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Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library

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The Words 81<br />

Quiz 29 (Matching)<br />

Match each word in the first column with its definition in the second column.<br />

Answers are on page 102.<br />

1. REGIME A. vulgar<br />

2. REJOINDER B. quick reply<br />

3. REMUNERATION C. uneasy<br />

4. RENDEZVOUS D. necessary<br />

5. RENT E. miscreant<br />

6. REPROBATE F. rupture<br />

7. REQUISITE G. a meeting<br />

8. RESTIVE H. compensation<br />

9. RETRIBUTION I. retort<br />

10. RIBALD J. a government<br />

rickety shaky, ramshackle<br />

ricochet carom, rebound<br />

rife widespread, abundant<br />

riffraff dregs of society<br />

rifle search through and steal<br />

rift a split, an opening, disagreement<br />

righteous upright, moral<br />

rigor harshness, precise and exacting<br />

rime crust<br />

riposte counterthrust<br />

risible laughable<br />

risqué off-color, racy<br />

rivet engross<br />

robust vigorous<br />

rogue scoundrel<br />

roister bluster<br />

romp frolic<br />

roseate rosy, optimistic<br />

roster list of people<br />

rostrum podium<br />

roué libertine<br />

rouse awaken, provoke<br />

rout vanquish, cause to retreat<br />

rubicund ruddy complexion<br />

ruck the common herd<br />

rudiment beginning, kernel<br />

rue regret<br />

ruffian brutal person<br />

ruminate ponder<br />

rummage hunt, grope<br />

runel stream<br />

ruse trick<br />

rustic rural<br />

S<br />

Sabbath day of rest<br />

sabbatical vacation<br />

saber sword<br />

sabotage treason, destruction

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