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Cormier 7
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12th Grade
12/17/2008

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Term
Rapacious
Definition
given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
2.

inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate: a rapacious disposition.

gluttonous, greedy, 

 

The rapacious robbers stole all the jewels and then burnt down the store

Term
Recant
Definition

1. to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), esp. formally; retract.

abjure, recall, take back,

The man recanted his opinion about the way the dress looked on his wife

Term
Reclusive
Definition
adjective re⋅cluse. Also, re⋅clu⋅sive.
3. shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons.
4. characterized by seclusion; solitary.

antisocial, ascetic, cloistered, hermetic,

His reclusive behavior was a result of always reading and never interacing with other people

Term
Recrimination
Definition
  to bring a countercharge against an accuser.
–verb (used with object)
2.

to accuse in return.

 

He recriminated that the woman stole from the business, therfore he fired her

Term
Rectify
Definition
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to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
amend, emend, mend,

He rectified the arguement by agreeing with her and telling her she was right all along

Term
Redolent
Definition

aromatic, balmy, fragrant, reminiscent,

The redolent candle filled the room with the piney sweet scent of grapes

Term
Redundant
Definition
  characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix: a redundant style.
2.

being in excess; exceeding what is usual or natural: a redundant part.

 

Repetative

His speech was redundant because it kept on saying the same things over and over again

Term
Refutable
Definition
1.

to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.

2. He refuted the charge that he was at the scene of the crimeby presenting an alibi
Term

Relegate

 

Definition
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.

commend, commit, confide,

Term
Relinquish
Definition

  to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
2. to give up; put aside or desist from: to relinquish a plan.
3. to let go; release: to relinquish one's hold.

He relinquished his plans to go on a cruise because there was a death in the family  
   
Term
Polity
Definition
. a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
2. the condition of being constituted as a state or other organized community or body: The polity of ancient Athens became a standard for later governments
Term
Reparation
Definition
he making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
2.

Usually, reparations. compensation in money, material, labor, etc., payable by a defeated country to another country or to an individual for loss suffered during or as a result of war.

amends, indemnity, offset, recompense,

After the WWII Germany had topay large reparations a lot of nations

Term
Reprehensible
Definition

blamable, censurable, culpable, guilty, base,

deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.

The sons action of getting arrested was reprehensible for the stress his mother went through 

Term
Repudiate
Definition
  to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
2.

to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son.\

deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, reject, renounc

He mother bird repudiated her chicks after smelling the scent of human on them

Term
Substrate
Definition
  1. The material or substance on which an enzyme acts.
  2. A surface on which an organism grows or is attached.
  3. The womb was the substrate for the fetus
Term
Requisite
Definition

required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.

Aceing the two tests was requisite for getting an A in the English class

Term
Resilient
Definition
  springing back; rebounding.
2. returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched.

The rubber was resilient because after stretching it it went back to its natural form

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