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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • raiment/ˈɹeɪ.mənt/nounC2Clothing, in poetic or old use.
  • rampant/ˈɹæm.pənt/adjectiveC12 meaningsSpreading unchecked.
  • rancournounC2Long-held bitterness and ill will.
  • rankle/ˈɹæŋ.kəl/verbC2To keep causing bitter resentment.
  • rapacious/ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/adjectiveC2Greedily grasping for more at others' cost.
  • rapacity/ɹəˈpæ.sɪ.ti/noun
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Aggressive greed that takes everything it can.
  • rapine/ˈɹæpaɪn/nounC2The violent seizing of property in war.
  • rapture/ˈɹæpt͡ʃəː/nounC2Overwhelming joy that carries you away.
  • rapturous/ˈɹæp.t͡ʃəɹ.əs/adjectiveC2Full of overwhelming delight.
  • ratepayernounC2Someone who pays the local charge on a property.
  • ratternounC2A dog or cat kept for killing vermin.
  • ravish/ˈɹæ.vɪʃ/verbC22 meaningsTo fill with delight.
  • realize/ˈɹɪə.laɪz/verbA23 meaningsTo become aware of something you had not noticed.
  • rearguard/ˈɹɪəɹˌɡɑɹd/nounC2The troops who protect the back of an army.
  • reave/ɹiːv/verbC2To carry off by force.
  • rebuke/ɹiˈbjuːk/verbC22 meaningsTo tell somebody sharply that they were wrong.
  • recalcitrance/ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns/nounC2Stubborn refusal to obey.
  • recalcitrant/ɹɪˈkæl.sɪ.tɹənt/adjectiveC2Resisting authority and refusing to co-operate.
  • recant/ɹəˈkænt/verbC2To take back publicly what you once declared.
  • recession/ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩/nounB2+2 meaningsA period when an economy shrinks and jobs are lost.
  • recidivism/rɪˈsɪdɪvɪzm̩/nounC2The habit of returning to crime after punishment.
  • recitation/ˌɹɛsɪˈteɪʃən/nounC2Saying a learned piece aloud from memory.
  • recluse/ɹɪˈkluːs/nounC2Somebody who lives shut away from other people.
  • reclusive/ɹɪˈkluːsɪv/adjectiveC2Choosing to live away from company.
  • reconcile/ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/verbC22 meaningsTo restore peace between people.
  • reconciliation/ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/nounC22 meaningsComing back together after a quarrel.
  • recondite/ˈɹɛk(ə)nˌdaɪt/adjectiveC2Dealing with matters far beyond ordinary knowledge.
  • recourse/ɹɪˈkɔːs/nounC2The help or remedy you can turn to.
  • recrimination/ɹiˌkɹɪməˈneɪʃən/nounC2Angry blame thrown back and forth.
  • rectify/ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ/verbC12 meaningsTo put a mistake right.
  • rectitude/ˈɹɛk.tɪ.tjuːd/nounC2Strict moral uprightness.
  • recumbentadjectiveC2Lying down.
  • recuperate/ɹɪˈk(j)uːpəˌɹeɪt/verbC2To get your strength back after illness.
  • recuperationnounC2The regaining of health and strength.
  • redolent/ˈrɛdəʊlənt/adjectiveC2Strongly smelling of something, or bringing it to mind.
  • redoubt/ɹɪˈdaʊt/nounC2A small fort built to hold one position.
  • redoubtable/ɹɪˈdaʊtəbl̩/adjectiveC2Formidable, and to be treated with respect.
  • redundancy/ɹɪˈdʌnd(ə)nsi/nounC23 meaningsThe ending of a job because the role is no longer needed.
  • reef/ɹiːf/nounB1+2 meaningsA ridge of coral or rock just below the sea surface.
  • refractory/ɹɪˈfɹæk.tə.ɹi/adjectiveC2Stubbornly resisting control or treatment.
  • refutation/ˌɹɛf.jʊˈteɪ.ʃən/nounC2Proof that a claim is false.
  • regicide/ˈɹɛ.d͡ʒə.saɪd/nounC2The killing of a king.
  • reissuenounC2A fresh release of something published before.
  • rejoin/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/verbB2+2 meaningsTo join something again after leaving.
  • rejoinder/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪndɚ/nounC2A quick sharp reply.
  • relativismnounC2The view that truth depends on who is looking.
  • relegate/ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/verbC2To send down to a lower rank or division.
  • remiss/ɹəˈmɪs/adjectiveC2Careless in doing what you were supposed to do.
  • remission/ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/nounB2+3 meaningsA period when the signs of a disease ease or disappear.
  • remit/ɹɪˈmɪt/verbC2To send money, or to cancel a debt or a penalty.
  • remittance/ɹɪˈmɪtəns/nounC2A sum of money sent to somebody.
  • remonstrate/ˈɹɛ.mən.stɹeɪt/verbC2To protest to somebody about what they are doing.
  • remorseful/ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)sfʊl/adjectiveC2Deeply sorry for something you did wrong.
  • rend/ɹɛnd/verbC2To tear something violently apart.
  • rend asunderphraseC2To wrench something violently apart, splitting it into large separate pieces rather than small shreds.
  • render/ˈɹɛn.də/verbC17 meaningsTo cause someone or something to be in a particular state or condition.
  • renege/ɹɪˈnɛɡ/verbC2To go back on a promise you gave.
  • repast/ɹɪˈpɑːst/nounC2A meal.
  • replete/ɹɪˈpliːt/adjectiveC2Filled to overflowing with something.
  • report/ɹɪˈpɔːt/verbA15 meaningsTo give an account of something that happened.