Word List 39 Flashcards
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rectify
set right; correct
recapitulate
summarize
recidivism
habitual return to crime
queasy
easily nauseated; squeamish
ratiocination
reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises
reconnaissance
survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering
recant
disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error
quibble
minor objection or complaint
recuperate
recover
rabid
like a fanatic; furious
quiescent
at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
quintessence
purest and highest embodiment
rebuff
snub; beat back
reaper
one who harvests grain
ravenous
extremely hungry
quip
taunt
raze
destroy completely
rationalize
give a plausible reason for an action in a place of a true, less admirable one; offer an excuse
quell
extinguish; put down; quiet
quixotic
idealistic but impractical
quiver
tremble; shake
ramification
branching out; subdivision
rave
overwhelmingly favorable review
rant
rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech