English to English Dictionary

repartee

Conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments and replies.

replicate

To make an exact copy of; reproduce.

reprisal

An act of retaliation or an act of harming someone in response to a harm they have inflicted.

repulse

Drive back (an attacking force).

rescind

To revoke, cancel, or repeal a law, order, or agreement.

resourceful

Having the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.

rhetoric

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.

rhizome

A continuously growing horizontal underground stem which puts out lateral shoots and adventitious roots at intervals.

riffraff

Disreputable or undesirable people; the lowest class of society.

rigorous

Extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate.

rime

Frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapor in cloud or fog.

romanticize

To deal with or describe in an idealized or unrealistically emotional fashion; to make something seem better or more appealing than it really is.