Revolving, a. Turning, rolling, moving round.
Revulsion, n.
- 1. Withdrawal, drawing back, violent separation, abstraction.
- 2. Reaction, change, transition.
Reward, v. a. Recompense, compensate, requite, remunerate, pay, punish.
Reward, n.
- 1. Recompense, compensation, guerdon, requital, remuneration, pay.
- 2. Premium, bonus, bounty.
- 3. Retribution, punishment, requital.
Rhapsodical, a. Unconnected, broken, confused, rambling, like a rhapsody.
Rhapsodize, v. n. Utter rhapsodies.
Rhapsody, n. Rambling composition, medley of thoughts, sentences, or passages.
Rhea, n. (Ornith.) South American ostrich (Rhea Americana).
Rhein-berry, n. Buck-thorn (Rhamnus).
Rhetoric, n.
- 1. Art of composition, art of discourse.
- 2. Oratory, elocution, eloquence, science of oratory.
- 3. Declamation, artificial eloquence.
- 4. Persuasion, attraction, allurement, charm.
Rhetorical, a.
- 1. Oratorical.
- 2. Declamatory, highly wrought.