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Word Meaning with Alphabet "R"
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- Raid - Noun - A sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- Rant - Verb - To speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
- Rebellion - Noun - Open, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler.
- Rebuke - Verb - To express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
- Reckless with money Reckless - Adjective - Utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually followed by of ): to be reckless of danger.
- Rectitude - Noun - Rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue: the rectitude of her motives.
- Reiterated - Verb - To say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
- Rejoicing - Noun - The act of a person who rejoices.
- Relevant - Adjective - Bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
- Remove offensive parts of Remove - Verb - To move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- Renounce - Verb - To give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- Repast - Noun - A quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating: to eat a light repast.
- Repine - Verb - To be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Reprehensible - Adjective - Deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
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- Reprieve - Noun - A respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death.
- Reprimand - Noun - A severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- Reprise - Noun - Usually, reprises. Law . an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- Reproach - Verb - To find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- Reprobation - Noun - Disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
- Reprove - Verb - To prove again.
- Respite - Noun - Temporary suspension of the execution of a person condemned to death; reprieve.
- Reticent - Adjective - Disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- Retiring - Adjective - Withdrawing from contact with others; reserved; shy.
- Revile - Verb - To assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- Ridicule - Noun - Speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- Rococo - Noun - A homophonic musical style of the middle 18th century, marked by a generally superficial elegance and charm and by the use of elaborate ornamentation and stereotyped devices.
- Rude - Adjective - Discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
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Astute - adjective - of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious: an astute analysis.
Burlesque - Noun - An artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty
material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.
Cloying - Adjective - Overly ingratiating or sentimental.
Demure - Adjective - characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
Expurgate - Verb - to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.
Fawning - Noun - a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
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