ENGLISH VOCAB

     1.    Ravenous(adj): extremely hungry

Key : Ravan

Usage: A ravenous appetite

     2.    Recalcitrant (n): stubborn

Key: CALCI (CALCULATOR)

Usage: a recalcitrant child.

3.    Redolent(adj): smelling strongly of something

Key: RED- LAWN

Usage: The office was having redolent of furniture polish.

4.    Refrain (v): resist; to stop oneself doing something

Key: RAIN

Usage: He refrained himself from cigarettes.

5.    Rife(adj): full or widespread

Key: RIFLE(GUN)

Usage: An area where crime is rife.

6.    Ruminate(v): to think deeply; to meditate

Key: ROOM, ATE

Usage: Ruminating on a serious issue.

7.    Rankle(v): to irritate; to cause angry feeling

Key: RANK- UNCLE

Usage: This incident happened twenty years ago, but it still rankles in my mind.

8.    Reticent(adj): reserved; not showing his thoughts readily

Key: RAT-SCENT

Usage: The manager was reticent about his plans.

9.    Reverie(n): day dream; lost in pleasant thoughts

Key: RIVER

Usage: He was in deep reverie when I knocked the door.

10.  Rabid(adj): violent & extreme (of feeling)

Key: RABBIT

Usage: Rabid hate against Pakistan.

11.  Resurgent(adj): reviving; getting a new life

Key: SURGEON

Usage: A resurgent economy hope.

12.  Retrench(v): cut down

Key : WRENCH

Usage: Forced the company to retrench the employees.

13.  Ribald (adj): rude & humorous remark

Key: BALD

Usage: Ribald remarks on the politians.

14.  Rubicund(adj): high coloured (of a person’s face or complexion)

Key: Ruby

Usage: His rubicund face shows that his health is good.

15.  Sedulous(adj): hard working; diligent

Key: SAD

Usage: She is doing a sedulous research.

16.  Slander(n): defamation

Key: CYLINDER

Usage: Julia bring a slander action against Harry.

17.  Spectral (adj): ghostly

Key: SPECS

Usage: This building is known for the spectral beings.

18.  Tyro(n): beginner

Key: TYRE

Usage: He is tyro in this export business

19.  Tremulous(adj): timid

Key: TREE-MULE

Usage: With a tremulous hand, she accepted the bribe.

20.  Thwart(v): to oppose a plan/an attempt

Key: THE WAR

          Usage: Difficulties thwarted my all plans