The Prisoner of Zenda (54 page)

reflex
NOUN
reflex is a shortened version of reflexion, which is an alternative spelling of reflection
To cut across the reflex of a star
(
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth)

Reformatory
NOUN
a prison for young offenders/criminals
Even when I was taken to have a new suit of clothes, the tailor had orders to make them like a kind of Reformatory, and on no account to let me have the free use of my limbs.
(
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens)

remorse
NOUN
pity or compassion
by that remorse
(
On His Mistress
by John Donne)

render
VERB
in this context render means give.
and Sarah could render no reason that would be sanctioned by the feeling of the community.
(
Silas Marner
by George Eliot)

repeater
NOUN
a repeater was a watch that chimed the last hour when a button was pressed–as a result it was useful in the dark
And his watch is a gold repeater, and worth a hundred pound if it's worth a penny.
(
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens)

repugnance
NOUN
repugnance means a strong dislike of something or someone
overcoming a strong repugnance
(
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson)

reverence
NOUN
reverence means bow. When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of showing them respect
made my reverence
(
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift)

reverie
NOUN
a reverie is a day dream
I can guess the subject of your reverie
(
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen)

revival
NOUN
a religious meeting held in public
well I'd ben a-runnin' a little temperance revival thar' bout a week
(
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain)

revolt
VERB
revolt means turn back or stop your present course of action and go back to what you were doing before
Revolt, or I'll in piecemeal tear thy flesh
(
Doctor Faustus 5.1
by Christopher Marlowe)

rheumatics/rheumatism
NOUN
rheumatics [rheumatism] is an illness that makes your joints or muscles stiff and painful
a new cure for the rheumatics
(
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson)

riddance
NOUN
riddance is usually used in the form good riddance which you say when you are pleased that something has gone or been left behind
I'd better go into the house, and die and be a riddance
(
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens)