GRE Essential Words Q,R

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Quagmire

marsh; difficult situation
Quail

to cower; lose heart
Qualified

limited; restricted
Qualm

sudden feeling of faintness or nausea; useasy feeling about the rightness of actions
Query

to question
Quibble

to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details
Quiescent

inactive; still
Quorum

number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
Raconteur

witty; skillful storyteller
Rail

to scold with bitter or abusive language
Raiment

clothing
Ramifications

implicationl outgrowth; consequence
Rarefied

refined
Rationale

fundamental reason
Rebus

puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words
Recalcitrant

resisting authority or control
Recant

to retract a statement or opinion
Recondite

abstruse; profound
Redoubtable

formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect
Refractory

stubborn; unmanageable; resiting ordinary methods of treatment
Refulgent

brightly shining; resplendent
Regale

to entertain
Relegate

to consign to an inferior position
Remonstrate

to object or protest
Renege

to go back on one's word
Repine

fret; complain
Reprise

repetition, especially of a piece of music
Reproach

to find fault with; blame
Reprobate

morally unprincipled person
Repudiate

to reject as having no authority
Rescind

to cancel
Reticent

not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant
Riposte

a retaliatory action or retort
Rococo

excessively ornate; highly decorared; style or architecture in the 18th century Europe
Rubric

title or heading; category; established mode of prcedure or conduct; protocol
Rue

to regret
Ruse

trick; crafty stratagem; subterfuge

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