1. Raconteur - a person skilled in telling anecdotes
2. Radical - a person who has revolutionary ideas or opinions
3. Rambunctious - noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
4. Ramification - a consequence, especially one that causes complications
5. Rampant - occurring or increasing in an unrestrained way
6. Rancor - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
7. Rapport - a relationship of mutual understanding between people
8. Rarefied - of high moral or intellectual value
9. Rationalization - a defense mechanism explaining actions non-threateningly
10. Ravage - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
11. avenous - extremely hungry
12. Realm - a domain in which something is dominant
13. Reap - get or derive
14. Rebellious - resisting control or authority
15. Rebuke - an act or expression of criticism and censure
16. Rebuttal - the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary argument
17. Recalcitrant - stubbornly resistant to authority or control
18. Recant - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
19. Recapitulate - summarize briefly
20. Recidivism - habitual relapse into crime
21. Recipient - a person to whom something is sent, given, or awarded
22. Reciprocate - act, feel, or give mutually or in return
23. Recluse - one who lives in solitude
24. Recoil - draw back, as with fear or pain
25. Recommence - begin again
26. Recompense - payment or reward, as for service rendered
27. Reconcile - bring into consonance or accord
28. Recondite - difficult to understand
29. Reconnaissance - the act of scouting, especially to gain information
30. Recrimination - mutual accusations
31. Rectitude - righteousness as a consequence of
32. Redoubtable - inspiring fear
33. Redress - act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
34. Refined - cultivated and genteel
35. Refulgent
radiating or as if radiating light
36. Refurbish - improve the appearance or functionality of
37. Refutation - the act of determining that something is false
38. Regime - the governing authority of a political unit
39. Regress - get worse or fall back to a previous condition
40. Reiterate - say, state, or perform again
41. Rejuvenate - return to life; get or give new life or energy
42. Relapse - a failure to maintain a higher state
43. Relegate - assign to a lower position
44. Relent - give in, as to influence or pressure
45. Relentless - never-ceasing
46. Relevance - the relation of something to the matter at hand
47. Relevant - having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
48. Relinquish - turn away from; give up
49. Relish - spicy or savory condiment
50. Rmediate - set straight or right
51. Reminiscent - serving to bring to mind
52. Remorse - a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
53. Remote - inaccessible and sparsely populated
54. Remunerate - make payment to; compensate
55. Renegade - someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
