English Words From Voice of America (Charles Kelly)
Note: If you wish to use this in your own Moodle course, you can download the entries from the Moodle content database here.
Browse the glossary using this index
Special | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | ALL
R |
---|
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 | |