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each of Venice. 8 capability, capacity: Tragedy often occurs
when one's ambition exceeds one's reach.
react v. 1 act, behave, conduct oneself, proceed; retaliate,
reciprocate, get even: I wonder how you would have reacted if
someone had insulted you! 2 respond, answer, reply, retort:
The crowd reacted to the police presence by becoming very nasty.
She reacted with surprise on learning of his arrest.
reaction n. 1 response, reply, answer, effect, feedback: Did you get
any reaction when you told her I had been arrested? Her
reaction was to turn over and go back to sleep. 2 repulsion,
resistance, counteraction, counterbalance, compensation: A
rocket derives forward thrust by reaction against its own
exhaust, hence can operate in a vacuum. 3 retaliation,
reciprocation, reprisal, revenge: He shot her in reaction to
her announcement that she was leaving him.
reactionary
adj. 1 (ultra-)conservative, right, rightist, right-wing,
blimpish; traditionalist; South African verkrampte: Reactionary
governments tend to reduce social services.
--n. 2 (ultra-)conservative, rightist, right-winger, Colonel
Blimp; traditionalist; South African verkrampte: As a
reactionary, he feels that the status quo is fine and change
unnecessary.
read v. 1 peruse, scan, skim, review, study, look over, pore over:
I have read the article twice but still cannot understand it. 2
understand, know, be familiar with, comprehend, interpret,
decipher: Can you read Greek? Madame Sonja reads tea leaves. 3
announce, present, deliver: Anna reads the news on TV at six
o'clock every evening. 4 read into. assign to, impute (to),
infer (from), assume (from), presume (from), conclude (from):
You might be reading too much into that letter of commendation.
readable adj. 1 intelligible, comprehensible, understandable, easy to
understand, easily understood, plain: Surprisingly, the
instructions for operating the computer are fairly readable. 2
entertaining, easy to read, enjoyable, pleasurable, absorbing,
interesting, engaging, stimulating, worthwhile: Her latest
thriller is so readable that I stayed up all night to finish it.