a. not wanting to take some action; averse
E.g. Economists say the unemployment rate could climb as high as 10.5 percent next year because employers remain reluctant to hire.
n. remnant; something left after other parts have been taken away
E.g. It's not good enough any more to tell consumers 25 percent of the products are made in China and the remainder is made in USA.
n. residue; something not used up
E.g. Our basic and urgent job is to simply collect and protect the remaining fragments of the statues.
a. worthy of notice; extraordinary
E.g. I recognized his decisive nose, more remarkable for character than beauty.
ad. strikingly; markedly; to a remarkable degree or extent
E.g. If you look at the general overall situation, they’re doing remarkably well.
v. relieve or cure; correct; repair
E.g. Have you ever tried to remedy by drugs from a chain store?
n. remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
E.g. I suggest that you wait until the store places the remnant of that big fish on sale.
n. revival; renewal; revival of learning and culture
E.g. But he will be remembered as the man who led Italy's industrial renaissance after the damage inflicted on the country during the Second World War.
n. translation, often interpretive; performance of a musical or dramatic work
E.g. The audience cheered enthusiastically as she completed her rendition of the aria.
v. renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
E.g. In his speech today, Mr. Arafat is expected to renew his call for an end to suicide bomb attacks.
v. restore to good condition; renew
E.g. They claim that they can renovate worn shoes so that they look like new ones.
n. sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs
E.g. According to the Buddhist point of view, monks and nuns are supposed to hold renunciation vows.
v. set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; cause to turn
E.g. These exercises are designed to help communities reorient their existing educational systems to address the concepts of sustainable development.
n. place, such as a storehouse, where a stock of things is kept; storage; entire range of skills or aptitudes
E.g. It is the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism.
v. substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
E.g. The government said last week it would introduce legislation to take the death penalty off the statute books and replace it with life in prison.
v. stand for; describe or present; play a role or part
E.g. Senator John McCain said he was disappointed, but added that the rule changes do represent significant progress.
v. ascribe a particular fact or characteristic to; consider; suppose
E.g. I repute him as an intelligent for a long time.
a. state of being held in high esteem and honor
E.g. Intelligence is really not what we think it is, it is not going to college or earning a PhD in so called reputed educational institutions.
n. tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; holding pond; lake used to store water for community use
E.g. That reservoir of frost and snow, where firm fields of ice, the accumulation of centuries of winters, glazed in Alpine heights above heights.
a. remaining as a residue; surplus
E.g. Please tell us the residual quantity as soon as you finish this noon.
n. remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
E.g. The presence of plastic residue is nothing more than an indication of possible doping.
v. stand up or offer resistance; refuse to comply; withstand the force of something
E.g. The food that I can't resist is never the healthy stuff.
a. unaffected; incapable of being affected
E.g. His moderate Democratic Party lacks an outright majority, and coalition partners remain resistant to change.
n. reverberation; having the character of a loud deep sound; quality of being resonant
E.g. In physics, resonance is the phenomenon of producing large amplitude of vibrations by a small periodic driving force.
n. vacation spot; act of turning to for assistance
E.g. "We lied in the morning, we lied in the evening and we lied at night", he made a speech in the resort town.
ad. separately; individually; in the order given
E.g. The brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively.
v. show a reaction to something favorably or as hoped
E.g. Doctors hope his cancer to respond to the aggressive therapy.
a. selling of goods to consumers
E.g. A lot has been said about the massive influence of the US retail group Wal-Mart.
v. withdraw; take back; draw back or in
E.g. "Conditions will probably only start to retract from the middle of the first quarter of 2007," Downing said.
n. review; look back upon; remember
E.g. I had a detailed retrospect of my association with the two girls.
v. worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
E.g. In the Orient, however, it had long been the custom to revere a monarch as if he were a divinity.
a. respectful; worshipful; impressed with veneration or deep respect
E.g. Though I bow my head in church and recite the prayers, sometimes I don't feel properly reverent.
ad. with reverence; in a reverent manner; in respectful regard
E.g. They speak reverently about this connection in private, but rarely talk about it to the press.
v. restore from a depressed; renew
E.g. Despite her claims of representing Indians, media reports here accuse her of only trying to revive a failing career for the money.
n. shoulder firearm with a long barrel
E.g. As long as a rifle is accurate and has a good trigger, Dave will like it no matter how much or little it costs.
n. shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
E.g. Capello believes there will be no long-term rift between the fans and the Manchester United star.
a. stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
E.g. Without integration, we are stuck in rigid, inflexible states and to face chaotic feeling or thought.
n. stiffness; physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
E.g. With such a supple, sensitive and compassionate mind, rigidity is something you need never worry about.
n. strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
E.g. Many settlers could not stand the rigor of the New England winters.
n. state of disorder involving group violence; rebellion
E.g. She said her main fear was that she would become the focus for a riot once people knew that she was in the prison.