| Sr No. | Word | hindi | Meaning | Example |
| 2830 | rabid | विक्षिप्त | like a fanatic; furious | He was a rabid follower of the
Dodgers and watched them play whenever he could go to the ball park. |
| 2831 | raconteur | बयान करनेवाला | story-teller | My father was a gifted raconteur
with an unlimited supply of anecdotes.
|
| 2832 | ragamuffin | Ragamuffin | person wearing tattered clothes | He felt sorry for the ragamuffin
who was begging for food and gave him money to buy a meal. |
| 2833 | rail | रेल | scold; rant | You may rail at him all you
want; you will never change him. |
| 2834 | raiment | पोशाक | clothing | How can I go to the ball? asked
Cinderella. "I have no raiment fit to wear." |
| 2835 | rakish | rakish | stylish; sporty | He wore his hat at a rakish and
jaunty angle. |
| 2836 | ramble | विचरना | wander aimlessly (physically or
mentally) | Listening to the teacher ramble,
Judy wondered whether he'd ever get to his point. |
| 2837 | ramification | उपशाखा | branching out; subdivision | We must examine all the
ramifications of this problem. |
| 2838 | ramify | डालियां फैलना | divide into branches or
subdivisions | When the plant begins to ramify,
it is advisable to nip off most of the new branches. |
| 2839 | ramp | रैंप | slope; inclined plane | The house was built with ramps
instead of stairs in order to enable the man in the wheelchair to move easily
from room to room and floor to floor. |
| 2840 | rampant | अनियंत्रित | rearing up on hind legs;
unrestrained | The rampant weeds in the garden
killed all the flowers that had been planted in the spring. |
| 2841 | rampart | किले की दीवार | defensive mound on earth | From the ramparts we watched as
the fighting continued. |
| 2842 | ramshackle | जीर्ण | rickety; falling apart | The boys propped up the
ramshackle clubhouse with a couple of boards. |
| 2843 | rancid | बासी | having the odor of stale fat | A rancid odor filled the ship's
galley and nauseated the crew. |
| 2844 | rancor | विद्वेष | bitterness; hatred | Let us forget out rancor and
cooperate in this new endeavor. |
| 2845 | random | बिना सोचे समझे | without definite purpose, plan,
or aim; haphazard | Although the sponsor of the
raffle claimed all winners were chosen at random, people had their suspicions
when the grand prize went to the sponsor's brother-in-law. |
| 2846 | rankle | पकना | irritate; fester | The memory of having been jilted
rankled him for years. |
| 2847 | rant | शेख़ी | rave; speak bombastically | As we heard him rant on the
platform, we could not understand his strange popularity with many people. |
| 2848 | rapacious | लालची | excessively grasping; plundering | Hawks and other rapacious birds
prey on variety of small animals. |
| 2849 | rapport | घनिष्ठता | emotional closeness; harmony | In team teaching, it is
important that all teachers in the group have good rapport with one another. |
| 2850 | rarefied | rarefied | made less dense [of a gas] | The mountain climbers had
difficulty breathing in the rarefied atmosphere. |
| 2851 | raspy | raspy | grating; harsh | The sergeant's raspy voice
grated on the recruits' ears. |
| 2852 | ratify | पुष्टि करना | approve formally; verify | Before the treaty could go into
effect, it had to be ratified by the president. |
| 2853 | ratiocination | ratiocination | reasoning; act of drawing
conclusions from premises | While Watson was a man of
average intelligence, Holmes was a genius, whose gift for ratiocination made
him a superb detective. |
| 2854 | rationalization | युक्तिकरण | bringing into conformity with
reason | All attempts at rationalization
at this time are doomed to failure; tempers and emotions run too high for
intelligent thought to prevail. |
| 2855 | rationalize | युक्तिसंगत | reason; justify an improper act | Do not try to rationalize your
behavior by blaming your companions. |
| 2856 | raucous | फटा | harsh and shrill | His raucous laughter irritated
me and grated on my ears. |
| 2857 | ravage | नाश | plunder; despoil | The marauding army ravaged the
countryside. |
| 2858 | rave | बड़बड़ाना | overwhelmingly favorable review | Though critic John Simon seldom
has a good word to say about contemporary plays, his review of All in the
Timing was a total rave. |
| 2859 | ravel | घपलेबाज़ी | fall apart into tangles; unravel
or untwist; entangle | A sigle thread pulled loose, and
the entire scarf started to ravel. |
| 2860 | ravenous | हिंसक | extremely hungry | The revenous dog upset several
garbage pails in its search for food. |
| 2861 | ravine | नाला | narrow valley with steep sides | Steeper than a gully, less
precipitous than a canyon, a ravine is, like them, the product of years of
erosion. |
| 2862 | raze | ढाना | destroy completely | The owners intend to raze the
hotel and erect an office building on the site. |
| 2863 | reactionary | प्रतिक्रियावादी | recoiling from progress;
retrograde | His program was reactionary
since it sought to abolish many of the social reforms instituted by the
previous administration. |
| 2864 | realm | क्षेत्र | kingdom; sphere | The realm of possibilities for
the new invention was endless. |
| 2865 | reaper | काटनेवाला | one who harvests grain | Death, the Grim Reaper, cuts
down men and women, just as a farmer cuts down the ripened grain. |
| 2866 | rebate | छूट | discount | We offer a rebate of ten percent
to those who pay cash. |
| 2867 | rebuff | प्रतिघात | snub; beat back | She rebuffed his invitation so
smoothly that he did not realize he had been snubbed. |
| 2868 | rebus | रिबास | puzzle in which pictures stand
for words | A coven of witches beside a tree
is a possible rebus for the town Coventry. |
| 2869 | rebuttal | खंडन | refutation; response with
contrary evidence | The defense lawyer confidently
listened to the prosecutor sum up his case, sure that she could answer his
arguments in her rebuttal. |
| 2870 | recalcitrant | आज्ञा न माननेवाला | obstinately stubborn | Donkeys are reputed to be the
most recalcitrant of animals. |
| 2871 | recant | अपने को वंचित करना | repudiate; withdraw previous
statement | Unless you recant your
confession, you will be punished severely. |
| 2872 | recapitulate | पुनरावृत्ति करना | summarize | Let us recapitulate what has
been said thus far before going ahead. |
| 2873 | receptive | ग्रहणशील | quick or willing to receive
ideas, suggestions, etc. | Adventure-loving Huck Finn
proved a receptive audience for Tom's tales of buried treasure and piracy. |
| 2874 | recession | मंदी | withdrawal; retreat; time of low
economic activity | The slow recession of the flood
waters created problems for the crews working to restore power to the area. |
| 2875 | recidivism | जुर्म | habitual return to crime | Prison reformers in the United
States are disturbed by the high rate of recidivism; the number of persons
serving second and third terms indicates the failure of the prisons to
rehabilitate the inmates. |
| 2876 | recipient | प्राप्तकर्ता | receiver | Although he had been the
recipient of many favors, he was not grateful to his benefactor. |
| 2877 | reciprocal | पारस्परिक | mutual; exchangeable;
interacting | The two nations signed a
reciprocal trade agreement. |
| 2878 | reciprocate | विनिमय करना | repay in kind | If they attack us, we shall be
compelled to reciprocate and bomb their territory. |
| 2879 | recluse | वैरागी | hermit | The recluse lived in a hut in
the forest. |
| 2880 | reconcile | समाधान करना | correct inconsistencies; become
friendly after a quarrel | Every time we try to reconcile
our checkbook with the bank statement, we quarrel. However, despite these
monthly lovers' quarrels, we always manage to reconcile. |
| 2881 | recondite | गंभीर | abstruse; profound; secret | He read many recondite books in
order to obtain the material for the scholarly thesis. |
| 2882 | reconnaissance | पैमाइश | survey of enemy by soldiers;
reconnoitering | If you encounter any enemy
soldiers during your reconnaissance, capture them for questioning. |
| 2883 | recount | ब्योरा | narrate or tell; count over
again | About to recount the latest
adventure of Sherlock Holmes, Watson lost track of exactly how many cases
Holmes had solved and refused to begin his tale until he'd recounted them one
by one. |
| 2884 | recourse | सहारा | resorting to help when in
trouble | The boy's only recourse was to
appeal to his father for aid. |
| 2885 | recrimination | परस्पर दोषारोपण | countercharges | Loud and angry recriminations
were her answer to his accusations. |
| 2886 | rectify | सुधारने | correct | I want to rectify my error
before it is too late. |
| 2887 | rectitude | इंसाफ | uprightness | He was renowned for his
rectitude and integrity. |
| 2888 | recumbent | लेटा हुआ | reclining; lying down completely
or in part | The command "AT EASE"
does not permit you to take a recumbent position. |
| 2889 | recuperate | स्वस्थ हो जाना | recover | The doctors were worried because
the patient did not recuperate as rapidly as they had expected. |
| 2890 | recurrent | आवर्तक | occurring again and again | These recurrent attacks
disturbed us and we consulted a physician. |
| 2891 | redolent | सुगंध का | fragrant; odorous; suggestive of
an odor | Even though it is February, the
air is redolent of spring. |
| 2892 | redoubtable | बढाया हुआ | formidable; causing fear | During the Cold War period,
neighboring countries tried not to offend the Russians because they could be
redoubtable foes. |
| 2893 | redress | प्रतिकार | remedy; compensation | Do you mean to tell me that I
can get no redress for my injuries? |
| 2894 | redundant | बेमानी | superfluous; excessively wordy;
repetitious | Your composition is redundant;
you can easily reduce its length. |
| 2895 | reek | भाप | emit (odor) | The room reeked with stale
tobacco smoke. |
| 2896 | refectory | चायख़ाना | dining hall | In this huge refectory, we can
feed the entire student body at one sitting. |
| 2897 | refraction | अपवर्तन | bending of a ray of light | When you look at a stick
inserted in water, it looks bent because of the refraction of the light by
the water. |
| 2898 | refractory | आग रोक | stubborn; unmanageable | The refractory horse was
eliminated from the race when he refused to obey the jockey. |
| 2899 | refrain | बचना | v. abstain from; resist n.
chorus | Whenever he heard a song with a
lively chorus, Sol could never refrain from joining in on the refrain. |
| 2900 | refurbish | refurbish | renovate; make bright by
polishing | The flood left a deposit of mud
on everything; it was necessary to refurbish our belongings. |
| 2901 | refute | खंडन | disprove | The defense called several
respectable witnesses who were able to refute the false testimony of the
prosecution's only witness. |
| 2902 | regal | शाही | royal | Prince Albert had a regal
manner. |
| 2903 | regale | दावत देना | entertain | John regaled us with tales of
his adventures in Africa. |
| 2904 | regatta | दौड़ | boat or yacht race | Many boating enthusiasts
followed the regatta in their own yachts. |
| 2905 | regeneration | उत्थान | spiritual rebirth | Modern penologists strive for
the regeneration of the prisoners. |
| 2906 | regicide | राज-हत्या | murder of a king or queen | The beheading of Mary Queen of
Scots was an act of regicide. |
| 2907 | regime | शासन | method or system of government | When a Frenchman mentions the
Old Regime, he refers to the government existing before the revolution. |
| 2908 | regimen | आहार | prescribed diet and habits | I doubt whether the results
warrant our living under such a strict regimen. |
| 2909 | rehabilitate | पुनरावास देना | restore to proper condition | We must rehabilitate those whom
we send to prison. |
| 2910 | reimburse | प्रतिपूर्ति | repay | Let me know what you have spent
and I will reimburse you. |
| 2911 | reiterate | बार बार दुहराना | repeat | He reiterated the warning to
make sure everyone understood it. |
| 2912 | rejoinder | पत्युत्तर | retort; comeback; reply | When someone has been rude to
me, I find it particularly satisfying to come up with a quick rejoinder. |
| 2913 | rejuvenate | फिर से युवा करना | make young again | The charlatan claimed that his
elixir would rejuvenate the aged and weary. |
| 2914 | relapse | पलटा | fall back or sink again | The economy relapsed into a
depression from the peak. |
| 2915 | relegate | निर्वासित कर देना | banish; consign to inferior
position | If we relegate these experts to
minor posts because of their political persuasions, we shall lose their
valuable services. |
| 2916 | relent | नरम पड़ना | give in | When her stern father would not
relent and allow her to marry Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett eloped with
her suitor. |
| 2917 | relevant | प्रासंगिक | pertinent; referring to the case
in hand | Teri was impressed by how
relevant Virginia Woolf's remarks were to her as a woman writer; it was as if
Woolf had been writing with Teri's situation in mind. |
| 2918 | relic | अवशेष | surviving remnant; memento | Egypt's Department of
Antiquities prohibits tourists from taking mummies and other ancient relics
out of the country. |
| 2919 | relinquish | त्यागना | abandon | I will relinquish my claims to
this property if you promise to retain my employees. |
| 2920 | relish | स्वाद | savor; enjoy | I relish a good joke as much as
anyone else. |
| 2921 | remediable | remediable | reparable | Let us be grateful that the
damage is remediable. |
| 2922 | reminiscence | संस्मरण | recollection | Her reminiscences of her
experiences are so fascinating that she ought to write a book. |
| 2923 | remiss | बेपरवाह | negligent | He was accused of being remiss
in his duty when the prisoner escaped. |
| 2924 | remission | क्षमा | temporary moderation of disease
symptoms; cancellation of a debt; forgiveness or pardon | Though Senator Tsongas had been
treated for cancer, his symptoms were in remission, and he was considered fit
to handle the strains of a Presidential race. |
| 2925 | remnant | अवशेष | remainder | I suggest that you wait until
the store places the remnants of these goods on sale. |
| 2926 | remonstrance | प्रतिवाद | protest; objection | The authorities were deaf to the
pastor's remonstrances about the lack of police protection in the area. |
| 2927 | remorse | पछतावा | guilt; self-reproach | The murderer felt no remorse for
his crime. |
| 2928 | remunerative | पारिश्रमिक-संबंधी | compensating; rewarding | I find my new work so
renumerative that I may not return to my previous employment. |
| 2929 | rend | उखड़ना | split; tear apart | In his grief, he tried to rend
his garments. |
