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reparation, redress, amends, restitution, indemnity.
All of these nouns refer to something given in compensation for loss,
suffering, or damage.
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replace, supplant, supersede.
These verbs are compared as they mean to turn someone or something out and
place another in his, her, or its stead.
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restrain, curb, check, bridle, inhibit.
These verbs are compared as they mean to hold back or keep under control.
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return, revert, recur.
These verbs refer to coming or going back, as to a place, position, or
condition.
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reveal, expose, disclose, divulge, betray.
These verbs signify to make known what has been or ought to be kept from the
knowledge of others.
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reverse, invert, transpose.
These verbs are compared as they mean to change to the opposite position,
direction, or course.
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rhythm, meter, cadence.
These nouns are compared as they denote the regular patterned ebb and rise of
accented and unaccented sounds, especially in music, speech, or verse.
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right, privilege, prerogative, birthright.
These nouns apply to something, such as a power or possession, to which one
has an established claim.
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rise, ascend, climb, soar, tower, mount, surge.
These verbs are compared as they mean to move upward from a lower to a higher
position.
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rival, compete, vie, emulate.
These verbs mean to seek to equal or surpass another.
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rob, burglarize, filch, pilfer, plunder, loot, ransack, steal, thieve.
All these verbs mean to take property from another or valuables from a place.
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rough, harsh, jagged, rugged, uneven.
These adjectives apply to what is not smooth but has a coarse, irregular
surface.
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