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| quaff |
to drink (a beverage) deeply |
| quail |
to recoil in dread or terror:COWER |
| quaint |
unusual or different in character or appearance:ODD |
| qualified |
limited or modified in some way |
| quandary |
a state of perplexity or doubt |
| quarantine |
to isolate from normal relations or communication |
| quarry |
1. one that is sought or pursued:PREY 2. an open excavation
usually for obtaining building stone, slate, or limestone |
| quash |
to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| quell |
to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or
passivity |
| quench |
to cool (as heated metal) suddenly by immersion (as
in oil or water) |
| querulous |
habitually complaining |
| queue |
a waiting line especially of persons or vehicles |
| quibble |
to evade the point of an argument by caviling about
words |
| quiescent |
marked by inactivity or repose:tranquilly at rest |
| quip |
a witty or funny observation or response usually made
on the spur of the moment |
| quixotic |
foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals;
especially :marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly
chivalrous action |
| quota |
a proportional part or share; especially :the share
or proportion assigned to each in a division or to each
member of a body |
| quotidian |
COMMONPLACE, ORDINARY |
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| rabble |
a disorganized or disorderly crowd of people:MOB |
| rabid |
extremely violent:FURIOUS |
| racketeer |
one who obtains money by an illegal enterprise usually
involving intimidation |
| raconteur |
a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| racy |
having a strongly marked quality:PIQUANT |
| raffish |
marked by or suggestive of flashy vulgarity or crudeness |
| raffle |
a lottery in which the prize is won by one of numerous
persons buying chances |
| rafter |
any of the parallel beams that support a roof |
| rage |
violent and uncontrolled anger |
| ragged |
torn or worn to tatters |
| ragtime |
rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody
with a regularly accented accompaniment |
| rail |
to revile or scold in harsh, insolent, or abusive language |
| raisin |
a grape of any of several varieties that has been dried
in the sun or by artificial heat |
| rakish |
of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : DISSOLUTE |
| ramble |
to move aimlessly from place to place |
| rambunctious |
marked by uncontrollable exuberance:UNRULY |
| rampart |
a protective barrier:BULWARK |
| ramshackle |
appearing ready to collapse:RICKETY |
| rancid |
offensive in odor or flavor:RANK |
| rancor |
bitter deep-seated ill will |
| range |
a series of mountains |
| ranger |
the keeper of a British royal park or forest |
| rank |
offensive in odor or flavor; especially :RANCID |
| rankle |
to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| rant |
to scold vehemently |
| rapacious |
excessively grasping or covetous |
| rapport |
RELATION; especially :relation marked by harmony, conformity,
accord, or affinity |
| rapprochement |
establishment of or state of having cordial relations |
| rapscallion |
RASCAL, NE'ER-DO-WELL |
| rapt |
wholly absorbed: ENGROSSED |
| rash |
marked by or proceeding from undue haste or lack of
deliberation or caution |
| raspy |
HARSH, GRATING |
| ratify |
to approve and sanction formally:CONFIRM |
| ratiocination |
the process of exact thinking:REASONING |
| ration |
a food allowance for one day |
| rationalize |
to provide plausible but untrue reasons for conduct |
| raucous |
disagreeably harsh or strident:HOARSE |
| rave |
an extravagantly favorable criticism |
| ravel |
to separate or undo the texture of:UNRAVEL |
| ravenous |
very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification |
| raze |
to destroy to the ground:DEMOLISH |
| reactant |
a substance that enters into and is altered in the course
of a chemical reaction |
| reactionary |
relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction; especially
:ultraconservative in politics |
| ream |
a quantity of paper being 20 quires or variously 480,
500, or 516 sheets |
| reap |
to gather by reaping:HARVEST |
| reaper |
one who harvests grain |
| reassure |
to restore to confidence |
| rebellow |
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| rebuff |
to reject or criticize sharply:SNUB |
| rebus |
a representation of words or syllables by pictures of
objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended
words or syllables in sound; also :a riddle made up of
such pictures or symbols |
| recalcitrant |
obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| recant |
to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally
and publicly:RENOUNCE |
| recapitulate |
to repeat the principal points or stages of : SUMMARIZE |
| recessive |
producing little or no phenotypic effect when occurring
in heterozygous condition with a contrasting allele |
| recidivism |
a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode
of behavior; especially :relapse into criminal behavior |
| reciprocate |
to move forward and backward alternately |
| reckless |
marked by lack of proper caution:careless of consequences |
| recluse |
a person who leads a secluded or solitary life |
| recoil |
to fall back under pressure |
| reconcile |
to make consistent or congruous |
| recondite |
difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding
or knowledge to comprehend:DEEP |
| reconnaissance |
a preliminary survey to gain information; especially
:an exploratory military survey of enemy territory |
| reconnoiter |
To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying,
or geological purposes. |
| reconstitute |
to constitute again or anew; especially :to restore
to a former condition by adding water |
| rectify |
to correct by removing errors:ADJUST |
| rectitude |
moral integrity:RIGHTEOUSNESS |
| recuperate |
to regain a former state or condition; especially :to
recover health or strength |
| redolent |
exuding fragrance:AROMATIC |
| redoubtable |
ILLUSTRIOUS, EMINENT; broadly :worthy of respect |
| redress |
to set right:REMEDY |
| redundant |
exceeding what is necessary or normal:SUPERFLUOUS |
| reedy |
having many reeds |
| reel |
a revolvable device on which something flexible is wound |
| refinery |
a building and equipment for refining or processing
(as oil or sugar) |
| reflective |
marked by reflection:THOUGHTFUL, DELIBERATIVE |
| refractory |
resisting control or authority:STUBBORN, UNMANAGEABLE |
| refresh |
to restore strength and animation to:REVIVE |
| refugee |
one that flees; especially :a person who flees to a
foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution |
| refulgent |
a radiant or resplendent quality or state:BRILLIANCE |
| refute |
to prove wrong by argument or evidence:show to be false
or erroneous |
| regard |
a feeling of respect and affection:ESTEEM |
| regenerate |
restored to a better, higher, or more worthy state |
| regime |
a government in power |
| regimen |
a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication)
especially when designed to improve and maintain the health
of a patient |
| regress |
to tend to approach or revert to a mean |
| regression |
A going back; a withdrawing or returning; (opposite
of progression) |
| rehabilitate |
to restore to a former state (as of efficiency, good
management, or solvency) |
| rehabilitation |
rehabilitating or being rehabilitated |
| rehearsal |
a private performance or practice session preparatory
to a public appearance |
| reign |
royal authority:SOVEREIGNTY |
| rein |
to check or stop by or as if by a pull at the reins |
| reiterate |
to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with
wearying effect |
| rejoice |
to feel joy or great delight |
| relapse |
to slip or fall back into a former worse state |
| release |
to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude |
| relentless |
showing or promising no abatement of severity, intensity,
strength, or pace:UNRELENTING |
| relevant |
having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter
at hand |
| religion |
a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with
ardor and faith |
| relinquish |
to give over possession or control of:YIELD |
| relish |
characteristic flavor; especially :pleasing or zestful
flavor |
| reluctant |
Unwilling; disinclined: |
| remiss |
showing neglect or inattention:LAX |
| remnant |
a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |
| remodel |
to alter the structure of:REMAKE |
| remonstrance |
an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or
grievance; especially :a document formally stating such
points |
| remorse |
a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for
past wrongs:SELF-REPROACH |
| remunerate |
to pay an equivalent to for a service, loss, or expense:RECOMPENSE |
| rend |
to split or tear apart or in pieces by violence |
| renounce |
to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| renovate |
to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning,
repairing, or rebuilding) |
| repartee |
a succession or interchange of clever retorts:amusing
and usually light sparring with words |
| repatriate |
to restore or return to the country of origin, allegiance,
or citizenship |
| repeal |
to rescind or annul by authoritative act; especially
:to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment |
| repel |
to drive back:REPULSE |
| repertoire |
the complete list or supply of dramas, operas, or musical
works available for performance |
| replete |
fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| reportage |
the act or process of reporting news |
| repose |
to take a rest |
| reprehensible |
worthy of or deserving reprehension:CULPABLE |
| repressed |
characterized by restraint |
| reprieve |
to delay the punishment of (as a condemned prisoner) |
| reprimand |
to reprove sharply or censure formally usually from
a position of authority |
| reprisal |
the act or practice in international law of resorting
to force short of war in retaliation for damage or loss
suffered |
| reproach |
an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| reprobate |
1. to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or
evil 2. A morally unprincipled person. |
| reproof |
criticism for a fault:REBUKE |
| reprove |
to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| reptile |
Any of various cold-blooded, usually egg-laying vertebrates
of the class Reptilia, such as a snake, lizard, crocodile,
turtle, or dinosaur, having an external covering of scales
or horny plates and breathing by means of lungs. |
| repudiate |
to refuse to accept; especially :to reject as unauthorized
or as having no binding force |
| repugnant |
exciting distaste or aversion;inconsistent. |
| repulse |
to drive or beat back:REPEL |
| rescind |
to make void (as an act) by action of the enacting authority
or a superior authority:REPEAL |
| resentment |
a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill
will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| reserved |
restrained in words and actions |
| resign |
to give up one's office or position:QUIT |
| resilience |
the capability of a strained body to recover its size
and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive
stress |
| resin |
a sticky substance found in some plants |
| resolute |
marked by firm determination:RESOLVED |
| resonant |
(adj.) resounding; re-echoing |
| resourceful |
able to meet situations:capable of devising ways and
means |
| respire |
BREATHE; specifically :to inhale and exhale air successively |
| respite |
A usually short interval of rest or relief. |
| resplendent |
shining brilliantly:characterized by a glowing splendor |
| responsive |
quick to respond or react appropriately or sympathetically:
SENSITIVE |
| restive |
marked by impatience:FIDGETY |
| restless |
marked by a lack of quiet, repose, or rest |
| restore |
to put or bring back into existence or use |
| restrain |
to limit, restrict, or keep under control |
| resurgence |
a rising again into life, activity, or prominence:RENASCENCE |
| resuscitate |
to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness;
also :REVITALIZE |
| retainer |
a person attached or owing service to a household; especially
:SERVANT |
| retaliate |
to repay (as an injury) in kind |
| retard |
to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance
or accomplishment:IMPEDE |
| reticent |
restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance |
| retinue |
a group of retainers or attendants |
| retort |
to pay or hurl back:RETURN |
| retouch |
to alter (as a photographic negative) to produce a more
desirable appearance |
| retract |
TAKE BACK, WITHDRAW |
| retreat |
the usually forced withdrawal of troops from an enemy
or from an advanced position |
| retrench |
to cut out:EXCISE |
| retrieve |
recover; find and bring in |
| retrograde |
going backward; degenerating |
| retrospective |
affecting things past:RETROACTIVE |
| revelry |
noisy partying or merrymaking |
| revenge |
to inflict injury in return for |
| revere |
to show devoted deferential honor to:regard as worthy
of great honor |
| revise |
to make a new, amended, improved, or up-to-date version
of |
| revive |
to return to consciousness or life:become active or
flourishing again |
| revoke |
to annul by recalling or taking back:RESCIND |
| revue |
a theatrical production consisting typically of brief
loosely connected often satirical skits, songs, and dances |
| rewarding |
yielding or likely to yield a reward:VALUABLE, SATISFYING |
| ribald |
CRUDE, OFFENSIVE |
| rickety |
lacking stability or firmness:SHAKY |
| rider |
a clause appended to a legislative bill to secure a
usually distinct object |
| ridicule |
the act of exposing to laughter:DERISION, MOCKERY |
| rife |
copiously supplied:ABOUNDING |
| riffraff |
People regarded as disreputable or worthless |
| rift |
BREACH, ESTRANGEMENT |
| rigid |
inflexibly set in opinioncircular:asymmetrical::protean:rigid |
| rigmarole |
a set of confused and meaningless statements ; a long
and complicated and confusing procedure |
| rile |
to make agitated and angry:UPSET |
| riot |
to indulge in revelry or wantonness |
| risible |
arousing or provoking laughter; especially :LAUGHABLE |
| rite |
a prescribed form or manner governing the words or actions
for a ceremony |
| rival |
one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something
that only one can possess |
| rive |
to wrench open or tear apart or to pieces:REND |
| riveting |
having the power to fix the attention : ENGROSSING,
FASCINATING |
| rivulet |
a small stream |
| robust |
having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| rodent |
any of an order (Rodentia) of relatively small gnawing
mammals (as a mouse, a squirrel, or a beaver) that have
in both jaws a single pair of incisors with a chisel-shaped
edge |
| roil |
to stir up:DISTURB, DISORDER |
| roister |
to engage in noisy revelry:CAROUSE |
| roster |
a roll or list of personnel |
| rostrum |
a stage for public speaking |
| rosy |
characterized by or tending to promote optimism |
| rouse |
to stir up:EXCITE |
| rubicund |
having a healthy reddish color |
| rudimentary |
Being in the earliest stages of development; incipient. |
| rue |
to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| ruffian |
a brutal person:BULLY |
| ruffle |
a strip of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge |
| ruminate |
to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually
or slowly ruminate:decidemuseful ;ruminative ;lamentable
;plaintive |
| rumple |
FOLD, WRINKLE |
| run |
an unbroken course of performances or showings,to be
presented or performed for a continuous period of time |
| rupture |
breach of peace or concord; specifically :open hostility
or war between nations |
| ruse |
a crafty stratagem; a subterfuge. |
| rustic |
of, relating to, or suitable for the country:RURAL |
| rustle |
make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed
together |
