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raconteur

  Category: Vocabulary words

raconteur [noun]: a person who tells stories and anecdotes interestingly.

recalcitrant

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recalcitrant [adjective]: not ready to obey or comply; refractory.

recant

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recant [verb]: to formally withdraw (a statement or belief); to retract.

redoubtable

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redoubtable [adjective]: formidable; inspiring fear and respect.

refractory

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refractory [adjective]: disobedient, stubborn, unmanageable.

relegate

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relegate [verb]: to demote; to consign to an inferior position.

renege

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renege [verb]: go back on one’s word; recant.
Example: I had not expected my own brother to renege on his promise to me.
Related words: reneger [noun]
Synonyms: abjure, disavow, disclaim, disavow, forswear, recant, renounce, resile, retract, withdraw
Antonyms: affirm, avow, bolster, buttress, champion, defend, maintain, preserve, promote, uphold

renounce

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renounce [verb]: to abandon or give up; to disown.

reprehensible

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reprehensible [adjective]: blameworthy; deserving censure.

reproach

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reproach [verb]: to blame or censure; to rebuke.

reprobate

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reprobate [noun]: an unprincipled or immoral person.
Example: The priest told the man that he was a reprobate, and that he must seek forgiveness from God.
Related words: reprobacy [noun], reprobater [noun], reprobative [adjective], reprobatory [adjective]

repudiate

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repudiate [verb]: to deny as valid; to contradict; to reject.

requisite

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requisite [adjective]: necessary for a particular purpose; compulsory.

rescind

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rescind [verb]: revoke; annul, cancel.

resolute

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resolute [adjective]: decided and determined; firm in purpose.

reticent

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reticent [adjective]: inclined to be silent; uncommunicative; reserved.

retribution

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retribution [noun]: revenge, reprisal; punishment, esp. meted out by God.

reverent

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reverent [adjective]: deeply respectful.

rhapsody

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rhapsody [noun]: an exuberant or ecstatic expression of feeling.

rhetoric

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rhetoric [noun]: language that is extravagant and calculated to persuade others, usually by appealing to their emotions.
Example: It is easier to sway people with false rhetoric than it is with simple fact.
Related words: rhetorical [adjective], rhetorically [adverb]
Synonyms: bombast, grandiloquence, hyperbole, eloquence, magniloquence, pomposity
Antonyms: fact, logic
Notes: This word has a slightly negative connotation. It is associated with [...]