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Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library

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The Words 77<br />

reap harvest<br />

rebuff reject, snub<br />

rebuke criticize, reprimand<br />

rebus picture puzzle<br />

rebuttal reply, counterargument<br />

recalcitrant stubbornly resisting the<br />

authority of another<br />

recant retract a previous statement<br />

recapitulate restate, summarize<br />

recede move back<br />

receptacle container<br />

receptive open to ideas<br />

recidivism habitual criminal activity<br />

recipient one who receives<br />

reciprocal mutual, return in kind<br />

recital performance, concert<br />

recitation recital, lesson<br />

reclusive solitary<br />

recoil flinch, retreat<br />

recollect remember<br />

recompense repay, compensate<br />

reconcile adjust, balance<br />

recondite mystical, profound<br />

reconnaissance surveillance<br />

reconnoiter to survey, to scout<br />

(especially for military purposes)<br />

recount recite<br />

recoup recover<br />

recourse appeal, resort<br />

recreant cowardly<br />

recrimination countercharge,<br />

retaliation<br />

recruit draftee<br />

rectify correct, to make right<br />

recumbent reclining<br />

recuperation recovery<br />

recur repeat, revert<br />

redeem buy back, justify, restore<br />

yourself to favor or to good opinion<br />

redeemer savior<br />

redemption salvation<br />

redolent fragrant<br />

redoubt fort<br />

redoubtable formidable, steadfast<br />

redress restitution, compensation<br />

redundant repetitious<br />

reek smell<br />

reel stagger, to lurch backward as<br />

though struck by a blow<br />

referendum vote<br />

refined purified, cultured<br />

reflux ebb<br />

refraction bending, deflection<br />

refractory obstinate, disobedient<br />

refrain abstain<br />

refurbish remodel, renovate<br />

refute disprove, contradict<br />

regal royal<br />

regale entertain<br />

regalia emblems

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