Lesson 45   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
reprehensible
reprieve
reprimand
repugnant
repulse
rescind
residual
resigned
resolution
resonant
respiration
respite
resplendent
resurgence
retain
retaliate
reticent
retract
retroactive
retrospect
revelation
revere
revert
revitalize
revive
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      resolution 1. a statement, decision, or course of action decided upon by a group or organization, esp. one formally adopted by a legislature; breakup; dissection
___________________________ 2. to relieve temporarily from any evil.
___________________________ 3. reluctant to speak; not given to frequent speech; restrained; shy; silent; closemouthed
___________________________ 4. reflection on the past or on past events or achievements; retrospection; review
___________________________ 5. to give new life to; renovate; resurrect; revive
___________________________ 6. to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate; reverence; adore
___________________________ 7. to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal; reverse; dismantle
___________________________ 8. the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
___________________________ 9. Law. to go back to or return to the former owner or to his or her heirs; recrudesce; react
___________________________ 10. full of splendor; radiant; shining; superb; proud; glorious
___________________________ 11. operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective
___________________________ 12. to drive back; repel; stave; ward (off)
___________________________ 13. to have in mind; be able to recall; hold; possess
___________________________ 14. deserving of blame or reproof; condemnable; blameworthy; demeritorious; blamable; culpable
___________________________ 15. a delay or cessation for a time, esp. of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief
___________________________ 16. a strong, usu. formal statement of disapproval; rebuke; rap; admonition
___________________________ 17. extremely distasteful to one's senses or principles; disgusting; repellent; invidious; abhorrent
___________________________ 18. something that is revealed, esp. something not realized or understood before; prophecy
___________________________ 19. to take back (something said or written) as incorrect or regretted; retrograde; recede; fall
___________________________ 20. surging or rising once again; coming back; resurrection; renascence; reanimation
___________________________ 21. pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover; remanet
___________________________ 22. submissive or acquiescent; leave; waive; surrender
___________________________ 23. to update or bring back into use; resuscitate; restore
___________________________ 24. to strike back in kind; take revenge; recompense; reciprocate
___________________________ 25. full and deep in sound; sonorous; vibrant; orotund