salutary
adj. expecting an improvement; favorable to health
salubrious
adj. healthful
sage
adj. wise
salacious
adj. lascivious, lustful
rococo
adj. excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in
eighteenth century Europe
riposte
n. retaliatory action or retort
reverent
adj. expressing deep respect; worshipful
reticent
adj. not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant
resolution
n. determination; resolve
rescind
v. to cancel
repudiate
v. to reject as having no authority
reprobate
n. morally unprincipled person
reproach
v. to find fault with; blame
repine
v. fret; complain
reparation
n. amends; compensation
renege
v. to go back on one's word
remonstrate
v. to object or protest
relegate
v. to consign to an inferior position
regale
v. to entertain
refulgent
adj. brightly shining; resplendent
refactory
adj. stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment
redoubtable
adj. formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect
recondite
adj. abstruse; profound
rebus
n. puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words
recalcitrant
adj. resisting to authority or control
rarefied
adj. refined
raiment
n. clothing
raconteur
n. witty, skillful storyteller
quorom
n. number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
quiescent
adj. inactive; still
qualm
n. sudden feeling of faintness or nausea; uneasy feeling about the
rightness of actions
qualified
adj. limited; restricted
quail
v. to cower or lose heat
quagmire
n. difficult situation
purport
v. to profess; suppose; claim
pusillanimous
adj. cowardly
punctilious
adj. careful in observing rules or behaviour
puissant
adj. powerful
provident
adj. providing for future needs; frugal
proscribe
v. to condemn; forbid; outlaw
propriety
v. to win over; appease
prohibitive
adj. so high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding
prodigal
adj. wasteful; extravagant; lavish
probity
n. honesty; high-mindedness
primordial
adj. original; existing from the beginning
prevaricate
v. to quibble, evade the truth
preternatural
adj. beyond the normal course of nature; supernatural
presage
v. to foretell; indicate in advance
preempt
v. to supersede; appropriate for oneself
precipitate
adj. rash; hasty; sudden
precept
n. principle; law
preamble
n. preliminary statement
prate
v. to talk idly; chatter