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6001 - 7000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 39 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| render | verb | You should render assistance to the police. | to provide |
| renounce | verb | You must renounce violence as a way to succeed. | give up. reject |
| repeal | verb | That law will soon be repealed. | revoked, rescinded |
| repent | verb | You must repent your past crimes for forgiveness. | feel remorse, contrition |
| reptile | noun | Some people are repulsed by the sight of a reptile.. | snakes, lizards |
| repulse | verb | The army repulsed the attack of the enemy. | drive back, repel |
| retail | adj. | We bought the machine at a retail store. | sold directly to consumers |
| retort | noun | The speaker had a good retort to the verbal attack. | reply in a witty manner |
| verb | To that accusation you must retort promptly. | retaliate, return like for like | |
| revelation | noun | Her reply was a surprising revelation of the situation | revealing, disclosing |
| reverence | noun | Many Chinese held Mao's words in reverence. | profound awe and respect |
| rheumatism | noun | Rheumatism had crippled the old man. | bad condition in muscles, tendons, and bones |
| ridicule | verb | They will ridicule his silly proposal. | words to provoke contemptuous laughter |
| rig | verb | We thought they might rig the election. | manipulate dishonestly |
| noun | He worked hard to improve his fishing rig. | gear set up for special purpose | |
| rip | noun | The fight caused a long rip in his shirt. | tear, split in the material |
| ripple | noun | The breeze caused a ripple on the lake, | small waves |
| rudder | noun | The helmsman steers the ship by the rudder. | hinged plate to direct the course |
| rogue | noun | He was a despicable old rogue. | deceitful, unreliable scoundrel |
| rouge | noun | Ladies like to put rouge on their cheeks. | red or pink coloring |
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