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replicate

verb · make or do or perform again

Example: He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick

reportable

adjective · meriting report

Example: years of research produced no reportable results

reportage

noun · the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television

Example: they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations

reported

adjective · made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account

Example: his reported opinion

reportedly

adverb · according to reports or other information

Example: she was reportedly his mistress for many years

repossess

verb · regain possession of something

reprehensibly

adverb · in a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure

represented

adjective · represented accurately or precisely

reproachfully

adverb · in a reproving or reproachful manner

Example: she spoke to him reprovingly

reprovingly

adverb · in a reproving or reproachful manner

Example: she spoke to him reprovingly

republic of zambia

noun · a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964

repulsively

adverb · in an offensive and hateful manner

Example: I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably

reputedly

adverb · by repute; according to general belief

Example: fish with reputedly poisonous flesh

research project

noun · research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses

reseat

verb · show to a different seat

Example: The usher insisted on reseating us

resentfully

adverb · with resentment; in a resentful manner

Example: the best doctors would stay resentfully out of the national service, refusing to become the minions of a Minister

resew

verb · sew again

Example: The cuff of the coat had been resewn

reshoot

verb · shoot again

Example: We had to reshoot that scene 24 times

resignedly

adverb · in a hopeless resigned manner

Example: she shrugged her shoulders abjectly

resile

verb · return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed

Example: The rubber tubes resile

resilient

adjective · elastic; rebounds readily

Example: clean bouncy hair

resistive

adjective · disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

resole

verb · put a new sole on

Example: sole the shoes

resolutely

adverb · showing firm determination or purpose

Example: she resolutely refused to look at him or speak to him

resolvable

adjective · capable of being settled or resolved

Example: all disputed points are potentially resolvable

resonate

verb · be received or understood

resoundingly

adverb · in a resounding manner

Example: he then so resoundingly denounced his former friend

respectably

adverb · in a decent and morally reputable manner

Example: the film ends with the middle-aged romancers respectably married

respectfully

adverb · in a respectful manner

Example: might I respectfully suggest to the Town Council that they should adopt a policy of masterly inactivity?

respectively

adverb · in the order given

Example: the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively

resplend

verb · be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly

Example: The Queen's garments resplended in velvet and jewels

resplendence

noun · brilliant radiant beauty

Example: the glory of the sunrise

resplendent

adjective · having great beauty and splendor

Example: a glorious spring morning

resplendently

adverb · in an impressively beautiful manner

Example: the Princess was gorgeously dressed

responsibly

adverb · in a responsible manner

Example: we must act responsibly

restfully

adverb · in a restful manner

Example: the streets are restfully sunny and still for the town is at mass

restively

adverb · in a restive manner

Example: he sat down again, restively

restlessly

adverb · in a restless manner

Example: he cracked his knuckles restlessly

restrictively

adverb · in a restrictive manner

Example: this relative clause is used restrictively

resurface

verb · appear again

Example: The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York

resurgent

adjective · rising again as to new life and vigor

Example: resurgent nationalism

retail

adverb · at a retail price

Example: I'll sell it to you retail only

retain

verb · keep in one's mind

Example: I cannot retain so much information

retarded

adjective · relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development

Example: providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded

reticently

adverb · with reticence; in a reticent manner

Example: she answered the questions reticently

retouch

verb · alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance

Example: This photograph has been retouched!

retrench

verb · make a reduction, as in one's workforce

Example: The company had to retrench

retroactively

adverb · after the fact

Example: he will get paid retroactively

retrofit

noun · the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured

Example: the court ordered a retrofit on all automobiles

retromandibular vein

noun · posterior branch of the facial vein; formed by temporal veins in front of the ear

retrophyllum

noun · small genus of tropical evergreen dioecious shrubs or trees of Oceania and tropical South America

retrospectively

adverb · in a manner contemplative of past events

Example: retrospectively, he seems like a great artist

retrousse

adjective · (used of noses) turned up at the end

Example: a retrousse nose

reunify

verb · unify again, as of a country

Example: Will Korea reunify?

revengefully

adverb · in a vindictive, revengeful manner

Example: he plotted vindictively against his former superiors