Week 14 SAT Words

Rancor (n.) -deep, bitter feeling, ill-will; hostility.  In Scandinavian Mythology, and in a game that I play, Ragnarok is (second coming of Christ or Judgement Day)the final battle between good and evil. Ragnarok is one of the weapons in game, along with two others, Sanguine and Caladbolg. All three are weapons of mass destruction.

From Right: Ragnarok, Caladbolg, Sanguine

Recession (n.) - period of time where the economy falls; withdrawal or receding.  Currently the world is living in a time of depression, for it has been five years since the economic downfall. However, people continue to call it a "recession" because it gives a sign of hope for the economy to restore.

Reclusive (n) - a nonconformist that lives  against society, isolated or withdrawn.  Exclusive means to be VIP, rich, special, and famous, but REclusive means to be against exclusive.

Reconciliation (n) - that process of compromising after a quarrel.  Recon is another word for Reconnaissance, or resistance. Ciliation seems to me means something to do with stopping. How do you stop a resistance? Make compromises.

I did it and survived, I warn you, do not Google dress up

Redress (v) - to note, rephrase, or set right again.  To "re" address someone, or to literally dress someone up again.

Renovation (n) - process of restoring back into a better condition or state.  To renovate means to make something better.

Resilient (adj.) - quick to recover, springing back.  Resilient seems to resist, so once you do something to an object, it is resist, recoil, recover, or anything that is against you force applied onto the object.

Restrained (v) - to keep from, avoid.  Restrain me if you must, but I will not give in to write a definition to this word.

Rhetoric (n) - the techniques for using language effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.  Communications has taught me quite a number of ways to persuade people, it is extremely useful when comes to speeches and by learning about fallacies and how to speak properly, it is a addon to learn this word.

Romance (n) - a novel characterized by depicting characters with intent of love or idealized events.  When people go to Rome, or Paris, even large cities in Germany, basically Europe, which was controlled by the Roman Empire, they say how beautiful and romantic it is to be there.