GRE_WORD_LIST_R

  1. Ragamuffin

    Person wearing tattered clothes

  2. Rarefied

    Made less dense (of a gas)

  3. Raucous

    • Harsh and shrill

    • disorderly

  4. Ravage

    • Plunder

    • despoil

  5. Reactionary

    • Opposing progress

    • politically ultraconservative

  6. Rebate

    Discount

  7. Recalcitrant

    • Stubborn

    • unruly

    • determined to resist authority

  8. Recant

    • Disclaim or disavow

    • retract a previous statement

    • openly confess error

  9. Recluse

    • Hermit

    • loner

  10. Recondite

    • Abstruse

    • profound

    • secret

  11. Rectify

    • Set right

    • correct

  12. Recuperate

    Recover

  13. Recurrent

    Occurring again and again

  14. Redoubtable

    • Formidable

    • causing fear

  15. Refractory

    • Stubborn

    • unmanageable

  16. Refute

    Disprove

  17. Reiterate

    Repeat

  18. Relegate

    • Banish to an inferior position

    • delegate

    • assign

  19. Remiss

    Negligent

  20. Remonstrate

    • Protest

    • objection

  21. Repartee

    Clever reply

  22. Repellent

    • Driving away

    • unattractive

  23. Repercussion

    • Rebound

    • reverberation

    • reaction

  24. Replenish

    Fill up again

  25. Reprisal

    Retaliation

  26. Reproach

    Express disapproval or disappointment

  27. Reprobate

    • Person hardened in sin

    • devoid of sense of decency

  28. Reprove

    • Censure

    • rebuke

  29. Repudiate

    • Disown

    • disavow

  30. Repugnance

    Loathing

  31. Rescind

    Cancel

  32. Resilient

    • Elastic

    • having the power of springing back

  33. Resolution

    Determination

  34. Resolve

    • Determination

    • firmness of purpose

  35. Restive

    • Restlessly impatient

    • resisting control

  36. Retentive

    • Holding

    • having a good memory

  37. Reticenct

    • Reserved

    • uncommunicative

    • inclined to silence

  38. Retrograde

    • Go backwards

    • degenerate

  39. Revere

    • Respect

    • worship

  40. Rife

    • Abundant

    • current

  41. Robust

    • Vigorous

    • strong

  42. Rotundity

    Roundness

  43. Ruddy

    • Reddish

    • healthy-looking

  44. Rudimentary

    • Not developed

    • elementary

    • crude

  45. Rueful

    • Regret

    • lament

    • mourn

  46. Ruse

    • Trick

    • stratagem

  47. Rustic

    • Pertaining to country people

    • uncouth

  48. Ruthless

    • Pitiless

    • cruel

  49. Rabble

    Mob crowd the lower classes of populace

  50. Raconteur

    Person who tells anecdotes

  51. Raffish

    Low vulgar base tawdry

  52. Ramify

    To be divided or subdivided to branch out

  53. Rancorous

    Feeling bitterness spitefulness

  54. Rapacious

    Greedy (esp for money)

  55. Rave

    Act with excessive enthusiasm

  56. Rebuff

    Snub

  57. Recast

    Cast or fashion anew

  58. Recidivism

    Relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior

  59. Reciprocity

    Granting of privileges in return for similar

  60. Recitals

    A number of performance of music

  61. Recompense

    Make payment to reward punish

  62. Recreancy

    Cowardice a cowardly giving up

  63. Refulgent

    Shining brilliant

  64. Regale

    To delight or entertain to feast

  65. Regicide

    Crime of killing a king

  66. Relapse

    Fall back again

  67. Reminiscent

    Viewing the past

  68. Repast

    Meal

  69. Repine

    At be discontented with

  70. Requite

    Repay give in return

  71. Resort

    To frequently visit

  72. Retrospective

    Looking back on past

  73. Rivet

    Fix take up secure metal pin

  74. Ruffian

    Violent cruel man

  75. Rumple

    Make rough

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