| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| rattle | the noise you hear when you shake hard things together |
| rattlesnake | a poisonous snake with rattling bony rings on its tail |
| ravage | to lay waste, to pillage |
| raw | not cooked |
| ray | a thin line of light, like a sunbeam |
| rayon | a man-made silky material. Dresses, blouses, ties and other clothes are often made of rayon |
| razor | a very sharp instrument, used to shave heir off |
| reach | to stretch out far enough to touch or get hold of something. The same word also means to get to a place; to arrive |
| react | to act reciprocally against each other |
| read | to understand printed or written words |
| ready | able to do something at once; prepared |
| reagent | a substance employed chemically to detect the presence of the other bodies |
| real | true; not made up or imaginary |
| realize | to understand clearly |
| really | without question; in fact |
| realm | a region, sphere, the dominions of a sovereign |
| reap | to cut and gather in crops of grain |
| rear | the back part |
| reason | why something is done or said; an explanation |
| reasonable | sensible; fair; good enough |
| rebel | to go against someone in authority |
| rebellion | act of rebelling, an armed rising against a government |
| rebuke | to reprove sharply (n) reproof |
| recall | to call or bring back, to revive in memory |
| receipt | a written or printed note that proves you have paid for something |
| receive | to take something that is given or sent to you |
| recent | happening a short time ago |
| reception | act or manner of receiving, welcome |
| recess | a place set back in a wall. The same word also means a short rest from work or lessons |
| recipe | (say ressipee) information that tells you how to cook something and what to put in it |
| recite | to say something aloud that you have learned by heart, like reciting a poem |
| reckless | careless; not thinking or caring about what could happen |
| reckon | to count or add up. The same word sometime means to suppose or consider |
| recognize | to know something because you have seen it before |
| reconcile | to make friendly again, to adjust or settle |
| record | a disc played on a gramophone. The same word also means a written account of something that has happened and also the best someone has ever done, like the fastest time for a race |
| record-player | an instrument for playing gramophone records; the usual word for a gramophone worked by electricity |
| recorder | an instrument you blow into to make musical sounds |
| recover | to find or get something back, which you have lost. The same word also means to get better after being ill |
| recreation | something people like to do in their spare time, such as sport or gardening |
| rectangle | a shape with four sides and four right angles |
| rectify | to correct, to refine by repeated distillation |
| recur | to happen again |
| red | a bright colour. Fire engines are usually red |
| redeem | to buy back, to ransom, to save |
| reduce | to make something smaller or less in quantity |
| reed | a tall stiff grass that grows in or near water. Reeds are usually hollow |
| reef | a line of rocks lying just under the water, so that the waves break over it |
| reek | to small very strongly and usually unpleasantly |
| reel | a lively dance. The same word also means a circular piece of wood or metal on which wire, thread or string is wound |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.