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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 243 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| rouse | verb | You need to rouse your father. | wake up |
| route | noun | We went by the northern route. | road |
| routine | adj. | He had a routine medical examination. | ordinary |
| noun | We disrupted his routine. | performance | |
| row | noun | Next to the house was a row of trees. | line |
| verb | We rowed the boat in the park. | paddled | |
| noun | They had a terrible row over money. | quarrel | |
| royal | adj. | They gave us royal treatment. | regal |
| royalty | noun | We were treated like royalty. | kings |
| rub | verb | She rubbed his sore arm. | massaged |
| rubber | noun | The rubber on the tires is worn. | surface |
| rubbish | noun | He took out the rubbish to the bin. | garbage |
| noun | That argument it just rubbish. | nonsense | |
| ruby | noun | She wore a ruby around her neck. | precious stone |
| rude | adj. | She made a rude remark. | discourteous |
| adj. | He was a rude man. | vulgar | |
| rug | noun | There was a rug on the floor. | carpet |
| ruin | verb | This will ruin him. | bankrupt |
| noun | Alcohol caused his ruin. | downfall | |
| noun | We viewed the ruins of the old city. | remains | |
| rule | noun | The rule prevents you from going. | regulation |
| noun | The rule by the Japanese was harsh. | control | |
| noun | He used the rule to make a line. | straight edge | |
| verb | He ruled the country for many years. | governed | |
| ruler | noun | He was a tyrannical ruler. | head of country |
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