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replete.adjective
abundantly supplied; abounding (a stream replete
with trout; an apartment replete with new furniture); filled to satiation;
gorged
repletion.noun,.plural.repletions
the condition of being fully supplied or completely
filled; a state of excessive fullness
repleteness.noun,.plural.repletenesses
ridicule.noun,.plural.ridicules
words or actions intended to evoke-contemptuous
laughter at or feelings toward an individual or thing
ridicule,
ridiculed,
ridiculing,
ridicules.transitive
verbs
to expose
to ridicule; make fun of
ridiculer.noun,.plural.ridiculers
ridiculous.adjective
arousing or deserving ridicule;
absurd,
preposterous;
ludicrous;
laughable
ridiculously.adverb
ridiculousness.noun,.plural.ridiculousnesses
renege,
reneged,
reneging,
reneges.verbs
intransitive
verb use.to fail to carry out a promise
or commitment (reneged on the contract at the last minute); to go back
from what was intended
to be done; turn away from a decision one has made
transitive verb use.to
renounce;
disown
renege.noun,.plural.reneges
reneger.noun,.plural.renegers
the act of reneging
robust.adjective
full of health and strength; vigorous;
powerfully built; sturdy; healthy; requiring or suited to physical strength
or endurance (the job requires robust labor); marked
by richness and fullness; full-bodied (a robust wine)
robustly.adverb
robustness.noun,.plural.robustnesses
ruminant.noun,.plural.ruminants
any of various hoofed, even-toed, usually horned
mammals
of the suborder Ruminantia, such as cattle,
sheep,
goats,
deer and giraffes,
characteristically
having a stomach divided into four compartments and chewing a cud
consisting of regurgitated,
partially digested food
ruminant.adjective
characterized by the chewing of cud; meditative;
contemplative
ruminate,
ruminated,
ruminating,
ruminates.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
turn a matter over and over in the mind; ponder;
if you ruminate on something, you think about it very carefully; when animals
ruminate, they bring food back from their stomach into their mouth and
chew it again, called chewing cud
transitive verb use.to
reflect
on over and over again
ruminatively.adverb
ruminative.adjective
ruminator.noun,.plural.ruminators
rumination.noun,.plural.ruminations
the act of pondering;
meditation;
contemplation;
the act or process of chewing cud
recidivism.noun,.plural.recidivisms
a tendency
to lapse into a previous pattern of behavior, especially a tendency to
return to criminal habits (he completed his prison term, but returning
to his old habits, soon ended up in jail once more)
recidivistic.or.recidivous.adjective
recidivist.noun,.plural.recidivists
respectively.adverb
singly
in the order designated or mentioned
(I'm referring to each of you respectively; the short names are Bob, Rick,
Sam and Theo and respectively they are Robert, Richard, Samuel and Theodore)
respective.adjective
relating
to two or more men, women or things regarded.individually;
particular
(successful in their respective fields)
respectiveness.noun,.plural.respectiveness
respect,
respected,
respecting,
respects.transitive
verbs
to have high regard
for:.Philippians
2:3; to look again to, such as children keep in their minds to look
to their dad and mom who protects and cares for them (do your kids want
to watch you to learn from?); to avoid violation of or interference
with (respect the speed limit; respect other people's property); to turn
toward and have attention.upon
(he respected her, showing it by listening to her request);
to feel or show deferential.regard
for (having respect for public wishes, he decided to represent, means to
'present again', their ideas to others of We
the People for further consideration in
the forming of a new constitution);
esteem;
to relate or
refer
to; concern
(in winter time one must respect the weather
and consider.whether
or not to venture
out onto any snowy, icy roads)
in all respects.adverb
completeness; completely, altogether, outright,
wholly, totally
in some respects.adverb
from some points of view (in some respects she
was trying to help)
in that respect.adverb
in that matter
(she agreed with with him on that point)
with respect to.adverb
with reference
to; in relation
to
respect.noun,.plural.respects
a feeling of appreciative.deferential.regard;
esteem;
the state of being regarded with
honor or esteem; willingness to show consideration
or appreciation or deference.(pay
one's respects); a particular.aspect,
feature or detail (in many respects this is an important decision)
respecter.noun,.plural.respecters
if you say that someone is a respecter of something
such as a belief or idea, you mean that they behave in a way which shows
that they have a high opinion of it (Henry Ford was a respecter of proprieties
and liked to see things put together properly)
respectful.adjective
showing or marked by proper respect
respectfully.adverb
respectfulness.noun,.plural.respectfulness
respectable.adjective
meriting.respect
or esteem; worthy; of or appropriate
to good or proper behavior or
conventional.conduct;
of moderately
good quality (respectable work);
considerable in amount, number or size (a respectable sum of money); acceptable
in appearance; presentable (a respectable
dress)
respectably.adverb
respectableness.noun,.plural.respectablenesses
respectability.noun,.plural.respectabilities
the quality,
state
or characteristic of being
respectable
required.adjective
needed; essential;
obligatory.(required
reading)
require, required,
requiring,
requires.transitive
verbs
to have as a requisite;
need (most plants require Sunlight)
requirable.adjective
requirer.noun,
plural.requirers
requirement.noun,
plural.requirements
something that is required; a necessity;
something
obligatory; a prerequisite
reply, replied,
replying,
replies.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
give an answer in speech or writing; to respond by an action or a gesture;
to echo; answer
transitive verb use.to
say or give as an answer (I replied that I was able to help)
reply.noun,
plural.replies
a response in speech or writing; a response by
action or gesture
replier.noun
respond, responded,
responding,
responds.verbs
intransitive verb use."To
react is a habit, to respond, you have to think."....from
Bob
Proctor's video on.11 Forgotten Laws;
respond is to make a reply;
to answer; to act in return or in answer
transitive verb use.to
give as a reply; answer
respond.noun,.plural.responds
responder.noun,.plural.responders
Architecture:.a
pilaster
supporting an arch
response.noun,.plural.responses
the act of responding;
a reply or an answer; a reaction,
as that of an organism or a mechanism, to a specific.stimulus
responsive.adjective
answering or replying;
responding;
readily
reacting to suggestions, influences, appeals or efforts (a responsive student)
responsively.adverb
responsiveness.noun,.plural.responsivenesses
responsible.adjective
respond.ability,
some have it, others resent it;
having the consideration,
caring and ability to respond;
liable
to be required to give account, as of one's actions
or of the discharge of a duty or trust;
involving
personal accountability
or ability to act without guidance
responsibleness.noun,.plural.responsiblenesses
responsibly.adverb
responsibility.noun,.plural.responsibilities
the state,
quality.or.fact
of being responsible;
obligation;
something for which one is responsible; a duty,
an obligation or a burden
renitent.adjective
resistant
to physical pressure; not pliant;
reluctant
to yield or be swayed; recalcitrant
renitence.noun,.plural.renitences
renitency.noun,.plural.renitencies
represent, represented,
representing,
represents.transitive
verbs
to re present, to present again (elected politicians
who fail in re presenting the will of the people, that is, to present for
ratification
in order to implement
what the public wishes for the country or region in which they have an
overstanding);
to indicate or communicate by
signs or symbols.(letters
of the alphabet represent sounds); symbolize.(the
bald eagle represents the United States); to stand for (had a great overstanding
of rules government was to follow in carrying out the will of the people);
to depict in art; portray;
to serve as an
example
of
representable.adjective
representability.noun,.plural.representabilities
representer.noun,.plural.representers
representative.noun,.plural.representatives
one that serves as an example or a type for others
of the same classification; one granted permission by public election to
represent the majority's concerns over matters affecting the same public;
one that serves as a delegate
or an
agent for another
representative.adjective
representing, depicting.or.portraying
or able to do so; one authorized to act as an official delegate or agent
(this is representative Martin)
representatively.adverb
representativeness.noun,.plural.representativenesses
representation.noun,.plural.representations
a 're presenting' or presenting again, such as
those chosen by election
are expected to do with a consensus
handed to their care by an electorate
for carrying it further into effect in meetings with others who live in
various towns and cities in an area, in order to determine the overall
majority people's will, whereby
those authorized by the people of such an area are empowered for administration
of that which only the majority has approved; the act of representing or
the state.of
being represented; the state or condition of serving as an official delegate,
agent or spokesperson; in law, a statement of fact made by one party in
order to induce
another party to enter into a contract
region.noun,.plural.regions
a large, usually continuous segment
of a surface or space; area; a large, indefinite
portion of the Earth's surface, also a specified
district or territory
regional.adjective
of or relating to a large geographic region;
of or relating to a particular
region or district; of or characteristic
of a form of a language that is distributed in identifiable geographic
areas and differs in pronunciation,
grammar.or.vocabulary
from the standard form; dialectal
regional.noun,.plural.regionals
something, such as a magazine or a company branch,
that serves a region (the regional head office)
regionally.adverb
revitalize, revitalized,
revitalizing,
revitalizes.transitive
verbs
to impart
new life or vigor to (plans to revitalize
older neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging
economy)
revitalization.noun,.plural.revitalization
rebellion.noun,.plural.rebellions
angry resistance to authoritative rules and/or
established convention set for everyone's benefit and protection
rebel, rebelled,
rebelling,
rebels.intransitive
verbs
to oppose by force an established government or
ruling authority for legitimate or specious
reasons; to resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention;
to feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance (she rebelled at
the unwelcome suggestion)
rebel.noun,.plural.rebels
one who rebels or is in rebellion (for awhile
he was in rebellion even against what was good)
attributive use.often
used to modify another noun (rebel troops; a rebel army)
rebellious.adjective
prone
to or participating
in a rebellion (soldiers rebellious against unjust
demands upon them); of, relating to or characteristic
of a rebel or rebellion (rebellious behavior); resisting treatment or control;
unruly;
insubordinate
rebelliously.adverb
rebelliousness.noun,.plural.rebelliousnesses
rubric.noun,.plural.rubrics
a short commentary or explanation covering a broad
subject; a class or category; a part of a manuscript or book, such as a
title, a heading or an initial letter, that appears in decorative red lettering
or is otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text; an authoritative
rule or direction
rubric.adjective
red or reddish; written in red
rubrical.adjective
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