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41 PrimaryField=1 SecondaryField=2 GroupField=3 TagField=4 [DATA] word definition part of speech high-frequency reserve self-control; formal but distant manner noun * residue remainder; balance noun resigned unresisting; patiently submissive adjective * resilient elastic; having the power of springing back adjective resolution determination noun resolve determination noun * resonant echoing; resounding; possessing resonance adjective respite delay in punishment; interval of relief; rest noun resplendent brilliant; lustrous adjective responsiveness state of reacting readily to appeals noun restitution reparation; indemnification noun restive unmanageable; fretting under control adjective restraint controlling force noun resurgent rising again after defeat, etc. adjective resuscitate revive verb retaliation repayment in kind (usually for bad treatment) noun retentive holding; having a good memory adjective reticence reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to be silent noun * retinue following; attendants noun retiring modest; shy adjective retort quick, sharp reply noun retract withdraw; take back verb * retrench cut down; economize verb retribution vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses noun retrieve recover; find and bring in verb retroactive of a law which dates back to a period before its enactment adjective retrograde go backwards; degenerate, instead of advancing verb retrospective looking back on the past adjective revelry boisterous merrymaking noun reverberate echo; resound verb reverent respectful; worshipful adjective * reverie daydream; musing noun revile slander; vilify verb revulsion sudden violent change of feeling; reaction noun rhapsodize to speak or write in an exaggerately enthusiastic matter verb rhetoric art of effective communication; insincere language noun rhetorical pertaining to effective communication; insincere language adjective ribald wanton; profane adjective rider amendment or clause added to a legislative bill noun rife abundant; current adjective rift opening; break noun rigor severity noun risible inclined to laugh; ludicrous adjective risqu verging upon the improper; offcolor adjective roan brown mixed with gray or white adjective robust vigorous; strong adjective rococo ornate; highly decorated adjective

roil to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment verb roseate rosy; optimistic adjective roster list noun rostrum platform for speech-making; pulpit noun rote repetition noun rotunda circular building or hall covered with a dome noun rotundity roundness; sonorousness of speech noun rout stampede; drive out verb rubble broken fragments noun ruddy reddish; healthy-looking adjective rudimentary not developed; elementary adjective rueful regretful; sorrowful; dejected adjective ruffian bully; scoundrel noun ruminate chew the cud; ponder verb rummage ransack; thoroughly search verb ruse trick; stratagem noun rustic pertaining to country people; uncouth adjective rusticate banish to the country; dwell in the country ruthless pitiless adjective saccharine cloyingly sweet adjective sacrilegious desecrating; profane adjective sacrosanct most sacred; inviolable adjective

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