GRE常考动词（二十二）
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repercussion :: rebound; reverberation; reaction repertoire :: list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is prepared to presen replica :: copy repository :: storehouse reprieve :: temporary stay reprisal :: retaliation reprobate :: person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency reprobation :: severe disapproval repugnance :: loathing requiem :: mass for the dead; dirge requisite :: necessary requirement rescission :: abrogation; annulment residue :: remainder; balance respite :: delay in punishment; interval of relief; rest restitution :: reparation; indemnification reticence :: reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to be silent retinue :: following; attendants retraction :: withdrawal retribution :: vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses revelry :: boisterous merrymaking reverie :: daydream; musing revulsion :: sudden violent change of feeling; reaction rhetoric :: art of effective communication; insincere language rift :: opening; break rigor :: severity rime :: white frost rood :: crucifix rostrum :: platform for speech-making; pulpit rote :: repetition rotunda :: circular building or hall covered with a dome rotundity :: roundness; sonorousness of speech rubble :: fragments ruse :: trick; stratagem saga :: Scandinavian myth; any legend salver :: tray sangfroid :: coolness in a trying situation sarcophagus :: stone coffin, often highly decorated satellite :: small body revolving around a larger one satiety :: condition of being crammed full; glutted state; repletion satire :: use of ridicule, irony, or sarcasm to expose folly, vice, etc. satrap :: petty ruler working for a superior despot satyr :: half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysos savant :: scholar savoir faire :: tact; poise; sophistication scavenger :: collector and disposer of refuse; animal that devours carrion schism :: division; split scintilla :: shred; least bit sciolism :: quackery; superficial information scion :: offspring scourge :: lash; whip; severe punishment screed :: long, tiresome harangue scullion :: menial kitchen worker secession :: withdrawal seine :: net for catching fish semblance :: outward appearance; guise senescence :: state of growing old senility :: old age; feeblemindedness of old age sepulcher :: tomb seraph :: high-ranking, six-winged angel serendipity :: gift for finding valuable things not searched for |
