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the birthday cake with great relish.
--v. 2 enjoy, delight in, take pleasure in, fancy, be partial
to, appreciate, savour, look forward to, anticipate: After all
that dining out, I'd really relish a home-cooked meal. I don't
relish having to tell her she is being made redundant.
reluctance
n. unwillingness, disinclination, aversion, dislike, disrelish,
hesitancy: Cooper's reluctance to leave before the end of the
play was understandable.
reluctant adj. unwilling, disinclined, averse, hesitant, loath,
unenthusiastic, indisposed, opposed, antagonistic; cautious,
chary, wary, leery, circumspect, careful: I remember how
reluctant you were to try raw oysters, and then you couldn't get
enough of them.
rely v. rely on or upon. depend on or upon, lean on or upon, count
on or upon, bank on or upon, have confidence in, bet on, trust
in, swear by, be sure or certain of: You can rely on Philippa
to come through when you need a friend. I am relying on the
fact that interest rates are likely to stay at their present
levels.
remain v. 1 stay (behind), be left, tarry, linger, wait, Colloq stay
put: I remained to help with the washing-up. 2 be left, be
there: How many days remain before your trip? 3 stay,
continue, carry on, abide; endure, persist, last, persevere:
She refuses to remain with him another minute. His last book
will remain a monument to his scholarship.
--n. 4 remains. a leavings, remnants, crumbs, debris,
detritus, remainder, balance, residue, leftovers, scraps,
vestiges, traces, fragments, oddments, odds and ends: The
remains of a half-eaten meal were on the table. b body,
cadaver, corpse; carcass: The remains of the impala were being
picked over by vultures.
remainder n. 1 rest, balance, remains, residue: He spent the remainder
of his life in penury. 2 excess, overage, surplus, residue,
residuum, leftovers: I have used all I needed and don't know
what to do with the remainder.