WORD LIST: r

race

to move or go fast; to take part in a competition to decide who or what can move fastest

race

a competition to decide who or what can move fastest; competition between candidates to win political office; one of the major groups that humans can be divided into because of a common physical similarity, such as skin colour

radiation

waves of energy from something that produces heat or light; energy from a nuclear substance, which can be dangerous

radio

the system of sending and receiving signals or sounds through the air without wires; device for listening to sound broadcasts

raid

to make a sudden attack

raid

a sudden attack carried out as an act of war, or for the purpose of seizing or stealing something

railway

a road for trains; a company that operates such a road and its stations and equipment

rain

water falling from the sky

raise

to lift up; to move to a higher position; to cause to grow; to increase

rare

not common; not usual; not often

rate

speed; a measure of how quickly or how often something happens; the price of any thing or service that is bought or sold

reach

to put a hand toward; to arrive at; to come to

react

to act as a result of or in answer to; to change chemically (“The acid reacts with the alcohol.”)

read

to look at and understand the meaning of written words or numbers; to speak written words

ready

prepared; completed; organized; willing

real

true; truly existing; not false

reason

the cause for a belief or act; purpose; something that explains

reasonable

ready to listen to reasons or ideas; not extreme; ready or willing to compromise

rebel

to act against a government or power, often with force; to refuse to obey

rebel

one who opposes or fights against the government of his or her country

receive

to get or accept something given, offered or sent

recent

a short time ago

recognize

to know or remember something or someone that was known, known about or seen before; to accept another nation as independent and establish diplomatic ties with its government; to accept as true

record

to write something in order to have it for future use; to put sound or pictures in a form that can be kept and heard or seen again

record

a writing that shows proof or facts about something; a plastic circle on which music or other sound has been stored

recover

to get again something that was lost, stolen or taken away (“The police recovered the stolen money.”); to return to normal health or normal conditions (“She is expected to recover from the operation.”)

red

having the color like that of blood

reduce

to make less or smaller in number, size or amount; to cut

reform

to make better by changing; to improve

reform

a change to a better condition

refrigerator

large box kept cool by electricity; where people store food and drink

refugee

a person who has been forced to flee because of unjust treatment, danger or war

refuse

to reject; to not accept, give or do something

regret

a feeling of sadness or sorrow about something that is done or that happens

reject

to refuse to accept, use or believe

relate

to be linked through family (“He is related to me through marriage.”); to have or feel a link to a person or thing (“Heart disease is related to bad diet.”)

release

to free; to permit to go; to permit to be known or made public

religion

a belief in, or the honoring of, a god or gods

remain

to stay in a place after others leave; to stay the same

remains

the parts of something that are left after the rest has been destroyed or taken away; a dead body (“His remains are buried in his home town”)

remember

to think about the past; opposite forget

remove

to take away or take off; to put an end to; to take out of a position or office

rent

to pay money to use something (often ‘rent from’, as in “You can rent a car from a company in town”); to receive money for the use of something (often ‘rent to’ as in “The company in town will rent cars to visitors”)

repair

work done to fix something

repair

doing such work

repeat

to say or do again

replace

to put or use in place of another (“This new radio replaces the broken one.”); to put something back where it was

report

to tell about; to give the results of a study or investigation

report

the story about an event; the results of a study or investigation; a statement in which the facts may not be confirmed

represent

to act in the place of someone else; to substitute for; to serve as an example