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given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed. | 2. | inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate: a rapacious disposition. gluttonous, greedy, The rapacious robbers stole all the jewels and then burnt down the store |
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1. to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), esp. formally; retract. abjure, recall, take back, The man recanted his opinion about the way the dress looked on his wife |
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adjective re⋅cluse. Also, re⋅clu⋅sive. | 3. | shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons. | | 4. | characterized by seclusion; solitary. | antisocial, ascetic, cloistered, hermetic, His reclusive behavior was a result of always reading and never interacing with other people |
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| | to bring a countercharge against an accuser. |
–verb (used with object) | 2. | to accuse in return. He recriminated that the woman stole from the business, therfore he fired her |
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to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account. amend, emend, mend, He rectified the arguement by agreeing with her and telling her she was right all along |
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aromatic, balmy, fragrant, reminiscent, The redolent candle filled the room with the piney sweet scent of grapes |
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| | characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix: a redundant style. |
| 2. | being in excess; exceeding what is usual or natural: a redundant part. Repetative His speech was redundant because it kept on saying the same things over and over again |
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| 1. | to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge. |
| 2. | He refuted the charge that he was at the scene of the crimeby presenting an alibi
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| to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service. commend, commit, confide, |
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| | to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne. |
| 2. | to give up; put aside or desist from: to relinquish a plan. | | 3. | to let go; release: to relinquish one's hold. |
| He relinquished his plans to go on a cruise because there was a death in the family | | |
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| . | a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity. |
| 2. | the condition of being constituted as a state or other organized community or body: The polity of ancient Athens became a standard for later governments |
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he making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice. | 2. | Usually, reparations. compensation in money, material, labor, etc., payable by a defeated country to another country or to an individual for loss suffered during or as a result of war. amends, indemnity, offset, recompense, After the WWII Germany had topay large reparations a lot of nations |
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blamable, censurable, culpable, guilty, base, deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy. The sons action of getting arrested was reprehensible for the stress his mother went through |
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| | to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim. |
| 2. | to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son.\ deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, reject, renounc He mother bird repudiated her chicks after smelling the scent of human on them |
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- The material or substance on which an enzyme acts.
- A surface on which an organism grows or is attached.
- The womb was the substrate for the fetus
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required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer. Aceing the two tests was requisite for getting an A in the English class |
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| | springing back; rebounding. |
| 2. | returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched. |
The rubber was resilient because after stretching it it went back to its natural form |
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