verbs- r

01	race	race – v. to run; to take part in a competition to decide who or what can move fastest; to take part in a campaign for political office; n. one of the major groups that humans can be divided into because of a common physical similarity, such as skin color
02	raid	raid – v. to make a sudden attack; n. a sudden attack carried out as an act of war, or for the purpose of seizing or stealing something
03	raise	raise – v. to lift up; to move to a higher position; to cause to grow; to increase
04	rape	rape – v. to carry out a sexual attack by force against a person
05	reach	reach – v. to put a hand toward; to arrive at; to come to
06	react	react – v. to act as a result of or in answer to
07	read	read – v. to look at and understand the meaning of written words or numbers
08	rebel	rebel – v. to act against a government or power, often with force; to refuse to obey; n. one who opposes or fights against the government of his or her country
09	receive	receive – v. to get or accept something given, offered or sent
10	recognize	recognize – v. to know or remember something or someone that was known, known about or seen before; to accept another nation as independent and establish diplomatic ties with its government
11	record	record – v. to write something in order to have it for future use; to put sound or pictures in a form that can be kept and heard or seen again; n. a writing that shows proof or facts about something
12	recover	recover – v. to get again something that was lost, stolen or taken away (“The police recovered the stolen money.”); to return to normal health or normal conditions (“She is expected to recover from the operation.”)
13	reduce	reduce – v. to make less or smaller in number, size or amount; to cut
14	reform	reform – v. to make better by changing; to improve; n. a change to a better condition
15	refuse	refuse – v. to reject; to not accept, give or do something
16	register	register – v. to have one’s name officially placed on a list of people permitted to vote in an election or take part in an educational program
17	reject	reject – v. to refuse to accept, use or believe
18	release	release – v. to free; to permit to go; to permit to be known or made public
19	remain	remain – v. to stay in a place after others leave; to stay the same
20	remember	remember – v. to think about the past; opposite forget
21	remove	remove – v. to take away or take off; to put an end to; to take out of a position or office
22	repeat	repeat – v. to say or do again
23	report	report – v. to tell about; to give the results of a study or investigation; n. the story about an event; the results of a study or investigation; a statement in which the facts may not be confirmed
24	represent	represent – v. to act in the place of someone else; to substitute for; to serve as an example
25	repress	repress – v. to control or to restrict freedoms by force
26	request	request – v. to ask for; n. the act of asking for
27	require	require – v. to need or demand as necessary
28	rescue	rescue – v. to free from danger or evil
29	resign	resign – v. to leave a position, job or office
30	resist	resist – v. to oppose; to fight to prevent
31	respect	respect – v. to feel or show honor to a person or thing (“All citizens should respect the law.”)
32	rest	rest – v. to sit, lie down or sleep to regain strength; n. that which remains; the others
33	restrain	restrain – v. to keep controlled; to limit action by a person or group
34	restrict	restrict – v. to limit; to prevent from increasing or becoming larger
35	result	result – v. to happen from a cause; n. that which follows or is produced by a cause; effect
36	retire	retire – v. to leave a job or position because one is old or in poor health
37	return	return – v. to go or come back; to bring, give, take or send back
38	revolt	revolt – v. to protest violently; to fight for a change, especially of government
39	ride	ride – v. to sit on or in and be carried along; to travel by animal, wheeled vehicle, airplane or boat
40	riot	riot – v. to act with many others in a violent way in a public place; n. a violent action by a large group of people
41	rise	rise – v. to go up; to go higher; to increase; to go from aposition of sitting or lying to a position of standing
42	rob	rob – v. to take money or property secretly or by force; to steal
43	roll	roll – v. to turn over and over; to move like a ball
44	rub	rub – v. to move something over the surface of another thing
45	ruin	ruin – v. to damage severely; to destroy
46	rule	rule – v. to govern or control; to decide; n. a statement or an order that says how something must be done
47	run	run – v. to move quickly by steps faster than those used for walking