| A | B |
| rant | to speak wildly or noisily |
| rationale | fundamental reason or justification |
| reconcile | to settle one’s differences; to restore friendly relations between |
| recant | to retract a previous statement; to openly confess error |
| recluse | someone who withdraws from society |
| quandary | a dilemma; a predicament; a state of uncertainty |
| quell | to put an end to |
| querulous | full of complaints; hard to please; whining |
| quizzical | puzzled |
| quagmire | an entanglement that offers no ready solution or means of escape |