The lifeguard told the mother to make her young son stop urinating in the pool.
"Everyone knows," - the mother lectured him, "that from time to time, young children will urinate in a pool."
"Oh really?" said the lifeguard, "from the diving board!?!?"
adj. - (often foll. By to) having resigned oneself; resolved to endure.
- indicative of this resignedly adv.
RESISTOR
n. Device having resistance to the passage of an electric current.
RESOLUTE
adj. Determined, decided, firm of purpose. resolutely adv. [latin: related to *resolve]
RESOLVED
adj. Resolute, determined.
RESONANT
adj. - (of sound) echoing, resounding; continuing to sound; reinforced or prolonged by reflection or vibration.
- (of a body, room, etc.) Tending to reinforce or prolong sounds, esp. By vibration.
- (often foll. By with) (of a place) resounding. resonance n. [latin: related to *resound]
RESONATE
v. (-ting) produce or show resonance; resound. resonator n. [latin: related to *resonant]
RESOURCE
—n. - expedient or device.
- (often in pl.) Means available; stock or supply that can be drawn on; asset.
- (in pl.) Country's collective wealth.
- skill in devising expedients (person of great resource).
- (in pl.) One's inner strength, ingenuity, etc. —v. (-cing) provide with resources. resourceful adj. (in sense 4). Resourcefully adv. Resourcefulness n. [french: related to *source]
RESPONSE
n. - answer given in a word or act; reply.
- feeling, movement, or change caused by a stimulus or influence.
- (often in pl.) Any part of the liturgy said or sung in answer to the priest. [latin: related to *respond]
RESTCURE
n. Rest usu. Of some weeks as a medical treatment.
RESTLESS
adj. - without rest or sleep.
- uneasy; agitated.
- constantly in motion, fidgeting, etc. restlessly adv. Restlessness n. [old english: related to *rest1]
