R

Rabble crowd

Rabid mad, furious

Racketeer gangster, swindler

Raconteur storyteller

Radical revolutionary

Raffish rowdy, dashing

Rail rant, harangue

Raiment clothing

Rake womanizer

Rally assemble

Rambunctious boisterous

Ramification consequence

Rampage run amuck

Rampant unbridled, raging

Ramrod rod

Rancid rotten

Rancor resentment

Randy vulgar

Rankle cause bitterness, resentment

Rant rage, scold

Rapacious grasping, avaricious

Rapidity speed

Rapier sword

Rapine plunder

Rapport affinity, empathy

Rapprochement reconciliation

Rapture bliss

Rash hasty, brash

Rasp scrape

Ratify approve

Ration allowance, portion

Rationale justification

Ravage plunder, ruin

Ravish captivate, charm

Raze destroy or level a building

Realm kingdom, domain

Realpolitik cynical interpretation of politics

Reap harvest

Rebuff reject, snub

Rebuke criticize, reprimand

Rebus picture puzzle

Rebuttal reply, counterargument

Recalcitrant stubbornly resisting the authority of another

Recant retract a previous statement

Recapitulate restate, summarize

Recede move back

Receptacle container

Receptive open to ideas

Recidivism habitual criminal activity

Recipient one who receives

Reciprocal mutual, return in kind

Recital performance, concert

Recitation recital, lesson

Reclusive solitary

Recoil flinch, retreat

Recollect remember

Recompense repay, compensate

Reconcile adjust, balance

Recondite mystical, profound

Reconnaissance surveillance

Reconnoiter to survey, to scout

(especially for military purposes)

Recount recite

Recoup recover

Recourse appeal, resort

Recreant cowardly

Recrimination countercharge, retaliation

Recruit draftee

Rectify correct, to make right

Recumbent reclining

Recuperation recovery

Recur repeat, revert

Redeem buy back, justify, restore yourself to favor or to good opinion

Redeemer savior

Redemption salvation

Redolent fragrant

redoubt fort

redoubtable formidable, steadfast

redress restitution, compensation

redundant repetitious

reek smell

reel stagger, to lurch backward as though struck by a blow

referendum vote

refined purified, cultured

reflux ebb

refraction bending, deflection

refractory obstinate, disobedient

refrain abstain

refurbish remodel, renovate

refute disprove, contradict

regal royal

regale entertain

regalia emblems

regime a government

regiment infantry unit

regrettable lamentable, unfortunate

regurgitate vomit, repeat

rehash wearily discuss again

reign rule, influence

rein curb, restrain

reincarnation rebirth

reiterate repeat, say again

rejoice celebrate

rejoinder answer, retort

rejuvenate make young again

relapse recurrence (of illness)

relegate assign to an inferior position

relent soften, yield

relentless unstoppable

relic antique

relinquish release, renounce

relish savor

remedial corrective

remiss negligent

remit forgive, send payment

remnant residue, fragment

remonstrance protest

remorse guilt

remuneration compensation

renaissance rebirth

renascent reborn

rend to tear apart

render deliver, provide

rendezvous a meeting

rendition version, interpretation

renege break a promise

renounce disown

renown fame

rent tear, rupture

reparation amends, atonement

repartee witty conversation

repatriate to send back to the native land

repellent causing aversion

repent atone for

repercussion consequence

repertoire stock of works

repine fret

replenish refill

replete complete

replica copy

replicate duplicate

repose rest

reprehensible blameworthy

repress suppress

reprieve temporary suspension

reprimand rebuke

reprisal retaliation

reprise repetition

reproach blame

reprobate miscreant

reprove rebuke

repudiate disavow

repugnant distasteful, revolting

repulse repel

repulsive repugnant

repute status, reputation, esteem

reputed supposed, presumed, alleged

requiem rest, a mass for the dead

requisite necessary

requisition order, formal demand

requite to return in kind

rescind revoke

reserve self-control

reside dwell

residue remaining part

resigned accepting of a situation

resilience ability to recover from an illness or a setback

resolute determined

resolution determination

resolve determination

resonant reverberating

resort recourse

resound echo

resourceful inventive, skillful

respectively in that order

respire breathe

respite rest, temporary delay

resplendent shining, splendid

restitution reparation, amends

restive nervous, uneasy

resurgence revival

resurrection rebirth

resuscitate revive

retain keep

retainer advance fee

retaliate revenge

retch vomit

reticent reserved

retiring modest, unassuming

retort quick reply

retrench cut back, economize

retribution reprisal

retrieve reclaim

retrograde regress

retrospective reminiscent, display

revamp recast

reveille bugle call

revel frolic, take joy in

revelry merrymaking

revenue income

revere honor

reverent respectful

reverie daydream

revert return to a former state

revile denounce, defame

revision new version

revive renew

revoke repeal

revulsion aversion

rhapsody ecstasy

rhetoric elocution, grandiloquence

rheumatism inflammation

ribald coarse, vulgar

rickety shaky, ramshackle

ricochet carom, rebound

rife widespread, abundant

riffraff dregs of society

rifle search through and steal

rift a split, an opening, disagreement

righteous upright, moral

rigor harshness, precise and exacting

rime crust

riposte counterthrust

risible laughable

risqué off-color, racy

rivet engross

robust vigorous

rogue scoundrel

roister bluster

romp frolic

roseate rosy, optimistic

roster list of people

rostrum podium

roué libertine

rouse awaken, provoke

rout vanquish, cause to retreat

rubicund ruddy complexion

ruck the common herd

rudiment beginning, kernel

rue regret

ruffian brutal person

ruminate ponder

rummage hunt, grope

runnel stream

ruse trick

rustic rural