Glossary of 1,500 Common English Words
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radar | ||
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a device that uses radio signals to learn the position or speed of objects that may be too far away to be seen | ||
radiation | ||
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waves of energy from something that produces heat or light; energy from a nuclear substance, which can be dangerous | ||
radio | ||
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the system of sending and receiving signals or sounds through the air without wires | ||
raid | ||
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to make a sudden attack; n. a sudden attack carried out as an act of war, or for the purpose of seizing or stealing something | ||
railroad | ||
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a road for trains; a company that operates such a road and its stations and equipment | ||
rain | ||
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water falling from the sky | ||
raise | ||
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to lift up; to move to a higher position; to cause to grow; to increase | ||
rare | ||
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not common; not usual; not often | ||
rate | ||
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speed; a measure of how quickly or how often something happens; the price of any thing or service that is bought or sold | ||
re | ||
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to do again (reorganize, reunite) | ||
reach | ||
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to put a hand toward; to arrive at; to come to | ||
react | ||
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to act as a result of or in answer to | ||
read | ||
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to look at and understand the meaning of written words or numbers | ||
ready | ||
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prepared; completed; organized; willing | ||
real | ||
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true; truly existing; not false | ||
realistic | ||
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in agreement with the way things are | ||
reason | ||
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the cause for a belief or act; purpose; something that explains | ||
reasonable | ||
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ready to listen to reasons or ideas; not extreme; ready or willing to compromise | ||
rebel | ||
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to 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 | ||
receive | ||
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to get or accept something given, offered or sent | ||
recent | ||
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a short time ago | ||
recession | ||
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a temporary reduction in economic activity, when industries produce less and many workers lose their jobs | ||
recognize | ||
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to 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 | ||
record | ||
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to 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 | ||
recover | ||
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to 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.") | ||
red | ||
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having the color like that of blood | ||
reduce | ||
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to make less or smaller in number, size or amount; to cut | ||
reform | ||
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to make better by changing; to improve; n. a change to a better condition | ||
refugee | ||
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a person who has been forced to flee because of unjust treatment, danger or war | ||
refuse | ||
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to reject; to not accept, give or do something | ||
regret | ||
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a feeling of sadness or sorrow about something that is done or that happens | ||
reject | ||
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to refuse to accept, use or believe | ||
relations | ||
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understandings or ties between nations; members of the same family; people connected by marriage or family ties | ||
release | ||
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to free; to permit to go; to permit to be known or made public | ||
religion | ||
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a belief in, or the honoring of, a god or gods | ||
remain | ||
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to stay in a place after others leave; to stay the same | ||
remains | ||
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a dead body | ||
remember | ||
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to think about the past; opposite forget | ||
remove | ||
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to take away or take off; to put an end to; to take out of a position or office | ||
repair | ||
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work done to fix something | ||
repeat | ||
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to say or do again | ||
report | ||
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to 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 | ||
represent | ||
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to act in the place of someone else; to substitute for; to serve as an example | ||
repress | ||
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to control or to restrict freedoms by force | ||
request | ||
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to ask for; n. the act of asking for | ||
require | ||
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to need or demand as necessary | ||
rescue | ||
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to free from danger or evil | ||
research | ||
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a careful study to discover correct information | ||
resign | ||
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to leave a position, job or office | ||
resist | ||
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to oppose; to fight to prevent | ||
resolution | ||
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an official statement of agreement by a group of people, usually reached by voting | ||
resource | ||
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anything of value that can be used or sold | ||
responsible | ||
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having a duty or job to do ("He is responsible for preparing the report."); being the cause of ("They were responsible for the accident.") | ||
rest | ||
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to sit, lie down or sleep to regain strength; n. that which remains; the others | ||
restrain | ||
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to keep controlled; to limit action by a person or group | ||
restrict | ||
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to limit; to prevent from increasing or becoming larger | ||
result | ||
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to happen from a cause; n. that which follows or is produced by a cause; effect | ||
retire | ||
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to leave a job or position because one is old or in poor health | ||
return | ||
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to go or come back; to bring, give, take or send back | ||
revolt | ||
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to protest violently; to fight for a change, especially of government | ||
rice | ||
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a food grain | ||
rich | ||
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having much money or goods; having plenty of something | ||
ride | ||
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to sit on or in and be carried along; to travel by animal, wheeled vehicle, airplane or boat | ||
right | ||
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what 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 | ||
riot | ||
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to act with many others in a violent way in a public place; n. a violent action by a large group of people | ||
rise | ||
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to go up; to go higher; to increase; to go from a position of sitting or lying to a position of standing | ||
risk | ||
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the chance of loss, damage or injury | ||
river | ||
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a large amount of water that flows across land into another river, a lake or an ocean | ||
road | ||
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a long piece of hard ground built between two places so people can walk, drive or ride easily from one place to the other | ||
rob | ||
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to take money or property secretly or by force; to steal | ||
robot | ||
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a machine that moves and performs tasks | ||
rock | ||
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a hard piece of mineral matter | ||
rocket | ||
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a 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 | ||
roll | ||
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to turn over and over; to move like a ball | ||
room | ||
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a separate area within a building with its own walls | ||
root | ||
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the part of a plant that is under the ground and takes nutrients from the soil | ||
rope | ||
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a long, thick piece of material made from thinner pieces of material, used for tying | ||
rough | ||
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not flat or smooth; having an uneven surface; violent; not made well | ||
round | ||
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having the shape of a ball or circle | ||
rub | ||
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to move something over the surface of another thing | ||
rubber | ||
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a substance made from the liquid of trees with the same name, or a similar substance made from chemicals | ||
ruin | ||
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to damage severely; to destroy | ||
rule | ||
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to govern or control; to decide; n. a statement or an order that says how something must be done | ||
run | ||
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to move quickly by steps faster than those used for walking | ||