recession | a period of reduced trade | |
reckless | showing a lack of care about danger | |
to reprimend | to scold sb oficially | |
refuge | a place that provides protection | |
to remunerate | to reward | |
resolution | a decision to stop doing sth | |
to reverberate | to echo | |
rebate | an amount of money which is paid back to you because you've paid more tax | |
to recede | to move or slope backwards | |
to recuperate | to get well again after an illness | |
to reimburse sb for sth | to pay sb back money he's spent | |
reluctant | unwilling | |
resilient | able to recover quickly from unpleasant or damaging events | |
to rebuke | to speak severely to sb because he's done sth you don't approve of | |
recipient | a person who receives sth | |
recrute | sb who has recently joined an army | |
to repuse | to prove sb to be mistaken | |
retort | a quick, rude answer | |
to recapitulate | to repeat the chief points of sth that has been said | |
redundant | dismissed by the employer | |
to repudiate | not to accept/ to say that you don't have anything to do with sth | |
to reciprocate | to have the same feelings about sb as he has | |
receptacle | a container for keeping things in | |
refrain | a part of song that is repeated | |
recess | a period of holiday between a sessions of work | |