| A | B |
|---|
| recalcitrant | stubborn; resisting authority or domination |
| recant | to retract formally a statement or belief |
| recede | to move backwards |
| recourse | to act or instance of turning to someone or something for help |
| recrimination | a bitter retort; a counter accusation |
| recumbent | lying down; learning; prone |
| rekindle | to light or start up again |
| reluctant | unwilling; not inclined to do something |
| renounce | to give up something formally, usually as a matter of principle |
| repel | to drive away |
| retainer | one who serves a household; a servant |
| retrace | to return the same way; to make one's way back again |
| retract | to take back or withdraw |
| retraction | a taking or drawing back |
| retroactive | acting upon or affecting that which is past |
| retrograde | reverting to an earlier inferior condition |
| retrogress | to become worse; to go back to an earlier condition or stage |
| retrospective | looking back on things gone by; applying to the past |
| reveal | to make known; to expose |
| revert | to go back to a former condition or period |
