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Words for GRE - R
GRE Words that start with R
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06/02/2011

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Raconteur
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witty, skillful storyteller; monologist
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Raffish
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vulgar; unconventional and disreputable
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Rancorous
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charactized by bitter resentment; acromonious
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Rankle
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to irritate; cause resentment; irk
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Rarefy
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to make thinner or sparse; less dense; attenuate
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Recalcitrant
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obstinatley resistant to authroity; difficult to manage
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Recondite
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hidden; conceleaedobscure; abtruse; esoteric
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Reconnoiter
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to engage in reconaissance
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Redolence
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the state of being fragrent, siggestive, or evocative
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Redress
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to set something right or make amends
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Reflugent
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radiant; shinning; brilliant; luminous
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Regale
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to delight or entertain
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Rejoinder
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response; reposte
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Relegate
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to focibly assign; demote; consign
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Renege
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to fail to honor a commitment; withdraw
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Repartee
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witty conversation; banter
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Repast
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meal or mealtime
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Replete
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abundantly supplied
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Repose
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relaxation, leisure
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Reprehensible
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worthy of blame or censure
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Repudiate
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to reject the validity of
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Requite
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to return or repay
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Rescind
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to invalidate; repeal; retract; annul
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Restive
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impatien; uneasy, restless; fretful; agitated
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Reticent
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silent, reserved; taciturn
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Reverent
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marked by feeling of awe and respect
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Rhetoric
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effective writing or speaking
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Ribald
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humourous in a vugar way; lewd
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Risible
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causing laughter; ludicrious
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Rococo
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very highly ornamented; relating to 18th century artisitc style of elaborate ornimination
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Rue
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to regret; lament
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Rustic
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rural; bucolic; pastoral
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