Words that should be added to The Challenge (Q-R)

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  1. qat
    leaves which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea
  2. qi
    circulating life energy thought to be inherent in all things
  3. quackery
    unscientific or ignorant medical treatment or advice
  4. quad
    a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
  5. quadrangle
    a four-sided polygon
  6. quadratic
    of or relating to the second power
  7. quadrennium
    a period of four years
  8. quadrille
    a square dance for four pairs of dancers
  9. quadrillion
    (U.S.) the number that is represented as a 1 followed by 15 zeros
  10. quadruple
    having four units or components
  11. quake
    shake with fast, unsteady movements
  12. quantify
    use as a quantifier
  13. quantum leap
    a sudden large increase or advance
  14. quarter
    one of four equal parts
  15. quartermaster
    an officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
  16. quartet
    a musical composition for four performers
  17. quartile
    1 of 4 parts into which an ordered distribution is divided
  18. quartz
    a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities
  19. quasar
    a starlike object that may send out radio waves
  20. quasi
    having some resemblance
  21. quaternary
    consisting of or arranged in sets of four
  22. queer
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  23. question
    a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
  24. questionable
    subject to doubtful speculation
  25. quickening
    the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
  26. quicksilver
    a metallic element that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
  27. quiddity
    the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is
  28. quid pro quo
    something given in exchange for something else
  29. quiescence
    a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
  30. quietus
    euphemism for death
  31. quinquennium
    a period of five years
  32. quintessential
    representing the perfect example of a class or quality
  33. quintillion
    the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
  34. quite
    to the greatest extent; completely
  35. quivering
    the act of vibrating
  36. quondam
    belonging to some prior time
  37. rabbi
    spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation
  38. rabble
    a disorderly crowd of people
  39. rabble-rouser
    political leader who seeks support by appealing to passions
  40. racketeering
    engagement in an illegal enterprise carried on for profit
  41. radial
    relating to or near the radius
  42. radian
    the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)
  43. radiator
    heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam
  44. radicalize
    make more extreme in social or political outlook
  45. radix
    (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
  46. rafter
    one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
  47. Ragnarok
    myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil
  48. raillery
    light teasing
  49. rainy day
    a (future) time of financial need
  50. raise the roof
    get very angry
  51. raison d'etre
    the reason why something exists
  52. rampantly
    in an uncontrolled and rampant manner
  53. rank
    relative status
  54. rapacity
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  55. rapidity
    a rate that is rapid
  56. rapier
    a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
  57. rapine
    the act of despoiling a country in warfare
  58. rappel
    lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
  59. rapprochement
    the reestablishing of cordial relations
  60. rapscallion
    one who is playfully mischievous
  61. rare
    especially good, remarkable, or superlative
  62. rarefaction
    a decrease in the density of something
  63. rarefy
    lessen the density or solidity of
  64. raring
    (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness
  65. rarity
    something unusual, maybe worthy of collecting
  66. rascal
    one who is playfully mischievous
  67. rascally
    playful in an appealingly bold way
  68. rashly
    in a hasty and foolhardy manner
  69. rasping
    unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
  70. raspingly
    in a harsh and grating manner
  71. ratatouille
    a vegetable stew made with tomatoes, eggplant, and zucchini
  72. ratchet
    device consisting of a toothed wheel moving in one direction
  73. rate
    a quantity considered as a proportion of another quantity
  74. ratiocinate
    reason methodologically and logically
  75. raucously
    with a raucous sound
  76. raunch
    the quality of lacking taste and refinement
  77. raunchy
    earthy and sexually explicit
  78. ravishing
    stunningly beautiful
  79. raw deal
    unfair treatment
  80. reactant
    a substance that is altered during a chemical process
  81. reactivity
    responsive to stimulation
  82. readily
    without much difficulty
  83. reagent
    a substance for use in chemical reactions
  84. really
    in actual fact
  85. real McCoy
    informal usage attributing authenticity
  86. realty
    property consisting of houses and land
  87. reapportion
    allocate or distribute anew
  88. rearing
    helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
  89. reassuring
    restoring confidence and relieving anxiety
  90. rebarbative
    serving or tending to repel
  91. reboot
    cause to load and start the initial processes
  92. recapitulation
    a summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
  93. receding
    (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back
  94. receptacle
    a container that is used to put or keep things in
  95. receptionist
    an office worker who answers calls and greets visitors
  96. receptivity
    willingness or readiness to take in (as ideas)
  97. receptor
    a cellular structure that connects with a specific chemical agent
  98. recessed
    having a sunken area
  99. recidivate
    go back to bad behavior
  100. recidivist
    someone who lapses into undesirable patterns of behavior
  101. recitation
    a public instance of repeating something prepared in advance
  102. reclamation
    rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
  103. recognizance
    a bond requiring someone before a court to perform some act
  104. recollection
    the process of remembering
  105. reconsider
    think about again, usually with a view to changing the mind
  106. reconvene
    meet or cause to meet again
  107. recreational
    of or relating to an activity that diverts or amuses
  108. recruitment
    enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)
  109. rector
    a person authorized to conduct religious worship
  110. recuperation
    gradual healing through rest
  111. recuperative
    promoting recuperation
  112. recyclable
    capable of being used again
  113. redact
    formulate in a particular style or language
  114. rede
    give advice to
  115. redeemable
    able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent
  116. redeeming
    compensating for some fault or defect
  117. redemptive
    preserving someone from some evil or error
  118. red herring
    something intended to distract attention from the main issue
  119. rediscover
    discover again
  120. red-letter day
    a memorably happy or noteworthy day
  121. redound
    have an effect for good or ill
  122. red scare
    a period of general fear of communists
  123. red tape
    needlessly time-consuming procedure
  124. reducible
    capable of being reduced
  125. redux
    brought back
  126. reelection
    election again
  127. reenactment
    performing a role in an event from an earlier time
  128. reestablish
    bring back into original existence, function, or position
  129. referendum
    a legislative act referred for approval to a popular vote
  130. referential
    referring or pointing to something
  131. refinery
    an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
  132. reflux
    the outward flow of the tide
  133. reformable
    susceptible to improvement or reform
  134. reformative
    tending to reform
  135. reformer
    someone who pushes to improve something by changing it
  136. reformist
    someone who pushes to improve something by changing it
  137. refreshing
    imparting vitality and energy
  138. refrigerate
    cool in or as if in an appliance that keeps food cold
  139. refrigerator
    appliance in which food can be stored at low temperatures
  140. refulgence
    the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
  141. refund
    pay back
  142. regard
    the condition of being honored or respected
  143. regency
    the office of a regent
  144. regent
    someone who rules during the absence of the monarch
  145. registered
    listed or recorded officially
  146. registrar
    the administrator responsible for student records
  147. regular
    conforming to a standard or pattern
  148. regularly
    in a regular manner
  149. rehash
    present or use again, with no or few changes
  150. rehearse
    engage in a rehearsal (of)
  151. reification
    treatment of something abstract as a material thing
  152. reify
    consider an abstract concept to be real
  153. reincarnate
    be born anew in another body after death
  154. reinstate
    bring back into original existence, function, or position
  155. reiteration
    an act or instance of repeating something
  156. rejoicing
    a feeling of great happiness
  157. rejuvenation
    restoration to a more youthful, fresh, or lively condition
  158. related
    connected logically or causally or by shared characteristics
  159. relational
    having a relation or being related
  160. relations
    mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
  161. relatively
    by comparison to something else
  162. relativism
    the doctrine that judgment is based on situational context
  163. relativity
    the quality of having significance vis-a-vis something else
  164. relevancy
    the relation of something to the matter at hand
  165. reliably
    in a faithful manner
  166. relict
    an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated
  167. religiosity
    exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal
  168. relinquishment
    the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.
  169. remain
    continue in a place, position, or situation
  170. remains
    the dead body of a human being
  171. remember
    recall knowledge; have a recollection
  172. remembrance
    the ability to recall past occurrences
  173. remittal
    an abatement in intensity or degree
  174. remittance
    a payment of money sent to a person in another place
  175. renewable
    capable of being replaced
  176. renewal
    the act or process of reviving, refreshing, or rebuilding something
  177. repatriate
    send someone back to his homeland against his will
  178. repatriation
    the act of returning to one's country of origin
  179. repeatedly
    several time
  180. replaceable
    capable of being replaced
  181. replacement
    the act of substituting one person or thing for another
  182. repletion
    the state of being full
  183. repossess
    regain possession of something
  184. reprehend
    express strong disapproval of
  185. reprehension
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  186. representational
    depicting objects, figures, or scenes realistically
  187. reproval
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  188. reprovingly
    in a disapproving, disappointing, or critical manner
  189. reptilian
    of or relating to cold-blooded vertebrates with scaly skin
  190. republican
    having the supreme power lying in citizens entitled to vote
  191. requisition
    an authoritative demand
  192. requital
    an act of requiting; returning in kind
  193. rescission
    the cancellation of a contract
  194. rescuer
    a person who saves someone from harm or danger
  195. reserves
    civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
  196. reset
    set anew
  197. residency
    the act of dwelling in or occupying a place
  198. resin
    a viscous substance obtained from plants or simple molecules
  199. resistant
    disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
  200. resistible
    capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated
  201. resistive
    disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
  202. resourcefulness
    the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
  203. resplendence
    brilliant, radiant beauty
  204. resplendently
    in an impressively beautiful manner
  205. restaurant
    a building where people go to eat
  206. restlessly
    in a restless manner
  207. restorative
    tending to impart new life and vigor to
  208. restricting
    restricting the scope or freedom of action
  209. result
    something that follows as a consequence
  210. resultant
    following or accompanying as a consequence
  211. resurgent
    rising again as to new life and vigor
  212. resurrect
    cause to become alive again
  213. resurrection
    a revival from inactivity and disuse
  214. resuscitation
    reviving a person and returning them to consciousness
  215. retaking
    the act of taking something back
  216. retardation
    the act of slowing down or falling behind
  217. retarded
    relatively slow in mental, emotional or physical development
  218. retentivity
    the power of retaining liquid
  219. reticular
    resembling or forming a net or network
  220. reticulate
    resembling or forming a network
  221. retracted
    drawn back and in
  222. retraction
    a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
  223. retral
    moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
  224. retributive
    of or relating to or having the nature of retribution
  225. retrieval
    the act of regaining or saving something lost
  226. retro
    reminiscent of or imitating the past
  227. retronym
    a word introduced when an existing term has become inadequate
  228. retrospection
    reference to things past
  229. return
    go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
  230. reunion
    the act of coming together again
  231. reunite
    connect or come together again
  232. reveille
    a signal, usually a bugle call, to get up in the morning
  233. revenant
    a person who returns after a lengthy absence
  234. reverberance
    having the character of a loud deep sound
  235. reverberation
    a remote or indirect consequence of some action
  236. reversion
    returning to a former state
  237. revitalize
    give new life or vigor to
  238. revue
    a variety show with topical sketches and songs
  239. rhapsodic
    feeling great rapture or delight
  240. rhetorical device
    a use of language that creates a literary effect
  241. rhetorical question
    an inquiry that is not supposed to be answered
  242. rheumatic
    of or pertaining to arthritis
  243. ribaldry
    ribald humor
  244. rickets
    childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D
  245. rickshaw
    a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger
  246. riddance
    the act of removing something
  247. riddled
    spread throughout
  248. ridge
    a long narrow natural elevation or striation
  249. rifle
    a firearm with a long barrel
  250. right wing
    those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
  251. rigmarole
    a long and complicated and confusing procedure
  252. rigorously
    in a rigorous manner
  253. rill
    a small stream
  254. rime
    ice crystals that form a white deposit
  255. ringer
    a person who is almost identical to another
  256. rinse
    wash off soap or remaining dirt
  257. riparian
    relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream
  258. rip-roaring
    uncontrollably noisy
  259. risque
    suggestive of sexual impropriety
  260. ritardando
    gradually decreasing in tempo
  261. ritualistic
    of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism
  262. rive
    tear or be torn violently
  263. road hog
    a driver who obstructs others
  264. roam
    move about aimlessly or without any destination
  265. roaring
    very lively and profitable
  266. robbery
    larceny by threat of violence
  267. roc
    mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
  268. roguish
    lacking principles or scruples
  269. roisterer
    an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker
  270. rollick
    play boisterously
  271. rollicking
    given to merry frolicking
  272. rolling
    a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
  273. romanticize
    interpret in an idealized manner
  274. romp
    play boisterously
  275. rook
    a common bird about the size and color of a crow
  276. root word
    the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  277. rose-colored
    reflecting optimism
  278. rotary
    describing or moving in a circle
  279. rotational
    of or pertaining to rotation
  280. rouble
    the basic unit of money in Russia
  281. roue
    a dissolute man in fashionable society
  282. rough
    having or caused by an irregular surface
  283. roughneck
    a cruel and brutal fellow
  284. roundabout
    a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
  285. round the clock
    without stopping
  286. router
    a power tool with a shaped cutter
  287. row
    an angry dispute
  288. rowel
    a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur
  289. royalty
    royal persons collectively
  290. rudder
    (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel
  291. ruffle
    stir up (water) so as to form ripples
  292. ruinous
    extremely harmful; bringing catastrophe
  293. rule of thumb
    a principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior
  294. ruminant
    cud-chewing hoofed mammal with a stomach with compartments
  295. ruminative
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  296. rumpus
    a noisy disturbance
  297. runaway
    someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
  298. rune
    a letter from an ancient Germanic alphabet
  299. run-of-the-mill
    not special in any way
  300. runoff
    an election to resolve a vote that did not produce a winner
  301. russet
    a reddish brown homespun fabric
  302. rustication
    the condition naturally attaching to life in the country
  303. resile
    spring back; spring away from an impact
Created on Sun Dec 16 15:36:56 EST 2012 (updated Wed Mar 23 16:30:02 EDT 2016)

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