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rapacious
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voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds
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ratify
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approve formally; confirm; verify
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ratiocination
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reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason logically
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raucous
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(of voice) harsh and unpleasant; (of people) disorderly and boisterous; Ex. raucous shouts
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ravage
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devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms
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ravel
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fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist
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reactionary
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strongly opposed to social or political change; opposing progress; politically ultraconservative; N. OP. radical
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realm
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kingdom; field or sphere; Ex. not within the realms of possibility
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rebuff
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reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N.
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rebuke
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scold harshly; criticize severely
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rebus
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representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''.
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rebuttal
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refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove
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recalcitrant
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disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child
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recant
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disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement
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recapitulate
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summarize
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