Webster Essential Vocabulary

repudiate*(ri PYOO dee AYT) vt. 1. refuse to have anything to do with; dis-
own; 2. to deny the validity or authority of (a charge, a belief, etc.); 3. to refuse to
acknowledge (a government)

• Fran repudiatedany responsibility for the behavior of her ex-husband.


• The ancient Romans typically did not repudiatethe religious beliefs of their
  captured subjects, as long as the subjects continued to pay taxes to Rome.


• It is typical of war criminals to repudiatethe power of the courts that are
  trying them.
  [-d, repudiating]
  resentment* (ri ZENT mint) n. feelings of displeasure from having been
  ignored, snubbed, offended, or injured


• Tom made no attempt to hide his resentmentof the fact that Mom always
  liked Dick best.


• A certain former president, who shall go nameless, tried to hide his resentment
  that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences never honored him for
  his movie work.
  [Syn. offense]

Quick Review #72.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

202 Essential Vocabulary

1. relinquish


2. reluctant


3. remiss


4. remnant


5. remuneration


6. render


7. renovate


8. renunciation


9. repentance


10. reprehensible


11. repudiate


12. resentment

a. lax

b. deliver

c. disown

d. penitence

e. awful

f. unwilling

g. offense

h. surrender

i. payment

j. renew

k. remainder

l. disclaimer

resolute (REZ i loot) adj. having or showing a firm resolve; determined; pur-
poseful; unwavering

• We must stay resolutein our refusal to give in to terrorists.


• Elaine was resolutein her plan to climb Mount Everest.
  [-ly adv.] [Syn. faithful]