RELA'XED, _a._ slackened; loosened; let loose; diverted; eased; refreshed RELEA'SE, _v.a._ quit; let go; slacken; free from RELE'NT, _v.n._ slacken; remit; soften; melt RE'LIC, _s._ that which remains RELIE'VE, _v.a._ ease pain or sorrow; succour by assistance; support; assist RELI'GION, _s._ a system of divine faith and worship RELU'CTANT, _a._ unwilling; acting with repugnance REMAI'N, _v.n._ continue; endure; be left REMAINDER, _s._ the part left REMA'RKABLE, _a._ observable; worthy of note RE'MEDY, _s._ a medicine by which any illness is cured; that which counteracts any evil; reparation REME'MBER, _v.a._ bear in mind; not to REMO'NSTRANCE, _s._ strong representation REMO'RSELESS, _a._ without remorse RE'NDER, _v.a._ restore; give back; represent; exhibit; give REPEA'T, _v.a._ use again; do again; speak again REPO'RT, _s._ rumour; popular fame; sound; loud noise RE'PRESENT, _v.a._ exhibit; describe; personate; exhibit to show REPRESENTA'TION, _s._ image; likeness; public exhibition REPRIE'VE, _s._ respite after sentence of death REPRI'SAL, _s._ something seized by way of retaliation for robbery or injury RE'PTILE, _s._ an animal that creeps on many feet REPU'BLIC, _s._ commonwealth; a government without a King or other hereditary head REPU'GNANT, _a._ disobedient; contrary; opposite REPU'LSE, _v.a._ beat back; drive off REPUTA'TION, _s._ character of good or bad; credit REPU'TE, _s._ character; reputation REQUE'ST, _s._ petition; entreaty; demand RE'QUIEM, _s._ a hymn, in which they ask for the dead, requiem or rest REQUISITE, _a._ necessary RE'SCUE, _v.a._ set free from any violence, confinement, or danger RESE'MBLE, _v. a_ to be like; to compare; to represent as like something else RESE'NTMENT, _s._ anger; deep sense of injury RE'SERVOIR, _s._ a receiver; a large basin which receives water RESIDENCE, _s._ dwelling; place of abode RESOU'RCE, _s._ resort; expedient RESPECTIVE, _a._ particular; relating to particular persons or things RESPIRA'TION, _s._ the act of breathing; relief from toil RESPLENDENT, _a._ bright; shining; having a beautiful lustre RESPONSIBLE, _a._ answerable; accountable RESTRAINT, _s._ abridgment of liberty; prohibition; restriction RETALIATION, _s._ requital; return of like for like RETA'RD, _v.a._ hinder; delay RE'TINUE, _s._ a number attending upon a principal person; train RETROSPECTION, _s._ act or faculty of looking backward RETU'RN, _s._ the act of coming back to the same place; act of restoring or giving back REVELA'TION, _s._ discovery; communication; apocalypse; the prophecy of St. John, revealing future things REVE'NUE, _s._ income; annual profits received from lands or other funds RE'VERENCE, _s._ veneration; respect; title of the clergy REVE'RSE, _v.a._ turn upside down; overturn RHINO'CERUS, _s._ a large animal with a horn on its nose RHODODE'NDRON, _s._ the rose-bay RI'BALDRY, _s._ mean, lewd, brutal language