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Vocab 24


1.       Rejoinder: A quick and often angry or humorous answer
She always has a witty rejoinder to/for any question.

2.       Reluctant: Unwilling to do something and therefore slow to do it.
I was having such a good time I was reluctant to talk openly with their children.

3.       Remiss: Careless and not doing a duty well enough
You have been remiss in your duties.

4.       Rendezvous: An arrangement to meet someone, especially secretly, at a particular place and time, or the place itself.
The lovers met at a secret rendezvous in the park.

5.       Repine: To feel sad about or complain at something, especially a bad situation.
She was alone and unloved, but she did not repine.

6.       Reticent: Unwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings
Most of the students were reticent about answering questions.
S: Silent

7.       Breadwinner: The member of family who earns the money that the family needs.
Men are often expected to be the breadwinner in a family.

8.       Reverie: Pleasant dream – like thoughts
He was lost in reverie until he suddenly heard someone behind him.

9.       Revile: To criticize someone strongly, or say unpleasant things to or about someone
The judge was reviled in the newspapers for his opinions on rape.

10.   Contrive: To arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning.
Couldn’t you contrive a meeting between them?
[+ to infinitive] Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert.

11.   Risible: Not effective or useful; stupid
She has been making risible attempts to learn the trumpet.

12.   Rudiments: The simplest and most basic facts about a subject or activity.
It only took me an hour to learn/pick up the rudiments of skiing.

13.   Rusticate: To go or send to live in the country.
The student was rusticated from college for bad behavior.

14.   Sagacious: Having – or – showing understanding and the ability to make good judgments; wise
One should always seek advice from a sagacious person.

15.   Salient: The salient facts about something or qualities of something are the most important things about them.
She began to summarize the salient features/points of the proposal.


Compiled By: Chaudhary Amit V.


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