Phonology-Words starting with RE-

revival (n)

-a new presentation of an old movie/play/.etc

-the process of being fashionable

receptive to (adj)

favorable to; interested in

revelation (n)

-surprise discovery

-st surprisingly good

reserve (v)

save/set aside for special use/occasion

reputation (n)

fame

revert to st (v)

return to a former state/practice/topic

replenish (v)

fill st again =restock

relinquish st (v)

stop having/claming/doing = give up

remorse (n)

deep regret for having done st wrong

resolution to do st (n)

-firm decision

-course of action

retain (v)

-continue to have

-hold/contain/keep

refrain from doing st (v)

-repeated lines at the end/each verse in a song/poem

-not do st one wants to do

repeal (v)

official withdraw a law

revoke (v)

officially state that a law, contract, license,.etc is no longer valid

restrain

-control the actions/behaviours of sb by force, esp to stop them from doing st

-limit the growth/force of st