Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 2:14 PM
Site: edulabs.org academy
Course: Activity Examples (Activity Examples)
Glossary: English Words From Voice of America (Charles Kelly)
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raceto run; to take part in a competition to decide who or what can move fastest; to take part in a campaign for political office; n. one of the major groups that humans can be divided into because of a common physical similarity, such as skin color |
radara device that uses radio signals to learn the position or speed of objects that may be too far away to be seen |
radiationwaves of energy from something that produces heat or light; energy from a nuclear substance, which can be dangerous |
radiothe system of sending and receiving signals or sounds through the air without wires |
raidto make a sudden attack; n. a sudden attack carried out as an act of war, or for the purpose of seizing or stealing something |
railroada road for trains; a company that operates such a road and its stations and equipment |
rainwater falling from the sky |
raiseto lift up; to move to a higher position; to cause to grow; to increase |
rarenot common; not usual; not often |
ratespeed; a measure of how quickly or how often something happens; the price of any thing or service that is bought or sold |
reto do again (reorganize, reunite) |
reachto put a hand toward; to arrive at; to come to |
reactto act as a result of or in answer to |
readto look at and understand the meaning of written words or numbers |
readyprepared; completed; organized; willing |
realtrue; truly existing; not false |
realisticin agreement with the way things are |
reasonthe cause for a belief or act; purpose; something that explains |
reasonableready to listen to reasons or ideas; not extreme; ready or willing to compromise |
rebelto act against a government or power, often with force; to refuse to obey; n. one who opposes or fights against the government of his or her country |
receiveto get or accept something given, offered or sent |
recenta short time ago |
recessiona temporary reduction in economic activity, when industries produce less and many workers lose their jobs |
recognizeto know or remember something or someone that was known, known about or seen before; to accept another nation as independent and establish diplomatic ties with its government |
recordto write something in order to have it for future use; to put sound or pictures in a form that can be kept and heard or seen again; n. a writing that shows proof or facts about something |
recoverto get again something that was lost, stolen or taken away ("The police recovered the stolen money."); to return to normal health or normal conditions She is expected to recover from the operation.") |
redhaving the color like that of blood |
reduceto make less or smaller in number, size or amount; to cut |
reformto make better by changing; to improve; n. a change to a better condition |
refugeea person who has been forced to flee because of unjust treatment, danger or war |
refuseto reject; to not accept, give or do something |
regreta feeling of sadness or sorrow about something that is done or that happens |
rejectto refuse to accept, use or believe |
relationsunderstandings or ties between nations; members of the same family; people connected by marriage or family ties |
releaseto free; to permit to go; to permit to be known or made public |
religiona belief in, or the honoring of, a god or gods |
remainto stay in a place after others leave; to stay the same |
remainsa dead body |
rememberto think about the past; opposite forget |
removeto take away or take off; to put an end to; to take out of a position or office |
repairwork done to fix something |
repeatto say or do again |
reportto tell about; to give the results of a study or investigation; n. the story about an event; the results of a study or investigation; a statement in which the facts may not be confirmed |
representto act in the place of someone else; to substitute for; to serve as an example |
repressto control or to restrict freedoms by force |
requestto ask for; n. the act of asking for |
requireto need or demand as necessary |
rescueto free from danger or evil |
researcha careful study to discover correct information |
resignto leave a position, job or office |
resistto oppose; to fight to prevent |
resolutionan official statement of agreement by a group of people, usually reached by voting |
resourceanything of value that can be used or sold |
responsiblehaving a duty or job to do ("He is responsible for preparing the report."); being the cause of ("They were responsible for the accident.") |
restto sit, lie down or sleep to regain strength; n. that which remains; the others |
restrainto keep controlled; to limit action by a person or group |
restrictto limit; to prevent from increasing or becoming larger |
resultto happen from a cause; n. that which follows or is produced by a cause; effect |
retireto leave a job or position because one is old or in poor health |
returnto go or come back; to bring, give, take or send back |
revoltto protest violently; to fight for a change, especially of government |
ricea food grain |
richhaving much money or goods; having plenty of something |
rideto sit on or in and be carried along; to travel by animal, wheeled vehicle, airplane or boat |
rightwhat a person legally and morally should be able to do or have ("It is their right to vote."); ad. agreeing with the facts; good; correct; opposite wrong; on the side that is toward the east when one is facing north; opposite left |
riotto act with many others in a violent way in a public place; n. a violent action by a large group of people |
riseto go up; to go higher; to increase; to go from a position of sitting or lying to a position of standing |
riskthe chance of loss, damage or injury |
rivera large amount of water that flows across land into another river, a lake or an ocean |
roada long piece of hard ground built between two places so people can walk, drive or ride easily from one place to the other |
robto take money or property secretly or by force; to steal |
robota machine that moves and performs tasks |
rocka hard piece of mineral matter |
rocketa device shaped like a tube that moves through air or space by burning gases and letting them escape from the back or bottom, sometimes used as a weapon |
rollto turn over and over; to move like a ball |
rooma separate area within a building with its own walls |
rootthe part of a plant that is under the ground and takes nutrients from the soil |
ropea long, thick piece of material made from thinner pieces of material, used for tying |
roughnot flat or smooth; having an uneven surface; violent; not made well |
roundhaving the shape of a ball or circle |
rubto move something over the surface of another thing |
rubbera substance made from the liquid of trees with the same name, or a similar substance made from chemicals |
ruinto damage severely; to destroy |
ruleto govern or control; to decide; n. a statement or an order that says how something must be done |
runto move quickly by steps faster than those used for walking |