| A | B |
|---|
| Refute | to disprove |
| Reiterate | Reiterate |
| Relevant | relating to the topic being discussed |
| Remorse | regret |
| Remorseless | having no remorse; hard-hearted; pitiless |
| Reticent | reluctant to talk; not outgoing; reserved |
| Renascent | coming into being again; showing fresh growth or vigor |
| Rob | to take something that does not belong to one; to filch; to pilfer; to purloin; to peculate |
| Ruddy | having a healthy, reddish color |
| Ruminate | to chew cud OR to think about a lot; to cogitate |
| Saga | a long adventure story, especially one spanning a number of years |
| Salacious | sexually appealing; lecherous |
| Sanguine | reddish; blood-colored OR optimistic; cheerful |
| Scanty | small; insufficient |
| Scrupulous | having high standards; conscientious; doing things exactly right |
| Scrutiny | inspection; close study |
| Sedate | to sooth, calm, or tranquilize, often through giving a drug |
| sedate | serene and dignified |
| Sedative | something, usually a drug, that calms or tranquilizes |
| Sedition | conduct or language stirring up rebellion against authority |
| Sequester | to isolate; to separate; to set apart |
| Servile | humbly yielding; submissive |
| Shiftless | lazy; unmotivated |
| Simultaneous | happening at the same time |
| Sinister | suggestive of evil |
| Skeptical | doubting; disbelieving |
