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raze, v. erase, efface, rase; overthrow, subvert, demolish.
reach, v. attain.
reachable, a. attainable, accessible.
reach the highest point. culminate.
react, v. repeat; resist, oppose; rebound, recoil.
read, v. peruse.
readable, a. legible. Antonyms: unreadable, illegible.
reader, n. peruser.
readiness, n. promptness, facility, alacrity. Antonyms: unreadiness, reluctance.
reading, n. perusal; recitation, prelection.
reading desk. lecturn.
real, a. genuine, veritable, actual, true. Antonyms: fict.i.tious, unreal, spurious, ostensible, artificial, feigned, sham.
reality, n. actuality, verity. Antonyms: unreality, phantasm, simulation, phantom.
realization, n. fulfillment, effectuation.
realize, v. effectuate.
really, adv. actually, truly, indeed, veritably, verily.
realm, n. kingdom, dominion; domain, region, sphere, department.
realty, n. real estate.
ream, n. twenty quires, 480 sheets.
rear, a. hindmost.
rear, v. raise, lift, elevate; erect, build; bring up.
rearing, n. elevation, raising; erection.
reason, n. motive, consideration, design, purpose, rationality, logic, account. a.s.sociated Words: dialectics, logic, syllogism, premises, conclusion.
reason, v. ratiocinate, syllogize; argue, remonstrate, expostulate.
reasonable, a. rational; logical, just; conscionable, fair, moderate, equitable.
reasoner, n. logician.
reasoning, n. ratiocination, argumentation, syllogism, discursus; (sophistical or false) sophistry, fallacy, casuistry.
reata, n. lariat, la.s.so, riata.
rebate, n. deduction, discount, allowance.
rebel, n. insurgent, revolter, turncoat.
rebel, v. revolt, mutiny.
rebellion, n. insurrection, insurgency, mutiny, sedition, revolt, insubordination.
rebellious, a. insurgent, seditious, mutinous, insubordinate, refractory. Antonyms: dutiful, submissive, docile, compliant, deferential, obedient.
rebound, v. recoil, ricochet; reverberate, reecho.
rebound, n. rebounding, resilience, repercussion, recoil, ricochet.
rebuff, n. repulse, resistance, opposition, repellence, check, setback.
rebuff, v. repulse, resist, repel, oppose.
rebuke, v. reprove, upbraid, censure, reprehend, chide, admonish.
rebuke, n. reproof, censure; chastis.e.m.e.nt, punishment.
recall, v. revoke, annul, retract, recant, rescind, repeal, abjure; remember, recollect.
recall, n. revocation, rescission, repeal, recantation, retraction.
recalling, a. revocatory.
recant, v. retract, abjure.
recantation, n. retraction, abjuration, retractation.
recapitulate, v. summarize.
recapitulation, n. summary, resume.
receipt, n. receiving, reception; formula, recipe, formulary; voucher.
receive, v. take, accept; admit, allow; welcome; hold, contain.
receiver, n. recipient, donee; beneficiary; receptacle; fence (receiver of stolen goods).
recent, a. new, late.
