A woman entered a fruit store and said to the clerk, "I want to purchase some fruit for my sick husband."
"We have some very nice sweet cherries on sale for a dollar a box," said the clerk.
She looked them over and decided to take a box. Handing them to the clerk she added, "Have they been sprayed with poison?"
Replied the clerk, "No ma’am. You will have to purchase that at the drug store."
- restore (a person etc.) To former privileges. reinstatement n.
REITERATE
v. (-ting) say or do again or repeatedly. reiteration n.
REJOINDER
n. What is said in reply; retort. [anglo-french: related to *rejoin2]
RELIGIOUS
—adj. - devoted to religion; pious, devout.
- of or concerned with religion.
- of or belonging to a monastic order.
- scrupulous, conscientious. —n. (pl. Same) person bound by monastic vows. religiously adv. [latin religiosus: related to *religion]
RELIQUARY
n. (pl. -ies) esp. Relig. Receptacle for a relic or relics. [french reliquaire: related to *relic]
RELUCTANT
adj. (often foll. By to + infin.) Unwilling or disinclined. reluctance n. Reluctantly adv. [latin luctor struggle]
REMAINDER
—n. - residue.
- remaining persons or things.
- number left after division or subtraction.
- copies of a book left unsold when demand has almost ceased. —v. Dispose of (a remainder of books) at a reduced price. [anglo-french: related to *remain]
REMEASURE
v. (-ring) measure again.
REMINISCE
v. (-cing) indulge in reminiscence.
REMISSION
n. - reduction of a prison sentence on account of good behaviour.
- remitting of a debt or penalty etc.
- diminution of force, effect, or degree (esp. Of disease or pain).
- (often foll. By of) forgiveness (of sins etc.). [latin: related to *remit]
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