wreckage of a vanished and resplendent time.

Question 53

respondent

Answer 53

one who maintains a thesis in reply one who answers in various legal proceedings a person who responds to a poll

Question 54

restitution

Answer 54

a restoration of something to its rightful owner a making good of or giving an equivalent for some injury a legal action serving to cause restoration of a previous state e.g. the restitution of her stolen property make restitution to the victim

Question 55

restive

Answer 55

stubbornly resisting control; balky marked by impatience or uneasiness; fidgety e.g. The restive horse threw its head and refused to move when the rider urged it forward. spend a restive night worrying about the exam

Question 56

resuscitate

Answer 56

to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness; also, revitalize e.g. She hopes to resuscitate the currently defunct charity.

Question 57

retainer

Answer 57

a person attached or owing service to a household; especially, servant employee

Question 58

retaliate

Answer 58

``` to repay (as an injury) in kind to return like for like; especially, to get revenge ``` e.g. After the company announced plans to reduce benefits, the union threatened to retaliate by calling for a strike.

Question 59

retard

Answer 59

to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment; impede e.g. The problems have retarded the progress of the program.

Question 60

reticent

Answer 60

inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech; reserved restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance reluctant e.g. The panel decided to investigate the fraud charges against the company, which has always been reticent about its internal operations. Her husband is by nature a reticent person, and she resigned herself to that fact long ago.

Question 61

retinue

Answer 61

a group of retainers or attendants e.g. the king and his retinue

Question 62

retiring

Answer 62

reserved, shy e.g. One retiring girl was sitting alone quietly in a corner during the party.

Question 63

retort

Answer 63

to pay or hurl back; return to make a reply to; to answer by a counter argument to answer back usually sharply a quick, witty, or cutting reply

Question 64

retouch

Answer 64

to rework in order to improve; touch up to alter to produce a more desirable appearance e.g. The photo had been retouched to remove the wrinkles of his eyes.

Question 65

retrench

Answer 65

cut down, reduce to cut out; excise to pare away; remove to make retrenchment; specifically, economize e.g. When the economy slowed, the company was forced to retrench.

Question 66

retribution

Answer 66

recompense, reward the dispensing or receiving of reward or punishment especially in the hereafter something given or exacted in recompense; especially, punishment e.g. without fear of retribution The neighborhood is being torn apart by an endless cycle of gang violence and retribution.

Question 67

retrieve

Answer 67

rescue, salvage restore, revive to remedy the evil consequences of; correct e.g. to retrieve an error His writings retrieves the past.

Question 68

revel

Answer 68

to take part in a revel; carouse to take intense pleasure or satisfaction a usually wild party or celebration e.g. reveled in the quiet after everyone had gone The holiday ushers in a nationwide revel as the Finns celebrate the endless hours of sunlight.

Question 69

revelry

Answer 69

noisy partying or merrymaking e.g. The lottery winner was exhausted after a long night of revelry.

Question 70

revenant

Answer 70

one that returns after death or a long absence

Question 71

reverberate

Answer 71

reflect repel echo to continue in or as if in a series of echoes; resound e.g. The sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other. an historic event that still reverberates today

Question 72

jape

Answer 72

to say or do something jokingly or mockingly a make mocking fun of also e.g. The characters in his plays jape with a readiness and sophistication that is rarely, if ever, encountered in real life. By the standards of today's no-holds-barred satire, his homespun japes about politician seem awfully.

Question 73

reverie

Answer 73

daydream the condition of being lost in thought e.g. I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late.

Question 74

revile

Answer 74

to subject to verbal abuse; vituperate e.g. Many people reviled him for his callous behavior.

Question 75

revert

Answer 75

to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc. to go back in thought or discussion e.g. They reverted to the ways of their ancestors. He constantly reverted to his childhood.

Question 76

revolt

Answer 76

to renounce allegiance or subjection; rebel to experience disgust or shock e.g. revolt against the present government revolt at the sight of blood

Question 77

revue

Answer 77

a theatrical production consisting typically of briefly loosely connected often often satirical skits, songs, and dances (usually about current events)

Question 78

rhetoric

Answer 78

the art of speaking or writing effectively insincere or grandiloquent language e.g. The mayor's promise to right drugs was just rhetoric, since there was no money in the city budget for a drug program.

Question 79

rhinestone

Answer 79

a small stone that is made to look like a diamond and that is used in jewelry or for decoration

Question 80

rhubarb

Answer 80

a plant with large green leaves and with thick pink or red stems that are cooked and used in pies, jams a heated dispute or controversy e.g. a basketball coach whose ranting rhubarbs with officials are the stuff of legend

Question 81

ribald

Answer 81

a ribald person crude, offensive characterized by or using coarse indecent humor e.g. Some of the movie's most ribald, and thus funniest, scenes were cut for showing on broadcast television. a ribald tale rife with double entendres and racy innuendo

Question 82

ribaldry

Answer 82

- ribald e. g. There's a ribaldry in the works of Chaucer that generations of students of English literature have heartily enjoyed.

Question 83

rickety

Answer 83

lacking stability or firmness; shaky in unsound physical condition e.g. a rickety coalition rickety veterans/stairs

Question 84

rider

Answer 84

an addition to a document something used to overlie another or to move along on another piece e.g. Congress added a rider to the health insurance bill.

Question 85

rife

Answer 85

prevalent especially to an increasing degree abundant, common copiously supplied; abounding (oft. used with with) e.g. Speculation about who would be fired ran rife for weeks. a city government rife with malfeasance and corruption

Question 86

rifle

Answer 86

to ransack especially with the intent to steal to steal and carry away e.g. She rifled through the cassette tapes. The lieutenant's servant rifled the dead man's possessions.

Question 87

rift

Answer 87

fissure, crevasse a clear space or interval breach, estrangement e.g. The fight will only widen the rift with his brothers. We could see some stars through the rifts in the clouds.

Question 88

rig

Answer 88

to put in condition or position for use; adjust, arrange construct to manipulate or control usually by deceptive or dishonest means e.g. a car rigged for manual control rig up a temporary shelter rig an election / rig the contest

Question 89

rile

Answer 89

to make agitated and angry; upset to stir up; disturb, disorder, roil e.g. One sure way to rile me is to keep yelling at me.

Question 90

rind

Answer 90

a usually hard or tough outer layer; peel, crust e.g. the rind of a cheese

Question 91

ringlet

Answer 91

a small ring or circle | curl; especially, a long curl of hair