Lesson 43   -   edHelper.com

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Multiple Choice

Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

______	1.	recuperate
		a. to restore to health, vigor, etc.
		b. involving an exchange, as of feelings, actions, or things, between two parties; mutual.
		c. to move sharply in the opposite direction from an expended force, as a rifle moves against one's shoulder when fired.

______	2.	reconcile
		a. to overcome the resistance of (someone) to a displeasing idea, circumstance, or the like.
		b. to regain financial well-being after a loss.
		c. to get as a return, recompense, or result
		d. to give a sharp reprimand to; criticize.

______	3.	reap
		a. to get as a return, recompense, or result
		b. to cause damage by an unexpected return of negative effect.
		c. to tear down; demolish; level to the ground

______	4.	recalcitrant
		a. to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired
		b. utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually fol. by of )
		c. resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.

______	5.	raze
		a. to get as a return, recompense, or result
		b. to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction
		c. to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), esp. publicly; retract.
		d. to shave or scrape off.

______	6.	rebuke
		a. to give a sharp reprimand to; criticize.
		b. to overcome differences and restore a relationship between.
		c. very eager for satisfaction.
		d. to spring or come back; react (usually fol. by on or upon)

______	7.	raucous
		a. rowdy; disorderly
		b. hidden; obscure.
		c. to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction
		d. to assure again.

______	8.	rash
		a. to assure again.
		b. an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
		c. to tear down; demolish; level to the ground
		d. to recover from financial loss.

______	9.	recant
		a. dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter
		b. action that is ruinous; destruction.
		c. to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), esp. publicly; retract.

______	10.	recondite
		a. a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something
		b. to withdraw or disavow a statement, opinion, etc., esp. formally.
		c. involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood.

______	11.	ratify
		a. action that is ruinous; destruction.
		b. to confirm (something done or arranged by an agent or by representatives) by such action.
		c. to knock down or tear down (a structure); level.

______	12.	reassure
		a. that defies control or manipulation.
		b. to give back confidence to.
		c. to knock down or tear down (a structure); level.

______	13.	rapacious
		a. to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction
		b. marked by such heedlessness.
		c. to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired
		d. capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious.

______	14.	recluse
		a. a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others.
		b. involving an exchange, as of feelings, actions, or things, between two parties; mutual.
		c. to correct or adjust (at least one of two or more things) in order to resolve contradictions or incompatibility.
		d. acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.

______	15.	rebut
		a. to shave or scrape off.
		b. to withdraw or disavow a statement, opinion, etc., esp. formally.
		c. to reinsure.
		d. to refute by evidence or argument.

______	16.	reckless
		a. an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
		b. to oppose by contrary proof.
		c. characterized by or proceeding from such carelessness
		d. a royal domain; kingdom

______	17.	recoil
		a. sharp, stern disapproval; reproof; reprimand.
		b. to spring or come back; react (usually fol. by on or upon)
		c. utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually fol. by of )
		d. to get as a return, recompense, or result

______	18.	recipient
		a. extremely rapacious
		b. one who receives or is eligible to receive something.
		c. acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.

______	19.	rebuff
		a. seeking prey; predatory.
		b. an abrupt rejection or refusal to an advance or other social overture; snub.
		c. to restore to health, vigor, etc.

______	20.	ravenous
		a. extremely rapacious
		b. to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), esp. publicly; retract.
		c. one who receives or is eligible to receive something.

______	21.	ravage
		a. a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
		b. to restore to assurance or confidence
		c. to gather (standing grain) by cutting.
		d. to work havoc; do ruinous damage.

______	22.	realm
		a. a royal domain; kingdom
		b. a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
		c. extremely greedy or ravenous; voracious.

______	23.	receptacle
		a. an electric outlet, as on a wall, that allows a plug to make contact with the power supply.
		b. to withdraw or disavow a statement, opinion, etc., esp. formally.
		c. to restore to assurance or confidence

______	24.	rectify
		a. loud and disorderly.
		b. Chem. to purify (esp. a spirit or liquor) by repeated distillation.
		c. to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), esp. formally; retract.
		d. the region, sphere, or domain within which anything occurs, prevails, or dominates

______	25.	reciprocal
		a. to spring or fly back, as in consequence of force of impact or the force of the discharge, as a firearm.
		b. that defies control or manipulation.
		c. involving an exchange, as of feelings, actions, or things, between two parties; mutual.