Barron's Word List 41

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reserve (n)

Back 1

self-control

Front 2

residue (n)

Back 2

remainder, balance

Front 3

resignation (n) (2)

Back 3

patient submissiveness;

statement that one is quitting a job

Front 4

resilient (adj)

Back 4

elastic; having the power of springing back

Front 5

respite (n

Back 5

(1) time of rest/break from doing something (work, etc)

(2) postponement of punishment (of a criminal)

Front 6

restitution

Back 6

reparation; indemnification

Front 7

restive (adj)

Back 7

relentlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control

Front 8

restraint (n)

Back 8

moderation or self-control; controlling force, restriction

Front 9

resumption

Back 9

taking up again; recommencement

Front 10

resurge (v)

Back 10

rise again; flow to and fro

Front 11

resuscitate

Back 11

revive

Front 12

retentive

Back 12

holding, having a good memory

Front 13

retinue

Back 13

following, attendants

Front 14

retiring (adj)

Back 14

modest, shy

Front 15

retrench (v)

Back 15

cut down; economize

Front 16

retribution

Back 16

vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses

Front 17

retrieve

Back 17

recover; find and bring in

Front 18

retroactive

Back 18

taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)

Front 19

retrograde

Back 19

go backwards; degenerate

Front 20

retrospective

Back 20

looking back on the past

Front 21

reverent (adj)

Back 21

respectful; worshipful

Front 22

reverie (n)

Back 22

daydream, musing

Front 23

revert (v)

Back 23

relapse; backslide; turn back to

Front 24

revile (v)

Back 24

attack with abusive language, vilify

Front 25

revoke (v)

Back 25

cancel; retract

Front 26

revulsion (n)

Back 26

sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction

Front 27

rhapsodize (v)

Back 27

to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner

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ribald (adj)

Back 28

wanton, profane

Front 29

riddle (v)

Back 29

pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout

Front 30

rider (n)

Back 30

amendment or clause added to a legislative bill

Front 31

rife (adj)

Back 31

abundant, current

Front 32

rift (n)

Back 32

opening, break

Front 33

rig (v)

Back 33

fix or manipulate

Front 34

rigor (n) (2)

Back 34

(1) something hard to endure

(2) severity, sternness

Front 35

rile (v)

Back 35

vex, irritate

Front 36

riveting (adj)

Back 36

absorbing; engrossing

Front 37

rivulet (n)

Back 37

small stream

Front 38

roil (v) (2)

Back 38

to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; to disturb

Front 39

roseate (adj)

Back 39

rosy, optimistic

Front 40

roster (n)

Back 40

list

Front 41

rostrum

Back 41

platform for speech-making; pulpit

Front 42

rote (n)

Back 42

repetition

Front 43

rotunda (n)

Back 43

circular buliding or hall covered with a dome

Front 44

rotundity (n)

Back 44

roundness; sonorousness of speech

Front 45

rout (v)

Back 45

stampede, drive out

Front 46

rubble (n)

Back 46

fragments

Front 47

ruddy (adj)

Back 47

reddish, healthy-looking

Front 48

rudimentary (adj)

Back 48

not developed; elementary; crude

Front 49

ruffian (n)

Back 49

bully; scoundrel

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ruminate (v)

Back 50

chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically); mull over, ponder

Front 51

rummage (v)

Back 51

ransack; thoroughly search

Front 52

runic (adj)

Back 52

mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet

Front 53

rustic (adj)

Back 53

pertaining to the country people, uncouth

Front 54

rusticate (v)

Back 54

banish to the country; dwell in the country

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sacrilegious (adj)

Back 55

desecrating; profane

Front 56

sacrosanct

Back 56

most sacred; inviolable