Tom had won a toy at a raffle. He called his kids together to ask which one should have the present.
“Who is the most obedient?” he asked. “Who never talks back to mother? Who does everything she says?”
Five small voices answered in unison. “Okay, dad, you get the toy.”
- repeat (a letter or syllable or word) exactly or with a slight change (e.g. Hurly-burly, see-saw). reduplication n.
REEMPHASIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) place renewed emphasis on.
REESTABLISH
v. Establish again or anew. re-establishment n.
REFLEXOLOGY
n. Massage through points on the feet, hands, and head, to relieve tension and treat illness. reflexologist n.
REFORMATION
n. - reforming or being reformed, esp. A radical change for the better in political, religious, or social affairs.
- (the reformation) hist. 16th-c. Movement for the reform of abuses in the roman church ending in the establishment of the reformed or protestant churches.
REFORMATORY
—n. (pl. -ies) us & hist. Institution for the reform of young offenders. —adj. Producing reform.
REFORMULATE
v. (-ting) formulate again or differently. reformulation n.
REFRANGIBLE
adj. That can be refracted. [latin: related to *refract]
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