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Rankle:

 MEANING: Aggravate; make angry

SENTENCE: We did not want to rankle the cat, so we put the puppy

outside.

 

Rarefied:

 MEANING: Elevated above the ordinary

SENTENCE: The scholars were in an animated and rarefied conversation

about world politics.

 

Rebuttal:

 MEANING: A counter argument to argument; a disagreement

SENTENCE: Steve rebutted Jason’s view that his team would win the

game.

 

Recalcitrant:

 MEANING: Obstinately uncooperative; pig-headed

SENTENCE: She has a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds.

 

Recant

: MEANING: Take back something that was previously said

SENTENCE: Heretics were burned if they did not recant.

 

Recluse:

 MEANING: A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid

other people

SENTENCE: After returning from the pilgrimage she has turned into a

virtual recluse.

 

Recondite:

 MEANING: Difficult to comprehend; abstruse

SENTENCE: The book on mathematical theory is full of recondite

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