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- Rant - (verb) talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
- Rant - (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- Recalcitrant - (adj.) marked by stubborn resistance to authority; stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- Recant - (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- Reciprocal - (adj.) shared or felt on both sides
- Reclusive - (adj.) providing privacy or seclusion; withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
- Remedy - (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain; act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- Remedy - (verb) provide relief for; set straight or right
- Replete - (verb) fill to satisfaction
- Replete - (adj.) filled or permeated; filled to satisfaction with food or drink
- Rescind - (verb) annul by recalling or rescinding
- Reserve - (noun) the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary; something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose;
- Resolute - (adj.) firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination
- Respite - (noun) a pause from doing something; a pause for relaxation; the act of reprieving
- Rhetoric - (noun) study of the technique and rules for using language effectively; using language effectively to please or persuade; loud and confused and empty talk; high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- Ruffle - (verb) pleat or gather into a ruffle; disturb the smoothness of; erect or fluff up; trouble or vex
- Rupture - (noun) the act of making a sudden noisy break; a personal or social separation