Words 3800 - 4000

Question 1

rapacious

Answer 1

adjective

Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods.

Question 2

rapine

Answer 2

noun

The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.

Question 3

raptorial

Answer 3

adjective

Seizing and devouring living prey.

Question 4

raucous

Answer 4

adjective

Harsh.

Question 5

ravage

Answer 5

verb

To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring or other destructive methods.

Question 6

ravenous

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adjective

Furiously voracious or hungry.

Question 7

readjust

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verb

To but in order after disarrangement.

Question 8

rebuff

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noun

A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches.

Question 9

recant

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verb

To withdraw formally one’s belief (in something previously believed or maintained).

Question 10

receivable

Answer 10

adjective

Capable of being or fit to be received - often money.

Question 11

recessive

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adjective

Having a tendency to go back.

Question 12

recidivist

Answer 12

noun

A confirmed criminal.

Question 13

recognizance

Answer 13

noun

An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.

Question 14

recoil

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verb

To start back as in dismay, loathing or dread.

Question 15

reconnoiter

Answer 15

verb

To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying or geological purposes.

Question 16

recourse

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noun

Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble.

Question 17

recreant

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noun

A cowardly or faithless person.

Question 18

recreate

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verb

To refresh after labour.

Question 19

recrudescence

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noun

The state of becoming raw or sore again.

Question 20

rectitude

Answer 20

noun

The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.

Question 21

redemption

Answer 21

noun

The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged by paying the debt.

Question 22

redolent

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adjective

Smelling sweet and agreeable.

Question 23

redoubtable

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adjective

Formidable.

Question 24

redound

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noun

Rebound.

Question 25

redress

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verb To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer.

Question 26

referable

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adjective Ascribable.

Question 27

regale

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verb To give unusual pleasure.

Question 28

regalia

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noun (plural) The emblems of royalty.

Question 29

regality

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noun Royalty.

Question 30

regent

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noun One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler.

Question 31

regicide

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noun The killing of a ling or sovereign.

Question 32

regimen

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noun A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits.

Question 33

regiment

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noun A body of soldiers.

Question 34

regnant

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adjective Exercising royal authority in one's own right.

Question 35

rein

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noun A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal.

Question 36

reliquary

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noun A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept.

Question 37

remiss

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adjective Negligent.

Question 38

remission

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noun Temporary diminution of a disease.

Question 39

remonstrance

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noun Reproof.

Question 40

remonstrant

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adjective Having the character of a reproof.

Question 41

Remonstrate

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verb To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong.

Question 42

Renaissance

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noun The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time.

Question 43

renunciation

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noun An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege.

Question 44

repartee

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noun A ready, witty or apt reply.

Question 45

repertory

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non A place where things are stored or gathered together.

Question 46

repine

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verb To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding.

Question 47

repository

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noun A place in which goods are stored.

Question 48

reprehend

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verb To find fault with.

Question 49

reprehensible

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adjective Censurable.

Question 50

reprehension

Answer 50

noun Expression of blame.

Question 51

reprobate

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noun One abandoned to depravity and sin.

Question 52

reproof

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noun An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured.

Question 53

repudiate

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verb To refuse to have anything to do with,

Question 54

repugnance

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noun Thorough dislike.

Question 55

repute

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verb To hold in general opinion.

Question 56

requiem

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noun A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead.

Question 57

requital

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noun Adequate return for good or ill.

Question 58

requite

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verb To repay either good or evil to, as to a person.

Question 59

rescind

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verb To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority.

Question 60

resistless

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adjective Powerless.

Question 61

resonance

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noun The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.

Question 62

resplendent

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adjective Very bright.

Question 63

restitution

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noun Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs.

Question 64

resumption

Answer 64

noun The act of taking back, or taking again.

Question 65

retch

Answer 65

verb To make an effort to vomit.

Question 66

reticence

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noun The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.

Question 67

retinue

Answer 67

noun The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.

Question 68

retrench

Answer 68

verb To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity.

Question 69

retrograde

Answer 69

verb To cause to deteriorate or to move backward.