English Wordbook/R

From The Anglish Moot

Staff of the English Wordbook.

race	n	stock, strain
radiant	adj	shiny, bright, beaming, glowing
radiate	vb	shine, glow
radio	adj & n	wireless
radius	n	spoke, spokelength, spokespan, staffreach
rage	n	anger, wrath
railroad	n	ironroad
range	n	reach, stetch
rancid	adj	rotting, reeking, smelly, stale, foul, dank, rank, taff
rankle	vb	gall, irk
rape	vb & n	reave, rove, befoul, gainswive, plunder, mightswive, dintswive, formight (calque of Dutch verkrachten)
rapid	adj	fast, quick, speedy, swift
rappel	vb	abseil
rare	adj & adv	seldom, unlikely
rarified	adj	fewsome, thin
rarify	vb	thin
rarity	n	dearth, fewness
raspberry	n	hindberry
ravage	vb	wreck, trash, smash, pull down overwhelm, overrun, overthrow, harry
ravine	n	chine, gap, ditch, gulch, ghyll
ray	n	beam
razor	n	shaver
re-	pref	eft-, again
re-	pref	back-
re-	pref	with-
realize/realise	vb	acknowledge, dawn upon
reality	n	wareness (analagous calque from continental Germ. langs: Gewahrheit- awareness, Wahrheit- 'wareness')
realm	n	kingdom
reason	n	wherefore, ground;
rebellion	n	uprising
rebuke	vb	scold, snape
recall	vb	bethink
recently	adv	lately, newly
recital	n	reading, singshow, yarn
recline	vb	lie back, lie down, stretch heel,
recognise	vb	acknowledge, aknow
recompense	n	gainyield
reconsideration	n	afterthought
reconcile	vb	settle
recovery	n	comeback, pick-up, upturn, upswing, healing, greenshoot
recriminate	vb	blackblame
rectum	n	arsepipe, arseway
recurrence	n	comeback, flashback
redeem	vb	gainbuy
reduce	n	lessen, lower
refer (to)	vb	bespeak, call
refined	adj	couth
reflect	vb	show
reflection	n	glance, backshine
reform	n	ameeding
reform	vb	ameed
reformer	n	ameeder
refrain	vb	forbear
refridgerator	n	chiller, cooler
refuge	n	haven, frithstead
refugee	n	haven seeker
refulgent	adj	shining
refuse	n	chaff,
refuse	vb	asake, gall
regard	vb	look at set down
regarding	prep	about
regicide	n	kingslaughter, kingslaying, kingmurder
regime	n	yoke, rike
regiment	n	fight(ing)group
region	n	landship
regret	vb	mourn, weep, weep over, look back, feel sorry, rue
regulate	vb	key to
reign	n.	kingship, queenship, athelingship
reinforce	vb	strengthen, trim, bolster, harden up, up hold, make firm, underset
reject	vb	shun, spurn
relapse	vb	backslide
relate	phr vb	To belong to, bear upon, stand with, link with, tie in with, tell of, bring word of, deal with, give tidings of, write of, make known, set out, unfold, be akin to
related	adj	akin (to), kindred, sibbed to
relative(s)	n	kin, kinfolk, kinsmen, sib, sibling, bysib, own flesh & blood, blood-bondling, bloodsib
relations	n.	undertakings between, dealings with
relax	vb	rest, loosen up, slacken, chill out, unwind
relaxed	adj	smooth, loose, mellow
release	n	outlet, loosing
release	vb	let go, loose
reliable	adj	trustworthy
relieve	n	lighten, soothe, help, unburden, allay, still (the fears), salve
religion	n	worship
religious	adj	worshipful
reluctant	adj	unwilling, loath
remain	vb	bide, linger, beleft (calque of German Bleiben), blive (O.E. belifan cf German bleiben)
remainder	n	lave
remains	n	ashes, body, dead body, lich, bones; leftovers, leavings, scraps, waste, sweepings, dust; afterglow
remedy	n	salve
remember(recall)	vb	call to mind, bethink
remember(store memory)	vb	bear in mind, keep in mind
remember(memorise)	vb	put to mind, cram
reminisce	vb	look back
remnant	n	leftover
remote	adj	outlying
remove	vb	foredo (with immaterial object), outtake, take out, astir, stir, draw, unsheath,
renaissance	n	newbirth
renal	adj	kidney
render	vb	make, give, forswear, yield
renounce	vb	forspeak, forsake, yield, asake
renovate	vb	do up
repartee	n	wit, banter
repel	vb	ward off, put off
repent	vb	atone
repercussions	vb	blowback, kickback
repetition	n	dailiness (monotonous), witherhauling (cf. German "Wiederholung")
replenish	vb	fill up
report	n	telling
repose	n	rest
representative	n	spokesman(woman), forstander, foranswerer
repress	vb	quell, crush, lord, trample, keep under, ride roughshod over,
reprimand	vb	upbraid, tell off
reprove	vb	scold, upbraid, chide
represent	vb	stand for, foranswer
reproach	vb	upbraid, scold
republic	n	commonwealth , folkdom, folkrike
reputation	n	name, goodname, goodbearing, edwite
request	n	bid, prayer, asking
request	vb	bidding, ask, beseech, ask for
require	vb	need
requirement	n	need, must
rescribe	vb	write back
research	n	legwork
resmblance	n	likeness, look, blee, bly
resemble	adj	seem like, look like
resentment	n	bitterness, ill-feeling
reservation	n	booking
reservation	n	misgiving
reserve	n	backlog
reserve	vb	back-up
reserve	vb	book, keep
reserve	adj	spare
reserved	adj	withdrawn
reside	vb	live, dwell, abide, wone, erde
residence	n	home, dwelling, abode, erding, erdingstow
resign	vb	guit
resilience	adj	doughty
resist	vb	withstand, hinder
resistance	n	backlash, underground
resolute	adj	doughty, steadfast, unbending, anrede
resort	vb	betake
respond	vb	answer
response	n	answer, feedback
responsible	adj	trustworthy, upstanding, steady, sound, guilty, answerly, answerable
responsive	adj	quick, awake, sharp, open-minded, quick-minded, willing, soft-hearted
rest	n	lave
restart	vb	start anew
restaurant	n	mealhouse
restrain	vb	hold back, fetter
restraint	n	holding back, fetter
result	n	outcome, upshot, aftermath,
retain	vb	withhold, keep
retaliate	vb	hit back, strike back
retard	n	dimwit, dolt, dullard
retard	vb	laten, slow, stunt
retardation	n	slowing, latening
retardation	n	backwardness, beslowedness
retirement	n	elderhood
retort	n	comeback, wisecrack, backanswer
retract	vb	take back, withdraw
retreat	vb	withdraw
retrograde	adj	backward
return	n	comeback, backfare, two-way
return	vb	come back
reveal	v	make known, show, give up, bring to light, unhele
revel	vb	bask, wallow, frolic
revelry	n	merry-making
revenge	n	pay back,
revenge	vb	to get even with
revere	vb	worship
reverence	n	blessed awe
reverie	n	daydream, sweven
reverse/reversal	n	setback, blow
revert	vb	backtrack
revive	vb	awaken, quicken, inliven, bring to, aquick, forquick, give life to, bring back to life
revolution	n	overhaul, overthrow, overthrowing, uprising
revolve	vb	spin, turn around
reward	n	getting(s), meed, gainyield
reward	vb	meet (pt: meeted)
rifle	n	scratchgun
rigid	adj	stiff, hard
rigorous	adj	thorough
riot	n	crowdburst
risk	n	gamble, long shot
river	n	aa, ea, brook, waterway, burn, fleam, fleet, flood, rindle, run, runnell, stream
river course	n	gang
rivulet	n	beck, brooklet, stream, runlet, runnel, rith, sike
robin	n	ruddock
robust	adj	strong, sinewy, hale, halesome, hearty, sound, doughty, fit, full-blooded, full-blooded, full-strength, hardy, healthy, mighty, red-blooded, stout, strong-willed
roman	adj	romish
rock	n	stone
rotate	vb	spin
rotund	adj	wheelshaped
round	adj	wheelshaped
route	n	pathway
royal	adj	kingly, queenly, athel
ruin	vb & n	wreck, mar, downfall
rule	vb	lead, look over, oversee, phr to have lordship over, oversee, hold sway
rumour	n	hearsay
rural	adj	outburg, fieldly
rush	n & vb	hurry
rustic	n	backwoodsman, boor, bumpkin, bushwhacker, clodhopper, churl, crofter, greenhorn, heathen, hind, husbandman, hillbilly, ill-bred, low-man, plowman, ploughman, redneck, serf, share-cropper, swain, woodsman, uncanny wight