R — The school dictionary · page 81 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10revileTo insult someone harshly and angrily, using bitter words.4 sentencesreviseTo revise (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) means to study again what you have learned, to get ready for a test.9 sentencesrevisedRevised is the past form of revise: studied again, or changed to make better.9 sentencesrevisingRevising means studying again what you have learned before, to get ready for a test or exam.8 sentencesrevisionRevision is going over what you learned before so that you remember it well, often before a test (a word used mostly in the UK, Ireland, A…9 sentencesrevisitTo go back to a place you have been to before.9 sentencesrevivalComing back to life, health, strength or popularity.11 sentencesreviveTo revive someone is to make them conscious or alive again after fainting or nearly dying.10 sentencesrevokeTo officially cancel a law, permission, licence or decision.8 sentencesrevoltA fight or protest by many people against their rulers or the people in charge.11 sentencesrevolutionWhen people overthrow a government or ruler, often by force, to change who runs the country.13 sentencesrevolveTo revolve is to move in a circle around a central point.12 sentencesrevolverA small gun (a pistol) with a turning cylinder holding several bullets.8 sentencesrewardA reward is something good you get for doing something well, working hard or being helpful.11 sentencesrewatchTo watch a film, show or video again.8 sentencesrewindTo make a video, song or tape go back to an earlier point.12 sentencesrewireTo rewire a building, machine or circuit is to put new electrical wires in it, or connect them in a new way.9 sentencesrewriteTo rewrite means to write something again, usually to make it better or different.9 sentencesrexRex is Latin for "king". It appears in names like Tyrannosaurus rex, "tyrant lizard king".12 sentencesrhRh (rhesus) factor: a protein that may be on red blood cells; blood is Rh-positive or Rh-negative (as in A+ or O−).9 sentencesrheaA large flightless bird from South America, like a small ostrich or emu, with grey-brown feathers and long legs, which runs fast.10 sentencesrhesusA rhesus monkey (rhesus macaque) is a small brown monkey from Asia with a reddish face.8 sentencesrhetoricalA rhetorical question is a question asked to make a point or for effect, not to get an answer: «Who wants to live in a world without trees…10 sentencesrhetoricianA person who is skilled at speaking or writing in a grand, persuasive way; an expert in rhetoric.4 sentencesrheumaticStiff, sore or painful in the joints, as in arthritis; of or about rheumatism.4 sentencesrheumatismA painful illness that makes the joints and muscles stiff and sore.4 sentencesrhinoA rhino, short for rhinoceros, is a very large, heavy, thick-skinned animal with one or two horns on its nose; it lives in Africa and sout…9 sentencesrhinocerosA rhinoceros is a very large, thick-skinned grey animal from Africa or Asia with one or two horns on its nose.8 sentencesrhinovirusA kind of very small germ (a virus) that is the most common cause of the common cold.8 sentencesrhododendronA large bush with big leathery green leaves that stay all year and big bunches of bright flowers, often pink, purple, red or white.8 sentencesrhubarbA garden plant with long thick pink or red stalks that are cooked with sugar and eaten as a sweet food, as in rhubarb crumble.12 sentencesrhymeWords rhyme when their ending sounds are the same, like "cat" and "hat", or "light" and "night".10 sentencesrhythmRhythm is a regular, repeated pattern of beats or sounds, as in music, poems or your heartbeat.9 sentencesrhythmicRhythmic means having a regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements, like a beat.7 sentencesrhythmicallyWith a regular repeated beat or pattern.8 sentencesribOne of the curved bones around your chest that protect your heart and lungs.12 sentencesribandA narrow strip of silk or cloth, used to tie hair or decorate clothes; a ribbon.4 sentencesribbonA ribbon is a long, narrow strip of cloth used for tying, decorating or wrapping.14 sentencesribwortA common wild plant with long narrow leaves that have strong lines (ribs) and a dark brown flower head on a tall stalk.7 sentencesriceRice is a food made of small white or brown grains that grow on a plant in wet fields called paddies.12 sentencesrichA rich person has a lot of money or valuable things.14 sentencesrichlyRichly means in a beautiful, expensive or lavish way, as richly dressed or richly decorated.10 sentencesrichnessBeing full of something good: rich colour, sound, taste or detail.10 sentencesrickA big stack of hay, straw or corn built in a field or farmyard, often with a pointed thatched top to keep the rain out.10 sentencesricketsA disease in children that makes bones soft and weak, so legs can bend, usually caused by not getting enough vitamin D, sunlight or calcium.7 sentencesricketyShaky and likely to break or fall apart; weak and loose.4 sentencesricoRico is usually part of the name Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean that belongs to the USA.9 sentencesridTo get rid of something is to throw it away, remove it or make it go away.11 sentencesriddanceThe act of getting rid of something unwanted; «good riddance» means glad to see the bad thing go.4 sentencesriddleA riddle is a puzzle question that needs clever thinking to answer, often a play on words.13 sentencesrideTo ride is to sit on something and travel on it, like a bike, horse or bus.15 sentencesriderA person who rides a horse, a bike, a motorbike or a scooter.10 sentencesridgeA long, narrow, high strip of land along the top of hills or mountains.11 sentencesridiculeRidicule is unkind laughing at someone or something to make them look silly or stupid.9 sentencesridiculousVery silly or unreasonable, so that people may laugh at it: «a ridiculous hat».10 sentencesridingRiding is travelling on a bike, horse or other thing that carries you.14 sentencesrifleA long gun fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel so the bullet spins and flies straight.10 sentencesriftA crack or gap, often in rock, trees, clouds or the ground.5 sentencesrigTo rig something means to arrange it dishonestly so that a certain result happens, like rigging a game or a vote.11 sentencesriggedRigged means unfairly arranged so that a certain person wins: a rigged game, a rigged election.11 sentencesriggingAll the ropes, wires and chains that hold up a ship's masts and work the sails.10 sentencesrightRight means correct, with no mistake: the right answer.26 sentencesrighteousRighteous means morally right and good, doing what is fair and honest.11 sentencesrighteousnessBeing morally good, honest and fair; doing what is right.10 sentencesrightfulRightful means having the true and lawful right to something, such as a place, a title or a possession.4 sentencesrightlyRightly means correctly or truly.10 sentencesrightnessRightness is the quality of being morally right, good or fair.8 sentencesrightsizingcutting jobs to make a company smaller, said to be the "right" size.9 sentencesrigidRigid means stiff and hard, not able to bend easily.10 sentencesrigidlyRigidly means in a stiff way that does not bend.8 sentencesrigorousRigorous means very careful, thorough and exact.8 sentencesrigorouslyIn a very careful, thorough and exact way, checking every detail.9 sentencesrimThe edge or border around the top of something round, like a cup, bowl, glass or crater.13 sentencesrimeRime is white frost, a thin white coating of ice on trees, grass and bushes in cold weather. (old use).5 sentencesrimmedRimmed means having an edge or border of a certain kind, such as gold-rimmed glasses.5 sentencesrindThe thick, tough outer skin of some fruits, like oranges, lemons and watermelons.10 sentencesringA ring is a round band, like one worn on a finger.16 sentencesringleaderThe ringleader is the person who leads a group in doing something wrong, such as a revolt, a riot or a prank.4 sentencesringletA long, curly lock of hair hanging down in a spiral.7 sentencesringwormA skin infection caused by a fungus (not a worm) that makes red, itchy, ring-shaped patches on the skin or scalp; it spreads by touching a…7 sentencesrinkA large flat area of ice for skating or playing ice hockey.10 sentencesrinseTo rinse something means to wash it quickly with clean water, often to remove soap or dirt.10 sentencesriotA violent, noisy disturbance by a crowd of people in a public place.12 sentencesriotousNoisy, wild and out of control, like a riot.9 sentencesripTo rip is to tear something quickly and roughly: rip paper, rip your jeans.15 sentencesripeRipe fruit or grain is ready to eat or pick; it is soft, sweet and has its full colour.13 sentencesripenTo ripen means to become ready to eat, soft and sweet, as fruit and crops do.9 sentencesripenedBecame ripe: fruit or grain grew ready to eat or harvest.9 sentencesripenessThe state of fruit, vegetables or grain being fully grown and ready to eat or pick.9 sentencesripeningRipening means becoming ripeready to eat, soft, sweet and coloured. — 8 sentencesrippedRipped means torn, often roughly or suddenly.19 sentencesripperA ripper is a person or tool that rips or tears things.10 sentencesrippingPresent participle of «rip»: tearing quickly and roughly.11 sentencesrippleA small wave on the surface of water, like the rings when you drop a stone in a pond.12 sentencesriseTo rise is to go up, move upward: «Smoke rises».16 sentencesrisenRisen means having gone up or got higher.11 sentencesriserA person who gets up from bed at a certain time: «an early riser», «a late riser».10 sentencesrisingRising means going up, or getting higher.15 sentencesriskA risk is the chance that something bad, like getting hurt or losing something, may happen.13 sentencesriskyRisky means possibly dangerous; something that could make you get hurt, lose something or go wrong.9 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/8/