"I have good news and bad news," the defense lawyer says to his client.
"Whats the bad news?"
The lawyer says, "Your blood matches the DNA found at the murder scene."
"Dammit!" cries the client. "What"s the good news?"
"Well," the lawyer says, "Your cholesterol is down to 140."
- 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]
