Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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relief
noun
1 the removal of worry, pain,
or unhappiness.
It was a relief when the exam
was over.
2 help given to people who
need it.
N say ri-leef

religion
religions noun

a belief in God or gods, and
the way people express this
belief in their life and worship.
religious adjective

reluctant
adjective
unsure or unhappy about
doing something.

He was reluctant to cross
the old bridge.

rely
relies relying relied verb
to depend on someone
for something with
complete trust.
Young birds rely on their
mothers for food.
N say re-lie

remain
remains remaining remained
verb

1 to stay behind.

He remained there alone.
2 to be left behind.
remains noun
3 to stay unchanged.
She remained calm while
everyone else panicked.

remember

remembers remembering

remembered verb

to think about a place, person,

object, or past event again.

She suddenly remembered she

had left her bag on the bus.

remind

reminds reminding reminded

verb

to make someone remember

something.

A calendar reminds you

of future events.

remote

adjective

far away, distant.

A remote farmhouse.

remove

removes removing removed verb

to take something off or away.

She removed

her shoe to get a pebble out.

renew

renews renewing renewed verb

to begin, make, or get again.

He renewed his bus pass.

rent

rents noun

a regular payment that

you make to the owner

of something so that you

can use it.

rent verb

repair

repairs repairing repaired verb

to fix something that

is broken.

Repairing a bicycle.

repair noun

repeat

repeats repeating repeated verb

to say or do something again.

repetition noun

replace

replaces replacing replaced verb

1 to put something

back where it came from.

She replaced the book

on the shelf.

2 to exchange or renew.

He replaced his bicycle with

a bigger, more expensive one.

replacement noun

replay

replays replaying replayed verb

1 to play a sports match again.

2 to play a recording of

something again.

replica

replicas noun

an exact copy of something.

She made a replica of the ship

out of matchsticks.

reply

replies replying replied verb

to answer.

He replied to the invitation

immediately.

reply noun

report

reports noun

a spoken or written account

of a situation or event.

reporter

reporters noun

a person who gathers

information on events and

writes or speaks

about them for

a television

program,

newspaper,

or radio

station.

represent

represents representing

represented verb

to mean or show something.

Sailors use this flag to

represent the word “yes” when

they signal to other ships.

represent