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rabble	n. disorderly crowd; mob ;
rabid	adj. suffering from rabies
rabies	n. fatal virus disease causing madness in dogs, foxes and other animals, transmitted to humans usu by a bite ,
raconteur	n. person who tells stories skilfully and wittily
raffle	n. lottery with an article as the prize
rag	n. odd cloth, usu torn, frayed, etc
ragamuffin	n. person, esp a small boy, in dirty untidy clothes
rail	n. level or sloping bar or connected series of bars of wood or metal, eg forming part of a fence, the top of a banister, a protective barrier, etc
raiment	n. clothing
rake	n. long-handled tool with a row of prongs at the end for drawing together fallen leaves, smoothing soil, etc
rakish	adj. of or like a rake
rally	v. ~ (round/to sb/sth); ~ (round) (of people) come together, esp to make new efforts, eg after a defeat or when there is danger, need, etc
ram	n. uncastrated male sheep .
ramble	v. walk for pleasure with no special destination
ramification	n. part of a complex structure; secondary consequence, esp one that complicates
ramify	v. (fml ) (cause sth to) branch out in many directions; make or become a network
ramp	n. slope joining two levels of ground, a floor, a road, etc
rampant	adj. flourishing excessively; unrestrained
rampart	n. defensive wall round a fort, etc consisting of a wide bank of earth with a path for walking along the top
ramshackle	adj. almost collapsing
rancid	adj. tasting or smelling bad because of staleness
rancor	bitter deep-seated ill will
random	adj. done, chosen, etc without method or conscious choice; haphazard
rank	n. position in a scale of responsibility, quality, social status, etc
rankle	v. cause lasting bitterness or resentment
ransack	v. ~ sth search (a place) thoroughly
rant	v. ~ (derog ) speak loudly, violently or theatrically
rapacious	adj. greedy, esp for money; grasping
rapport	n. ~ sympathetic and harmonious relationship
rapt	adj. ~ so intent or absorbed that one is unaware of other things; spellbound
rapture	n. intense delight
rare	adj. not often happening or seen, etc; unusual
rarefied	adj. less dense than is normal; thin
rasp	n. coarse file with rows of sharp points on its surface
raspy	adj. rough; grating
ratify	v. make (an agreement, a treaty, etc) officially valid, usu by signing it
ratiocination	n. process of logical and methodical reasoning
ration	n. fixed quantity, esp an official allowance of food, etc in times of shortage
rational	adj. able to reason
rationale	n. fundamental reason for or logical basis of sth
rationalize	to provide plausible but untrue reasons for conduct
raucous	adj. loud and hoarse; harsh-sounding
ravage	v. damage badly; destroy
rave	v. ~ talk wildly or furiously as if in a fever or mad
ravel	v. ~ (sth) (up) (cause threads or fibres to) tangle and become knotted
ravenous	adj. very hungry
ravine	n. deep narrow steep-sided valley between mountains
raze	to destroy to the ground:DEMOLISH
reactionary	n, adj opposing (esp political) progress or reform
realm	n. kingdom
reaper	n. person who reaps
rebate	n. amount by which a debt, tax, etc can be reduced; discount or partial refund
rebuff	n. unkind or contemptuous refusal or rejection (of an offer, request, friendly gesture, etc); snub
rebuke	v. ~ sb express sharp or severe disapproval to sb, esp officially; reprove sb
rebus	n. puzzle in which a word or phrase has to be guessed from pictures or diagrams representing the letters or syllables in it
rebuttal	n. act of rebutting or being rebutted
recalcitrant	adj. resisting authority or discipline; disobedient
recant	v. formally reject (a former opinion, belief, etc) as being wrong
recapitulate	v. state again or summarize the main points of
recast	v. ~ sth (as sth) put (sth written or spoken) into a new form
receptive	adj. ~ able or quick to receive new ideas, suggestions, etc
recess	n. (US also vacation) period of time when work or business is stopped, esp in Parliament, the lawcourts, etc
recession	n. temporary decline in economic activity or prosperity
recidivism	a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior; especially :relapse into criminal behavior
recipient	n. ~ person who receives sth