Words

Ravine

Synonyms:abyss, gorge, canyon, gully

Ravishing

Synonyms:gorgeous, stunning, exquisite, striking, magnificient, dazzling, delightful, charming, enchanting, entrancing, captivating, bewitching

Raze

"The hurricane razed the city"

Synonyms:ravage, demolish, destroy, annihilate

Realm

a field or domain of activity or interest

Synonyms:domain, sphere, field

Reassure

to comfort someone and stop them from worrying

"She reassured her friend that everything would be okay before the test"

Rebate

reduction in tax or debt

Rebellious

Synonyms:defiant, disobedient, unruly

Rebuff

to reject or refuse something or someone in a blunt or unkind way

"She asked him for help, but he rebuffed her request"

Synonyms:reject, turn down, refuse, decline

Rebuke

express sharp disapproval or criticism of someone

"She rebuked him for drinking too much"

Synonyms:reprimand, reproach, admonish

Rebut

claim or prove that an evidence or an accusation is false

Synonyms:refute, disprove

Recalcitrant

unwilling to obey orders or refusing to be controlled

Synonyms:uncooperative, intractable

Recant

to formally reject or take back a previously held belief or statement

"He was forced to recant his statement in court"

Synonyms:renounce, abjure, forswear, disavow, deny

Recapitulate

Synonyms:recap, summarize, sum up

Receptacle

a hollow object used to contain something

Synonyms:container, holder, vessel, repository

Reception

the action or process of receiving something sent

Synonyms:receipt

Receptivity

willingness to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas

Synonyms:acceptance

Reciprocal

having mutual action or exchange

Synonyms:mutual, common, shared, corresponding

Antonyms:one-sided

Reciprocate

to share the same feelings as someone else, or to behave in the same way as someone else

Synonyms:interchange

Reckless

"His reckless driving put himself and others in danger"

Synonyms:rash, careless, incautious, heedless, irresponsible, thoughtless

Reckon

as in to calculate

Synonyms:calculate, compute

as in to consider or regard

"The event was reckoned a failure"

Synonyms:consider

as in to think

Synonyms:imagine, think

as in to think

Synonyms:estimate, guess