IELTS VOCABULARY | LEARN ENGLISH | ENGLISH VOCABULARY
Rabid | adv. | Affected With Rabies Or Hydrophobia. |
Racy | adv. | Exciting Or Exhilarating To The Mind. |
Radiance | n. | Brilliant Or Sparkling Luster. |
Radiate | v. | To Extend In All Directions, As From A Source Or Focus. |
Radical | n. | One Who Holds Extreme Views Or Advocates Extreme Measures. |
Radix | n. | That From Or On Which Something Is Developed. |
Raillery | n. | Good-Humored Satire. |
Ramify | v. | To Divide Or Subdivide Into Branches Or Subdivisions. |
Ramose | adv. | Branch-Like. |
Rampant | adv. | Growing, Climbing, Or Running Without Check Or Restraint. |
Rampart | n. | A Bulwark Or Construction To Oppose Assault Or Hostile Entry. |
Rancor | n. | Malice. |
Rankle | v. | To Produce Irritation Or Festering. |
Rapacious | adv. | Disposed To Seize By Violence Or By Unlawful Or Greedy Methods. |
Rapid | adv. | Having Great Speed. |
Rapine | n. | The Act Of Seizing And Carrying Off Property By Superior Force, As In War. |
Rapt | adv. | Enraptured. |
Raptorial | adv. | Seizing And Devouring Living Prey. |
Ration | v. | To Provide With A Fixed Allowance Or Portion, Especially Of Food. |
Rationalism | n. | The Formation Of Opinions By Relying Upon Reason Alone, Independently Of Authority. |
Raucous | adv. | Harsh. |
Ravage | v. | To Lay Waste By Pillage, Rapine, Devouring, Or Other Destructive Methods. |
Ravenous | adv. | Furiously Voracious Or Hungry. |
Ravine | n. | A Deep Gorge Or Hollow, Especially One Worn By A Stream Or Flow Of Water. |
Reaction | n. | Tendency Towards A Former, Or Opposite State Of Things, As After Reform, Revolution, Or Inflatio |
Reactionary | adv. | Pertaining To, Of The Nature Of, Causing, Or Favoring Reactio |
Readily Ad | v. | Without Objection Or Reluctance. |
Readjust | v. | To Put In Order After Disarrangement. |
Ready | adv. | In A State Of Preparedness For Any Given Purpose Or Occasio |
Realism | n. | The Principle And Practice Of Depicting Persons And Scenes As They Are Believed Really To Exist. |
Rearrange | v. | To Arrange Again Or In A Different Order. |
Reassure | v. | To Give New Confidence. |
Rebellious | adv. | Insubordinate. |
Rebuff | n. | A Peremptory Or Unexpected Rejection Of Advances Or Approaches. |
Rebuild | v. | To Build Again Or Anew. |
Rebut | v. | To Oppose By Argument Or A Sufficient Answer. |
Recant | v. | To Withdraw Formally One’S Belief (In Something Previously Believed Or Maintained). |
Recapitulate | v. | To Repeat Again The Principal Points Of. |
Recapture | v. | To Capture Again. |
Recede | v. | To Move Back Or Away. |
Receivable | adv. | Capable Of Being Or Fit To Be Received – Often Money. |
Receptive | adv. | Having The Capacity, Quality, Or Ability Of Receiving, As Truths Or Impressions. |
Recessive | adv. | Having A Tendency To Go Back. |
Recidivist | n. | A Confirmed Criminal. |
Reciprocal | adv. | Mutually Interchangeable Or Convertible. |
Reciprocate | v. | To Give And Take Mutually. |
Reciprocity | n. | Equal Mutual Rights And Benefits Granted And Enjoyed. |
Recitation | n. | The Act Of Reciting Or Repeating, Especially In Public And From Memory. |
Reck | v. | To Have A Care Or Thought For. |
Reckless | adv. | Foolishly Headless Of Danger. |
Reclaim | v. | To Demand Or To Obtain The Return Or Restoration Of. |
Recline | v. | To Cause To Assume A Leaning Or Recumbent Attitude Or Position. |
Recluse | n. | One Who Lives In Retirement Or Seclusio |
Reclusory | n. | A Hermitage. |
Recognizance | n. | An Acknowledgment Entered Into Before A Court With Condition To Do Some Particular Act. |
Recognize | v. | To Recall The Identity Of (A Person Or Thing). |
Recoil | v. | To Start Back As In Dismay, Loathing, Or Dread. |
Recollect | v. | To Recall The Knowledge Of. |
Reconcilable | adv. | Capable Of Being Adjusted Or Harmonized. |
Reconnoiter | v. | To Make A Preliminary Examination Of For Military, Surveying, Or Geological Purposes. |
Reconsider | v. | To Review With Care, Especially With A View To A Reversal Of Previous Action. |
Reconstruct | v. | To Rebuild. |
Recourse | n. | Resort To Or Application For Help In Exigency Or Trouble. |
Recover | v. | To Regain. |
Recreant | n. | A Cowardly Or Faithless Perso |
Recreate | v. | To Refresh After Labor. |
Recrudescence | n. | The State Of Becoming Raw Or Sore Agai |
Recrudescent | adv. | Becoming Raw Or Sore Agai |
Recruit | v. | To Enlist Men For Military Or Naval Service. |
Rectify | v. | To Correct. |
Rectitude | n. | The Quality Of Being Upright In Principles And Conduct. |
Recuperate | v. | To Recover. |
Recur | v. | To Happen Again Or Repeatedly, Especially At Regular Intervals. |
Recure | v. | To Cure Again. |
Recurrent | adv. | Returning From Time To Time, Especially At Regular Or Stated Intervals. |
Redemption | n. | The Recovery Of What Is Mortgaged Or Pledged, By Paying The Debt. |
Redolence | n. | Smelling Sweet And Agreeable. |
Redolent | adv. | Smelling Sweet And Agreeable. |
Redoubtable | adv. | Formidable. |
Redound | n. | Rebound. |
Redress | v. | To Set Right, As A Wrong By Compensation Or The Punishment Of The Wrong-Doer. |
Reducible | adv. | That May Be Reduced. |
Redundance | n. | Excess. |
Redundant | adv. | Constituting An Excess. |
Reestablish | v. | To Restore. |
Refer | v. | To Direct Or Send For Information Or Other Purpose. |
Referable | adv. | Ascribable. |
Referee | n. | An Umpire. |
Referrer | n. | One Who Refers. |
Refinery | n. | A Place Where Some Crude Material, As Sugar Or Petroleum, Is Purified. |
Reflectible | adv. | Capable Of Being Turned Back. |
Reflection | n. | The Throwing Off Or Back Of Light, Heat, Sound, Or Any Form Of Energy That Travels In Waves. |
Reflector | n. | A Mirror, As Of Metal, For Reflecting Light, Heat, Or Sound In A Particular Directio |
Reflexible | adv. | Capable Of Being Reflected. |
Reform | n. | Change For The Better. |
Reformer | n. | One Who Carries Out A Reform. |
Refract | v. | To Bend Or Turn From A Direct Course. |
Refractory | adv. | Not Amenable To Control. |
Refragable | adv. | Capable Of Being Refuted. |
Refringency | n. | Power To Refract. |
Refringent | adv. | Having The Power To Refract. |
Refusal | n. | Denial Of What Is Asked. |
Refute | v. | To Prove To Be Wrong. |
Regale | v. | To Give Unusual Pleasure. |
Regalia | n. | Pl. The Emblems Of Royalty. |
Regality | n. | Royalty. |
Regenerate | v. | To Reproduce. |
Regent | n. | One Who Is Lawfully Deputized To Administer The Government For The Time Being In The Name Of The Ruler. |
Regicide | n. | The Killing Of A King Or Sovereig |
Regime | n. | Particular Conduct Or Administration Of Affairs. |
Regimen | n. | A Systematized Order Or Course Of Living With Reference To Food, Clothing And Personal Habits. |
Regiment | n. | A Body Of Soldiers. |
Regnant | adj. | Exercising Royal Authority In One’S Own Right. |
Regress | v. | To Return To A Former Place Or Conditio |
Regretful | adj. | Feeling, Expressive Of, Or Full Of Regret. |
Rehabilitate | v. | To Restore To A Former Status, Capacity, Right Rank, Or Privilege. |
Reign | v. | To Hold And Exercise Sovereign Power. |
Reimburse | v. | To Pay Back As An Equivalent Of What Has Been Expended. |
Rein | n. | A Step Attached To The Bit For Controlling A Horse Or Other Draft-Animal. |
Reinstate | v. | To Restore To A Former State, Station, Or Authority. |
Reiterate | v. | To Say Or Do Again And Agai |
Rejoin | v. | To Reunite After Separatio |
Rejuvenate | v. | To Restore To Youth. |
Rejuvenescence | n. | A Renewal Of Youth. |
Relapse | v. | To Suffer A Return Of A Disease After Partial Recovery. |
Relegate | v. | To Send Off Or Consign, As To An Obscure Position Or Remote Destinatio |
Relent | v. | To Yield. |
Relevant | adj. | Bearing Upon The Matter In Hand. |
Reliance | n. | Dependence. |
Reliant | adj. | Having Confidence. |
Relinquish | v. | To Give Up Using Or Having. |
Reliquary | n. | A Casket, Coffer, Or Repository In Which Relics Are Kept. |
Relish | v. | To Like The Taste Or Savor Of. |
Reluctance | n. | Unwillingness. |
Reluctant | adj. | Unwilling. |
Remembrance | n. | Recollectio |
Reminiscence | n. | The Calling To Mind Of Incidents Within The Range Of Personal Knowledge Or Experience. |
Reminiscent | adj. | Pertaining To The Recollection Of Matters Of Personal Interest. |
Remiss | adj. | Negligent. |
Remission | n. | Temporary Diminution Of A Disease. |
Remodel | v. | Reconstruct. |
Remonstrance | n. | Reproof. |
Remonstrant | adj. | Having The Character Of A Reproof. |
Remonstrate | v. | To Present A Verbal Or Written Protest To Those Who Have Power To Right Or Prevent A Wrong. |
Remunerate | v. | To Pay Or Pay For. |
Remuneration | n. | Compensatio |
Renaissance | n. | The Revival Of Letters, And Then Of Art, Which Marks The Transition From Medieval To Modern Time. |
Rendezvous | n. | A Prearranged Place Of Meeting. |
Rendition | n. | Interpretatio |
Renovate | v. | To Restore After Deterioration, As A Building. |
Renunciation | n. | An Explicit Disclaimer Of A Right Or Privilege. |
Reorganize | v. | To Change To A More Satisfactory Form Of Organizatio |
Reparable | adj. | Capable Of Repair. |
Reparation | n. | The Act Of Making Amends, As For An Injury, Loss, Or Wrong. |
Repartee | n. | A Ready, Witty, Or Apt Reply. |
Repeal | v. | To Render Of No Further Effect. |
Repel | v. | To Force Or Keep Back In A Manner, Physically Or Mentally. |
Repellent | adj. | Having Power To Force Back In A Manner, Physically Or Mentally. |
Repentance | n. | Sorrow For Something Done Or Left Undone, With Desire To Make Things Right By Undoing The Wrong. |
Repertory | n. | A Place Where Things Are Stored Or Gathered Together. |
Repetition | n. | The Act Of Repeating. |
Repine | v. | To Indulge In Fretfulness And Faultfinding. |
Replenish | v. | To Fill Again, As Something That Has Been Emptied. |
Replete | adj. | Full To The Uttermost. |
Replica | n. | A Duplicate Executed By The Artist Himself, And Regarded, Equally With The First, As An Original. |
Repository | n. | A Place In Which Goods Are Stored. |
Reprehend | v. | To Find Fault With. |
Reprehensible | adj. | Censurable. |
Reprehension | n. | Expression Of Blame. |
Repress | v. | To Keep Under Restraint Or Control. |
Repressible | adj. | Able To Be Kept Under Restraint Or Control. |
Reprieve | v. | To Grant A Respite From Punishment To. |
Reprimand | v. | To Chide Or Rebuke For A Fault. |
Reprisal | n. | Any Infliction Or Act By Way Of Retaliation On An Enemy. |
Reprobate | n. | One Abandoned To Depravity And Si |
Reproduce | v. | To Make A Copy Of. |
Reproduction | n. | The Process By Which An Animal Or Plant Gives Rise To Another Of Its Kind. |
Reproof | n. | An Expression Of Disapproval Or Blame Personally Addressed To One Censured. |
Repudiate | v. | To Refuse To Have Anything To Do With. |
Repugnance | n. | Thorough Dislike. |
Repugnant | adj. | Offensive To Taste And Feeling. |
Repulse | n. | The Act Of Beating Or Driving Back, As An Attacking Or Advancing Enemy. |
Repulsive | adj. | Grossly Offensive. |
Repute | v. | To Hold In General Opinio |
Requiem | n. | A Solemn Mass Sung For The Repose Of The Souls Of The Dead. |
Requisite | adj. | Necessary. |
Requital | n. | Adequate Return For Good Or Ill. |
Requite | v. | To Repay Either Good Or Evil To, As To A Perso |
Rescind | v. | To Make Void, As An Act, By The Enacting Authority Or A Superior Authority. |
Reseat | v. | To Place In Position Of Office Agai |
Resemblance | n. | Similarity In Quality Or Form. |
Resent | v. | To Be Indignant At, As An Injury Or Insult. |
Reservoir | n. | A Receptacle Where A Quantity Of Some Material, Especially Of A Liquid Or Gas, May Be Kept. |
Residue | n. | A Remainder Or Surplus After A Part Has Been Separated Or Otherwise Treated. |
Resilience | n. | The Power Of Springing Back To A Former Position |
Resilient | adj. | Having The Quality Of Springing Back To A Former Positio |
Resistance | n. | The Exertion Of Opposite Effort Or Effect. |
Resistant | adj. | Offering Or Tending To Produce Resistance. |
Resistive | adj. | Having Or Exercising The Power Of Resistance. |
Resistless | adj. | Powerless. |
Resonance | n. | The Quality Of Being Able To Reinforce Sound By Sympathetic Vibrations. |
Resonance | adj. | Able To Reinforce Sound By Sympathetic Vibrations. |
Resonate | v. | To Have Or Produce Resonance. |
Resource | n. | That Which Is Restored To, Relied Upon, Or Made Available For Aid Or Support. |
Respite | n. | Interval Of Rest. |
Resplendent | adj. | Very Bright. |
Respondent | adj. | Answering. |
Restitution | n. | Restoration Of Anything To The One To Whom It Properly Belongs. |
Resumption | n. | The Act Of Taking Back, Or Taking Agai |
Resurgent | adj. | Surging Back Or Agai |
Resurrection | n. | A Return From Death To Life |
Resuscitate | v. | To Restore From Apparent Death. |
Retaliate | v. | To Repay Evil With A Similar Evil. |
Retch | v. | To Make An Effort To Vomit. |
Retention | n. | The Keeping Of A Thing Within One’S Power Or Possessio |
Reticence | n. | The Quality Of Habitually Keeping Silent Or Being Reserved In Utterance. |
Reticent | adj. | Habitually Keeping Silent Or Being Reserved In Utterance. |
Retinue | n. | The Body Of Persons Who Attend A Person Of Importance In Travel Or Public Appearance. |
Retort | n. | A Retaliatory Speech. |
Retouch | v. | To Modify The Details Of. |
Retrace | v. | To Follow Backward Or Toward The Place Of Beginning, As A Track Or Marking. |
Retract | v. | To Recall Or Take Back (Something That One Has Said). |
Retrench | v. | To Cut Down Or Reduce In Extent Or Quantity. |
Retrieve | v. | To Recover Something By Searching. |
Retroactive | adj. | Operative On, Affecting, Or Having Reference To Past Events, Transactions, Responsibilities. |
Retrograde | v. | To Cause To Deteriorate Or To Move Backward. |
Retrogression | n. | A Going Or Moving Backward Or In A Reverse Directio |
Retrospect | n. | A View Or Contemplation Of Something Past. |
Retrospective | adj. | Looking Back On The Past. |
Reunite | v. | To Unite Or Join Again, As After Separatio |
Revelation | n. | A Disclosing, Discovering, Or Making Known Of What Was Before Secret, Private, Or Unknow |
Revere | v. | To Regard With Worshipful Veneratio |
Reverent | adj. | Humble. |
Reversion | n. | A Return To Or Toward Some Former State Or Conditio |
Revert | v. | To Return, Or Turn Or Look Back, As Toward A Former Position Or The Like. |
Revile | v. | To Heap Approach Or Abuse Upo |
Revisal | n. | Revisio |
Revise | v. | To Examine For The Correction Of Errors, Or For The Purpose Of Making Changes. |
Revocation | n. | Repeal. |
Revoke | v. | To Rescind. |
Rhapsody | n. | Rapt Or Rapturous Utterance. |
Rhetoric | n. | The Art Of Discourse. |
Rhetorician | n. | A Showy Writer Or Speaker. |
Ribald | adj. | Indulging In Or Manifesting Coarse Indecency Or Obscenity. |
Riddance | n. | The Act Or Ridding Or Delivering From Something Undesirable. |
Ridicule | n. | Looks Or Acts Expressing Amused Contempt. |
Ridiculous | adj. | Laughable And Contemptible. |
Rife | adj. | Abundant. |
Righteousness | n. | Rectitude. |
Rightful | adj. | Conformed To A Just Claim According To Established Laws Or Usage. |
Rigmarole | n. | Nonsense. |
Rigor | n. | Inflexibility. |
Rigorous | adj. | Uncompromising. |
Ripplet | n. | A Small Ripple, As Of Water. |
Risible | adj. | Capable Of Exciting Laughter. |
Rivulet | n. | A Small Stream Or Brook. |
Robust | adj. | Characterized By Great Strength Or Power Of Endurance. |
Rondo | n. | A Musical Composition During Which The First Part Or Subject Is Repeated Several Times. |
Rookery | n. | A Place Where Crows Congregate To Breed. |
Rotary | adj. | Turning Around Its Axis, Like A Wheel, Or So Constructed As To Turn Thus. |
Rotate | v. | To Cause To Turn On Or As On Its Axis, As A Wheel. |
Rote | n. | Repetition Of Words Or Sounds As A Means Of Learning Them, With Slight Attentio |
Rotund | adj. | Round From Fullness Or Plumpness. |
Rudimentary | adj. | Being In An Initial, Early, Or Incomplete Stage Of Development. |
Rue | v. | To Regret Extremely. |
Ruffian | adj. | A Lawless Or Recklessly Brutal Fellow. |
Ruminant | adj. | Chewing The Cud. |
Ruminate | v. | To Chew Over Again, As Food Previously Swallowed And Regurgitated. |
Rupture | v. | To Separate The Parts Of By Violence. |
Rustic | adj. | Characteristic Of Dwelling In The Country. |
Ruth | n. | Sorrow For Another’S Misery. |