SAT考试中R字母开头的高频词汇很多，新航道小编整理SAT高频词汇之R部，供大家参考。

　　rail (v.) to scold, protest (The professor railed against the injustice of the college’s tenure

　　policy.)

　　rancid (adj.) having a terrible taste or smell (Rob was double-dog-dared to eat the

　　rancid egg salad sandwich.)

　　rancor (n.) deep, bitter resentment (When Eileen challenged me to a fight, I could see

　　the rancor in her eyes.)

　　rapport (n.) mutual understanding and harmony (When Margaret met her paramour,

　　they felt an instant rapport.)

　　rash (adj.) hasty, incautious (It’s best to think things over calmly and thoroughly, rather

　　than make rash decisions.)

　　raucous (adj.) loud, boisterous (Sarah’s neighbors called the cops when her house party

　　got too raucous.)

　　raze (v.) to demolish, level (The old tenement house was razed to make room for the

　　large chain store.)

　　rebuke (v.) to scold, criticize (When the cops showed up at Sarah’s party, they rebuked

　　her for disturbing the peace.)

　　recalcitrant (adj.) defiant, unapologetic (Even when scolded, the recalcitrant young girl

　　simply stomped her foot and refused to finish her lima beans.)

　　recapitulate (v.) to sum up, repeat (Before the final exam, the teacher recapitulated the

　　semester’s material.)

　　reciprocate (v.) to give in return (When Steve gave Samantha a sweater for Christmas,

　　she reciprocated by giving him a kiss.)

　　reclusive (adj.) solitary, shunning society (Reclusive authors such as J.D. Salinger do

　　not relish media attention and sometimes even enjoy holing up in remote cabins in

　　the woods.)

　　reconcile 1. (v.) to return to harmony (The feuding neighbors finally reconciled when

　　one brought the other a delicious tuna noodle casserole.) 2. (v.) to make consistent

　　with existing ideas (Alou had to reconcile his skepticism about the existence of aliens

　　with the fact that he was looking at a flying saucer.)

　　rectitude (n.) uprightness, extreme morality (The priest’s rectitude gave him the moral

　　authority to counsel his parishioners.)

　　redoubtable 1. (adj.) formidable (The fortress looked redoubtable set against a stormy

　　sky.) 2. (adj.) commanding respect (The audience greeted the redoubtable speaker

　　with a standing ovation.)

　　refract (v.) to distort, change (The light was refracted as it passed through the prism.)

　　refurbish (v.) to restore, clean up (The dingy old chair, after being refurbished,

　　commanded the handsome price of $200.)

　　refute (v.) to prove wrong (Maria refuted the president’s argument as she yelled and

　　gesticulated at the TV.)

　　regurgitate 1. (v.) to vomit (Feeling sick, Chuck regurgitated his dinner.) 2. (v.) to

　　throw back exactly (Margaret rushed through the test, regurgitating all of the facts

　　she’d memorized an hour earlier.)

　　relegate 1. (v.) to assign to the proper place (At the astrology conference, Simon was

　　relegated to the Scorpio room.) 2. (v.) to assign to an inferior place (After spilling a

　　drink on a customer’s shirt, the waiter found himself relegated to the least lucrative

　　shift.)

　　relish (v.) to enjoy (Pete always relished his bedtime snack.)

　　remedial (adj.) intended to repair gaps in students’ basic knowledge (After his teacher

　　discovered he couldn’t read, Alex was forced to enroll in remedial English.)

　　remiss (adj.) negligent, failing to take care (The burglar gained entrance because the

　　security guard, remiss in his duties, forgot to lock the door.)

　　renovate 1. (v.) restore, return to original state (The renovated antique candelabra

　　looked as good as new.) 2. (v.) to enlarge and make prettier, especially a house (After

　　getting renovated, the house was twice as big and much more attractive.)

　　renown (n.) honor, acclaim (The young writer earned international renown by winning

　　the Pulitzer Prize.)

　　renunciation (n.) to reject (Fiona’s renunciation of red meat resulted in weight loss, but

　　confused those people who thought she’d been a vegetarian for years.)

　　repentant (adj.) penitent, sorry (The repentant Dennis apologized profusely for

　　breaking his mother’s vase.)

　　replete (adj.) full, abundant (The unedited version was replete with naughty words.)

　　repose (v.) to rest, lie down (The cat, after eating an entire can of tuna fish, reposed in

　　the sun and took a long nap.)

　　reprehensible (adj.) deserving rebuke (Jean’s cruel and reprehensible attempt to dump

　　her boyfriend on his birthday led to tears and recriminations.)

　　reprieve (n.) a temporary delay of punishment (Because the governor woke up in a

　　particularly good mood, he granted hundreds of reprieves to prisoners.)

　　reproach (v.) to scold, disapprove (Brian reproached the customer for failing to rewind

　　the video he had rented.)

　　reprobate (adj.) evil, unprincipled (The reprobate criminal sat sneering in the cell.)

　　reprove (v.) to scold, rebuke (Lara reproved her son for sticking each and every one of

　　his fingers into the strawberry pie.)

　　repudiate (v.) to reject, refuse to accept (Kwame made a strong case for an extension of

　　his curfew, but his mother repudiated it with a few biting words.)

　　repulse 1. (v.) to disgust (Antisocial Annie tried to repulse people by neglecting to brush

　　her teeth.) 2. (v.) to push back (With a deft movement of her wrist and a punch to

　　the stomach, Lacy repulsed Jack’s attempt to kiss her.)

　　reputable (adj.) of good reputation (After the most reputable critic in the industry gave

　　the novel a glowing review, sales took off.)

　　requisition (n.) a demand for goods, usually made by an authority (During the war, the

　　government made a requisition of supplies.)

　　rescind (v.) to take back, repeal (The company rescinded its offer of employment after

　　discovering that Jane’s resume was full of lies.)

　　reservoir 1. (n.) reserves, large supply (Igor the Indomitable had quite a reservoir of

　　strengh and could lift ten tons, even after running 700 miles, jumping over three

　　mountains, and swimming across an ocean.) 2. (n.) a body of water used for storing

　　water (After graduation, the more rebellious members of the senior class jumped

　　into the town reservoir used for drinking water.)

　　resilient (adj.) able to recover from misfortune; able to withstand adversity (The

　　resilient ballplayer quickly recovered from his wrist injury.)

　　resolute (adj.) firm, determined (With a resolute glint in her eye, Catherine announced

　　that she was set on going to college in New York City even though she was a little

　　frightened of tall buildings.)

　　resolve 1. (v.) to find a solution (Sarah and Emma resolved their differences and shook

　　hands.) 2. (v.) to firmly decide (Lady Macbeth resolved to whip her husband into

　　shape.)

　　respite (n.) a break, rest (Justin left the pub to gain a brief respite from the smoke and

　　noise.)

　　resplendent (adj.) shiny, glowing (The partygoers were resplendent in diamonds and

　　fancy dress.)

　　restitution (n.) restoration to the rightful owner (Many people feel that descendants of

　　slaves should receive restitution for the sufferings of their ancestors.)

　　restive (adj.) resistant, stubborn, impatient (The restive audience pelted the band with

　　mud and yelled nasty comments.)

　　retract (v.) withdraw (As the media worked itself into a frenzy, the publicist hurriedly

　　retracted his client’s sexist statement.)

　　revel (v.) to enjoy intensely (Theodore reveled in his new status as Big Man

　　on Campus.)

　　revere (v.) to esteem, show deference, venerate (The doctor saved countless lives with

　　his combination of expertise and kindness and became universally revered.)

　　revoke (v.) to take back (After missing the curfew set by the court for eight nights in a

　　row, Marcel’s freedom of movement was revoked.)

　　rhapsodize (v.) to engage in excessive enthusiasm (The critic rhapsodized about the

　　movie, calling it an instant classic.)

　　ribald (adj.) coarsely, crudely humorous (While some giggled at the ribald joke

　　involving a parson’s daughter, most sighed and rolled their eyes.)

　　rife (adj.) abundant (Surprisingly, the famous novelist’s writing was rife with

　　spelling errors.)

　　ruminate (v.) to contemplate, reflect (Terry liked to ruminate while sitting on the banks

　　of the river, staring pensively into the water.)

　　ruse (n.) a trick (Oliver concocted an elaborate ruse for sneaking out of the house to

　　meet his girlfriend while simultaneously giving his mother the impression that he

　　was asleep in bed.)

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