raucous | a. harsh and rough-sounding; disturbing public peace; loud and rough |
ravel | v. separate the fibers or threads of; clarify by separating the aspects of |
raze | v. destroy completely; scrape or shave off |
reap | v. to obtain as a reward for effort |
recalcitrant | a. obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority |
recapitulate | v. summarize; repeat in concise form |
recast | v. reconstruct sentence or story; present ideas in new or different arrangement |
recidivism | n. habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for crime |
reconciliation | n. renewal of friendship after disagreement or enmity; getting two things to correspond |
reconnaissance | n. inspection or exploration of an area, especially one made to gather military information |
rectal | a. related to the terminal part of the large intestine |
rectitude | n. uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment |
recumbent | a. reclining; lying down completely or in part |
recurrent | a. occurring or appearing again or repeatedly |
redolent | a. fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor |
redoubtable | a. formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor |
refract | v. deflect sound or light from straight path ; alter by viewing through medium |
refraction | n. turning or bending of any wave, such as light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density |
refractory | a. difficult to work, resistant to treatment, resistant to authority |
refrain | v. hold oneself back; forbear; keep one's self from action or interference |
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