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

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  • repose/ɹɪˈpəʊz/nounC2Rest and peaceful stillness.
  • reproach/ɹɪˈpɹəʊtʃ/verbC2To tell somebody with sorrow that they have let you down.
  • reprove/ɹɪˈpɹuːv/verbC2To tell somebody off gently, showing that you disapprove of what they did, without any formal or official rebuke.
  • reptilian/ɹɛpˈtɪliən/adjectiveC12 meaningsLike a reptile.
  • repudiate/ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/verbC2To reject something and refuse to be bound by it.
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/ɹɪˌpjuːdɪˈeɪ̯ʃ(ə)n/
nounC2
A formal refusal to accept or honour something.
  • repugnance/ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/nounC2A strong feeling of disgust.
  • requisition/ˌɹɛkwɪˈzɪʃən/nounC22 meaningsA formal request for goods or services.
  • residual/ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.ʊəl/adjectiveC2Left over after the main part has gone.
  • resound/ɹɪˈzaʊnd/verbC2To ring loudly through a place.
  • resounding/ɹɪˈzaʊn.dɪŋ/adjectiveC2Ringing loudly, or emphatic and beyond dispute.
  • resoundingly/ɹɪˈzaʊndɪŋli/adverbC2In a way that is emphatic and beyond argument.
  • resplendent/ɹɪˈsplɛn.dənt/adjectiveC2Shining brilliantly and richly dressed.
  • restive/ˈɹɛstɪv/adjectiveC2Restless and hard to keep under control.
  • resuscitate/ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/verbC22 meaningsTo bring somebody back to consciousness or life.
  • resuscitationnounC2Reviving somebody who has stopped breathing.
  • retainer/ɹɪˈteɪn.ə/nounC2A servant kept on by a family for many years.
  • retrospect/ˈɹɛtɹəˌspɛkt/nounC2A view of a past event with the knowledge of what followed.
  • retrospectionnounC2Looking back over what has already happened.
  • retrospective/ˌɹɛt.ɹə(ʊ)ˈspɛk.tɪv/nounC22 meaningsAn exhibition or survey covering a long period of work.
  • revel/ˈɹɛv.əl/verbC12 meaningsTo take great delight in something.
  • revelatory[ɹɛvəˈlɛjtəɹi]adjectiveC2Showing something that had not been understood before.
  • revelry/ˈɹɛvəlɹi/nounC2Noisy merry-making with drink and dancing.
  • revenant/ˈɹɛvənənt/nounC2Somebody who returns, especially from the dead.
  • reverberate/ɹɪˈvɜːbəˌɹeɪt/verbC2To keep sounding on and on around a space.
  • reverberation/ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/nounC2An echo that keeps sounding, or a lasting effect.
  • reverie/ˈɹɛvəɹi/nounC2A pleasant daydream you drift into.
  • revile/ɹəˈvaɪl/verbC2To abuse somebody in bitter language.
  • revisionism/ɹɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm/nounC2The reworking of an accepted account of the past.
  • rhetorical/ɹɪˈtɒɹ.ɪ.kəl/adjectiveC12 meaningsIntended to persuade or impress rather than inform.
  • rheumy/ˈɹuːmi/adjectiveC2Watery and dull, said of old eyes.
  • ribald/ˈɹɪb.əld/adjectiveC2Coarsely humorous about sex.
  • rife/ɹaɪf/adjectiveC2Widespread, and usually unwelcome.
  • rift/ɹɪft/nounC2A crack, or a serious break between friends.
  • rigmarole/ˈɹɪɡməɹəʊl/nounC2A long fussy procedure that seems pointless.
  • rill/ɹɪl/nounC2A small brook.
  • rime/ɹaɪm/nounC2A white frost that coats surfaces.
  • riprap/ˈɹɪpɹap/nounC2Loose rock piled to protect a shore from waves.
  • riven/ˈɹɪvən/adjectiveC2Split violently apart.
  • roan/ɹəʊn/adjectiveC2Having a coat of mixed white and coloured hairs.
  • roil/ˈɹɔɪl/verbC2To churn and stir up violently.
  • romp/ɹɒmp/verbC2To play boisterously, or to win very easily.
  • rondelnounC2A small round plate of armour or a round shield.
  • rook/ɹʊk/nounC13 meaningsA large black bird of the crow family that nests in colonies in treetops.
  • rookerynounC2A colony of nests high in the trees.
  • rostrum/ˈɹɒstɹəm/nounC2A raised platform to speak or conduct from.
  • rotund/ɹəʊ̯ˈtʌnd/adjectiveC12 meaningsRound and plump.
  • roundhouse/ˈɹaʊndˌhaʊs/nounC2A circular shed where locomotives were turned and stored.
  • roust/ɹaʊst/verbC2To rouse somebody out of a place roughly.
  • rout/ɹaʊt/nounC2A crushing defeat that sends the losers fleeing.
  • ruff/ɹʌf/nounC2A stiff frilled collar worn in earlier centuries.
  • ruination/ˌɹuː.ɪˈneɪʃən/nounC2The bringing of something to complete ruin.
  • rumble/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/verbB25 meaningsTo make a deep, low, rolling sound.
  • ruminant/ˈɹuːmɪnənt/nounC2An animal that chews food brought back from its stomach.
  • ruminate/ˈɹumɪneɪt/verbC2To turn a thought over and over.
  • rumination/ˌɹuːmɪˈneɪʃən/nounC2Turning the same painful thought over endlessly.
  • ruminative/ˈruməˌneɪdɪv/adjectiveC2Given to long slow thought.
  • runnel/ˈɹʌnəl/nounC22 meaningsA trickle of water finding its own small course.
  • rustle/ˈɹʌsəl/verbC13 meaningsTo make the soft dry sound of leaves or paper moving.
  • ruttingadjectiveC2In the season when male deer fight and mate.