Set 17 F
Terms
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- n refectory
- dining hall; room where meals are served (in a school)
- recumbent
- reclining; lying down completely or in part
- rejuvenate
- make young again
- s remittance
- remitting of money; amount of money remitted
- n rectitude
- moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
- n redress
- remedy; compensation; Ex. seek redress for the damage to your car; V: put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for
- recrimination
- countercharges; V. recriminate
- n reek
- emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke); give off an unpleasant odor; give out smoke; Ex. reeking chimney; N: unpleasant odor; stench
- refute
- disprove; prove to be false; N. refutation
- s penology
- study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation
- regal
- royal; of a monarch; Ex. regal manner
- s stink
- stench; V: emit a strong foul odor
- n refractory
- unmanageable; disobedient and stubborn; Ex. refractory horse
- n rejoinder
- reply; retort; comeback; V. rejoin: say in reply
- relent
- become less severe; give in(surrender); ADJ. relentless: unyielding; continuously severe
- redolent
- odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor); Ex. redolent of onions/mystery
- n regatta
- boat or yacht race
- s gleam
- brief flash of light; glow; V.
- s remit
- transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment
- n refrain
- abstain from; resist; forbear; N: chorus
- regeneration
- spiritual rebirth; Ex. regeneration of the prisoners; V. regenerate: give or obtain new life; reform spiritually
- remonstrate
- protest; objection; V. remonstrate: say in protest
- reiterate
- repeat
- remorse
- deep regret for wrongdoing; guilt; self-reproach
- s reminiscent
- suggestive of something (in the past); of reminiscence
- reminiscence
- recollection; V. reminisce: recollect the past
- n regiment
- military unit; V: subject to strict order; Ex. regimented society
- remunerative
- (of work) compensating; rewarding; profitable; well-paid; V. remunerate: reward; pay (someone) for work or trouble
- rehabilitate
- restore to proper condition (health or useful life); restore the former rank of
- n relish
- enjoy; savor; N: enjoyment; zest
- n redoubtable
- formidable; causing fear
- remnant
- remainder
- n refurbish
- renovate; make clean, bright, or fresh (make new) again; make bright by polishing; Ex. refurbish an old theater; CF. furbish: polish
- n regimen
- prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer
- render
- give; deliver; provide; represent in verbal or artistic form; depict; perform; make; translate; Ex. render the song beautifully
- regicide
- murder of a king or queen
- n relic
- surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X.
- n relegate
- put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; Ex. relegate the old furniture to the children's room; Ex. relegated to the second division
- relinquish
- give up something (with reluctance); yield; release; Ex. relinquish power/the claim to the land/his hold on my arm
- remiss
- negligent; careless about a duty
- n regale
- entertain
- refulgent
- effulgent; brilliant; brightly shining; gleaming; Ex. refulgent moon
- regime
- method of system or government
- s chorus
- phrase repeated throughout a song or poem
- rend
- split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow
- relevant
- having importance; pertinent; referring to the case in hand; N. relevance, relevancy
- redundant
- superfluous; more than is necessary; verbose; excessively wordy; repetitious
- refraction
- bending of a ray of light
- remediable
- reparable
- reimburse
- repay; pay back
- remission
- temporary moderation (of disease symptoms); remitting of a debt or punishment; cancelation of a debt; pardon; Ex. The disease went into remission; Ex. Christians pray for the remission of sins.
- s stench
- strong foul odor; reek; stink
- s comeback
- retort; quick clever reply; return to former status