Rime: white frost
Example: [the early morning dew had frozen and everything was covered with thin coat of rime]
Ripple: wavy shape, wave, rising and falling sound, undulation
Example: [A ripple came along and lapped right in, and the girls were almost waist deep]
Ripplet: A small ripple as of water.
Risible: laughable
Example: [risible attempts to learn the flute]
Risque: racy off-color
Example: [risque anecdotes]
Riveting: exciting, fascinating, absorbing, interesting, gripping
Example: [a riveting novel]
Rivulet: A small stream or brook.
Roan: brown mixed with gray or white
Example: [you can easily recognize this horse because it is roan]
Roborant: restorative, strengthening, energizing
Example: [nourising and roborant drugs]
Robust: vigorous
Example: [You could get the microbes from around a particularly robust tomato plant and spray that on next year’s crop]
Rococo: highly decorated ornate
Example: [the rococo style in furniture]
Rogue: scoundrel
Example: [a rogue state]
Roil: to disturb or cause disorder
Example: [be careful when you pour not to roil the wine]
Rondo: A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times.
Rookery: A place where crows congregate to breed.
Roseate: optimistic rosy
Example: [roseate views]
Roster: list of people
Example: [the duty roster]
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Rostrum: stage for public speaking
Example: [the new speaker arrived at the rostrum and started speaking]
Rotary: rotating, revolving, revolving around a central fixed point, spinning
Example: [rotary motion/valve]
Rotate: To cause to turn on or as on its axis as a wheel.
Rote: Repetition as a means of learning them
Example: [rote learning]
Rotund: Round from fullness or plumpness.
Rotunda: circular building or hall covered with a dome
Example: [rotunda of the Taj Mahal]
Rotundity: sonorousness of speech roundness
Example: [Washington living emphasized the rotundity of the governor by describing his height and circumference]
Rouse: awaken
Example: [He roused himself and got back to work]
Rout: vanquish
Example: [The Russian chess team routed all the rest]
Rubble: fragments
Example: [The bomb reduced the house to rubble]
Rubicund: having healthy reddish color ruddy
Example: [rubicund complexion]
Ruddy: healthy-looking reddish
Rudiment: beginning
Example: [rudiments of an experiment]
Rudimentary: Being in an incomplete stage of development
Example: [Some unusual fish have rudimentary legs]
Rue: To regret extremely.
Rueful: sorrowful, regretful, dejected
Example: [rueful countenance]
Ruffian: bully brutal person
Example: [the ruffians threw stones at the police]
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Ruminant: Chewing the cud.
Ruminate: reflect upon
Example: [She ruminated for weeks about whether to tell him or not]
Rummage: hunt
Example: [She rummaged through all the drawers, looking for a pen]
Rupture: To separate the parts of by violence.
Ruse: trick
Example: [you can fool nobody with such an obvious ruse]
Rustic: rural
Example: [a rustic bench]
Rusticate: dwell in the country banish to the country
Example: [I love the city life and can’t understand how people can rusticate in the suburbs]
Ruth: Sorrow for another’s misery.
Ruthless: pitiless
Example: [a dangerous and ruthless murderer]