Repress - hold back
Usage - The protestors were violently repressed by the police
Link - if you press someone's boobs by mistake...then if you press again....she will block you...
Reprieve - postponement or cancellation of a punishment
Usage - His prisonment of 14 years was reprieved.
Link - sounds like re+pri(pre)+eve...on the eve of Independence day the prime minister reprieved the prisoners...
Link2 - also sounds like relieve which means the same....
Reprisal - a violent and aggressive act towards somebody because of something bad that they have done to you..
Usage - Need new ways to get people to give evidence without fearing reprisals.
Link - sounds like appraisal...if your Boss doesn't give you good appraisal even on working hard then you can retaliate by not performing work and kicking his ass.....
Reprobate - morally disapproved person
Usage - We reprobate the racism in South Africa
Link - reprobate: rep(repeatedly)+rob+ate.. a person who again and again robs other peoples food and eats it up has no moral values....
Reprove - censure, rebuke
Usage - They reproved him of his remarks
Link - sounds like re+prove....Teacher is scolding student again and again to prove the theorem correct....
Repudiate - reject, deny
Usage - The woman repudiated the divorce settlement
Link - I repudiated the DATE proposal of a reputed girl....later on i regretted it...
Link2 - re(reject)+ pudi.(pudding) + ate....well anyone who reject to eat a cake pudding is surely a fool...
Repugnance - disgust
Usage - The idea of eating meat of a cat, dog or rat arouse repugnance
Link - sounds like re+pagdi...when me and and a strange person wearing a pagdi were travelling on my bike....suddenly his pagdi got stuck in the tyre....and we hurt ourselves badly...then i had repugnance against him...
Link2 - sounds like pungent which is undesirable...
Requiem - people gathered for a dead person
Usage - Requiem for a queen who died in a car accident
Link - requiem = re (recite) + quie (quiet) + m (man); means recite for a quiet/dead man....
Requite - repay (esp in form of love or kindness), revenge
Usage - He requited Shall I thus requite the Lord for the innumerable mercies bestowed upon me?
Link - re+QUITE one would be quiet only after taking his REVENGE....
Link2 - The father said to the child, " be quiet, i will requite your chocolate"
Respite - time for rest
Usage - There should be a proper respite between your schedule.
Link - sounds like sprite(soft drink)...when i have to take a respite after working a lot i drink a sprite...
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