Lesson 43   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
rapacious
rash
ratify
raucous
ravage
ravenous
raze
realm
reap
reassure
rebuff
rebuke
rebut
recalcitrant
recant
receptacle
recipient
reciprocal
reckless
recluse
recoil
reconcile
recondite
rectify
recuperate
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      recoil 1. to move sharply in the opposite direction from an expended force, as a rifle moves against one's shoulder when fired; squinch; flinch; start
___________________________ 2. to damage or destroy, as by violent action; scourge; spoil; despoil
___________________________ 3. to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest; garner
___________________________ 4. completely heedless of dangers or consequences; rash; daredevil; temerarious; adventurous
___________________________ 5. to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction
___________________________ 6. a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others; sequestered; cloistered; hermetic
___________________________ 7. a royal kingdom; domain; scope; sweep
___________________________ 8. involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood; acroamatic; deep
___________________________ 9. to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), esp. publicly; retract; abjure; unsay
___________________________ 10. to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired; accommodate; coordinate; integrate
___________________________ 11. loud, sharp, and rasping, as a voice or laugh; dry; jarring
___________________________ 12. extremely hungry; famished; voracious; rapacious; gluttonous
___________________________ 13. to knock down or tear down (a structure); level; wrack; ruin; demolish
___________________________ 14. to restore to assurance or confidence
___________________________ 15. to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand; lesson; reproach; rack
___________________________ 16. acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration; inconsiderate; unadvised; brash
___________________________ 17. stubbornly disobedient; refractory; ungovernable; intractable
___________________________ 18. a person or thing that receives; receiver
___________________________ 19. a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something
___________________________ 20. to put right by adjustment or calculation, as an instrument or a course at sea; emend; amend
___________________________ 21. to recover one's health after an illness; mend; convalesce; gain
___________________________ 22. inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate; vulturish; predative
___________________________ 23. involving an exchange, as of feelings, actions, or things, between two parties; mutual; coordinate; companion; double
___________________________ 24. to oppose by contrary proof; keep; rebuff; stave
___________________________ 25. a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances; stave; repulse; hold