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Various

"The Illustrated London Reading Book"

_ a receiver; a large basin which receives water
RESIDENCE, _s._ dwelling; place of abode
RESOU'RCE, _s._ resort; expedient
RESPECTIVE, _a._ particular; relating to particular persons or things
RESPIRA'TION, _s._ the act of breathing; relief from toil
RESPLENDENT, _a._ bright; shining; having a beautiful lustre
RESPONSIBLE, _a._ answerable; accountable
RESTRAINT, _s._ abridgment of liberty; prohibition; restriction
RETALIATION, _s._ requital; return of like for like
RETA'RD, _v.a._ hinder; delay
RE'TINUE, _s._ a number attending upon a principal person; train
RETROSPECTION, _s._ act or faculty of looking backward
RETU'RN, _s._ the act of coming back to the same place; act of restoring
or giving back
REVELA'TION, _s._ discovery; communication; apocalypse; the prophecy of
St. John, revealing future things
REVE'NUE, _s._ income; annual profits received from lands or other funds
RE'VERENCE, _s._ veneration; respect; title of the clergy
REVE'RSE, _v.a._ turn upside down; overturn
RHINO'CERUS, _s._ a large animal with a horn on its nose
RHODODE'NDRON, _s._ the rose-bay
RI'BALDRY, _s._ mean, lewd, brutal language
RI'DICULE, _s._ contemptive mockery
RI'VET, _v.


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