Quiz for Barrons R

return of part of a payment; discount; V.

cut down; cut down expenses; economize

small stream; CF. rill < rivulet < river

fixed portion; V: distribute as rations

temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift shelter

elastic; having the power of springing back; able to recover quickly (as from misfortune)

break a promise; deny; go back on; Ex. renege on the contract/paying off the debt

messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher

storehouse

retaliation

fill up again

revoke; annul

remedy; compensation; Ex. seek redress for the damage to your car; V: put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for

give; deliver; provide; represent in verbal or artistic form; depict; perform; make; translate; Ex. render the song beautifully

taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future

(of a sound) echoing; resounding(sounding loudly); deep and full in sound; producing resonance; Ex. resonant voice; N. resonance

amendment or clause added to a legislative bill

reply; retort; comeback; V. rejoin: say in reply

(of something bad) widespread; abundant; current

abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret

disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child

self-control; self-restraint; formal but distant manner; reticence; Ex. without reserve: freely and openly; ADJ. reserved: shy and uncommunicative

art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as ``Who knows it ?''

surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X.

keep; maintain possession of; employ (esp. a lawyer or advisor); N. retainer: servant; fee paid to retain an advisor

boisterous merrymaking; V. revel: engage boisterous festivities; enjoy greatly; N: boisterous festivity or celebration

rise again; flow to and fro; N. resurgence; ADJ. resurgent: (of ideas or beliefs) experiencing revival; surging again

distaste; disgust; act of driving back; ADJ. repulsive: causing disgust; tending to drive away; V. repel (not `repulse')

branching out; subdivision; one branch of a system; one of the results following from an action or decision; Ex. ramifications of a business/the decision

put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; Ex. relegate the old furniture to the children's room; Ex. relegated to the second division

mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm

musical repetition; repeating of a piece of music; repeat performance; recurrent action; Ex. reprise in the finale; Ex. constant reprises

repay in kind (usually for bad treatment); V. retaliate

fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist

recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses

return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N.

fix or manipulate; manipulate dishonestly for personal gain; Ex. rig the election

revive; bring back to life or consciousness; Ex. resuscitate the drowned child

break a promise; deny; go back on; Ex. renege on the contract/paying off the debt

disgust; strong dislike; loathing; ADJ. repugnant: arousing disgust; repulsive