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receptacle, n. container, repository.
reception, n. receipt, receiving; levee, soiree, function; acceptance, welcome, admittance.
recess, n. retreat, withdrawal, retirement; intermission; alcove, niche, nook, retreat; seclusion, privacy.
recipe, n. formula, receipt.
recipient, n. receiver, beneficiary, donee, conferree.
reciprocity, n. reciprocation, interchange.
recital, n. recitation, narration, narrative.
recitation, n. reciting, rehearsal; cantillation (recitation with musical modulations).
recite, v. relate, recount, repeat, deliver; cantillate.
reckless, a. heedless, inconsiderate, unmindful, thoughtless, temerarious, rash, uncirc.u.mspect, incautious, hasty, foolhardy.
reckon, v. compute, calculate, count, enumerate; esteem, regard.
reckoning, n. computation, calculation, enumeration; settlement, adjustment.
reclaim, v. tame, domesticate; reform.
reclamation, n. reclaiming, recovery, reformation.
reclining, a. rec.u.mbent, leaning, lying.--n. rec.u.mbence, reclination.
recluse, a. solitary, eremitic.
recluse, n. solitary, eremite, anch.o.r.et, hermit.
reclusion, n. seclusion, eremitism.
recoil, v. rebound, react; flinch, shrink, quail.
recollect, v. remember.
recollection, n. remembrance, memory, reminiscence.
recommend, v. commend, praise.
recommendation, n. commendation.
recompense, v. See repay.
reconcile, v. conciliate, propitiate, pacify; harmonize, adjust, settle. Antonyms: estrange, disaffect, alienate.
reconciliation, n. conciliation, pacification, appeas.e.m.e.nt, reunion.
recondite, a. See abstruse.
record, n. register, memoir, diary, chronicle, minute, memorandum, note, annals, doc.u.ment, muniment, cartulary; testimony, witness, attestation.
recorder, n. register, registrar; cartulary.
records, n. pl. annals, archives.
recover, v. regain, reclaim, retrieve, repair, recoup, recruit, rally, repossess, recuperate.
recoverable, a. retrievable.
recovery, n. retrieval, recuperation, regaining, restoration, convalescence.
recreancy, n. cowardliness, mean-spiritedness, pusillanimity, apostasy.
recreant, a. mean-spirited, pusillanimous, cowardly, craven, faithless, false, apostate.
recreation, n. pastime, amus.e.m.e.nt, relaxation, diversion, sport, fun, divertis.e.m.e.nt.
rectify, v. correct, amend.
rect.i.tude, n. probity, integrity, uprightness, honesty, virtue.
rector, n. pastor, clergyman, priest.
rectors.h.i.+p, n. rectorate, pastorate.
rectory, n. parsonage.
red, n. carmine, crimson, scarlet, cerise, garnet, vermilion.
a.s.sociated Words: rubefacient, rubefaction.
red, a. florid, blus.h.i.+ng, flushed, ruby, ruddy, rubicund, blowzed, rubescent, auburn (reddish brown).
redeem, v. repurchase; regain, recover; ransom, rescue, deliver.
redeemer, n. ransomer, deliverer, savior.
redemption, n. repurchase; ransom, salvation, deliverance, rescue.
red-letter, a. fortunate, auspicious, happy.
redoubtable, a. formidable, terrible; valiant, courageous, brave.
redound, v. contribute, conduce, react.
red pepper. cayenne pepper.
