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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.
  • rancournounC2Long-held bitterness and ill will.
  • rapacity/ɹəˈpæ.sɪ.ti/nounC2Aggressive greed that takes everything it can.
  • rapine/ˈɹæpaɪn/nounC2The violent seizing of property in war.
  • rapture/ˈɹæpt͡ʃəː/nounC2Overwhelming joy that carries you away.
  • ratepayernounC2Someone who pays the local charge on a property.
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  • ratternounC2A dog or cat kept for killing vermin.
  • rearguard/ˈɹɪəɹˌɡɑɹd/nounC2The troops who protect the back of an army.
  • rebuke/ɹiˈbjuːk/verbC22 meaningsTo tell somebody sharply that they were wrong.
  • recalcitrance/ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns/nounC2Stubborn refusal to obey.
  • 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.
  • reconciliation/ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/nounC22 meaningsComing back together after a quarrel.
  • recourse/ɹɪˈkɔːs/nounC2The help or remedy you can turn to.
  • recrimination/ɹiˌkɹɪməˈneɪʃən/nounC2Angry blame thrown back and forth.
  • rectitude/ˈɹɛk.tɪ.tjuːd/nounC2Strict moral uprightness.
  • recuperationnounC2The regaining of health and strength.
  • redoubt/ɹɪˈdaʊt/nounC2A small fort built to hold one position.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • rejoinder/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪndɚ/nounC2A quick sharp reply.
  • relativismnounC2The view that truth depends on who is looking.
  • remission/ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/nounB2+3 meaningsA period when the signs of a disease ease or disappear.
  • remittance/ɹɪˈmɪtəns/nounC2A sum of money sent to somebody.
  • render/ˈɹɛn.də/verbC17 meaningsTo cause someone or something to be in a particular state or condition.
  • repast/ɹɪˈpɑːst/nounC2A meal.
  • report/ɹɪˈpɔːt/verbA15 meaningsTo give an account of something that happened.
  • repose/ɹɪˈpəʊz/nounC2Rest and peaceful stillness.
  • repudiation/ɹɪˌpjuːdɪˈeɪ̯ʃ(ə)n/nounC2A formal refusal to accept or honour something.
  • repugnance/ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/nounC2A strong feeling of disgust.
  • requisition/ˌɹɛkwɪˈzɪʃən/nounC22 meaningsA formal request for goods or services.
  • 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.
  • revelry/ˈɹɛvəlɹi/nounC2Noisy merry-making with drink and dancing.
  • revenant/ˈɹɛvənənt/nounC2Somebody who returns, especially from the dead.
  • reverberation/ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/nounC2An echo that keeps sounding, or a lasting effect.
  • reverie/ˈɹɛvəɹi/nounC2A pleasant daydream you drift into.
  • revisionism/ɹɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm/nounC2The reworking of an accepted account of the past.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • roundhouse/ˈɹaʊndˌhaʊs/nounC2A circular shed where locomotives were turned and stored.
  • 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.