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Run-On
  1. (verse) without a rhetorical pause between lines
Rattling
  1. quick and energetic;
  2. extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"
  3. used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"
  4. a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"
  5. shake and cause to make a rattling noise
  6. make short successive sounds
Redoubled
  1. become much greater in intensity or size or amount; "we faced redoubled attacks from the enemy"; "despite our redoubled efforts"
  2. make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled"
  3. double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled"
  4. double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; "The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio"
Reduced
  1. made less in size or amount or degree
  2. well below normal (especially in price)
  3. take off weight
  4. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
  5. narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"
  6. cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
  7. be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
  8. be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
  9. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
  10. make smaller; "reduce an image"
  11. reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
  12. make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
  13. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
  14. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
  15. destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
  16. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
  17. undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"
  18. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"
  19. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
  20. lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living"
  21. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"
  22. put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
Remittent
  1. (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity; "a remittent fever"
Reducible
  1. capable of being reduced; "reducible to a set of principles of human nature"- Edmund Wilson
Removable
  1. able to be obliterated completely
  2. capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed; "a removable cord"; "removable partitions"
Recondite
  1. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
  2. 1. pertaining to or dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise. 2. known or understood by relatively few; esoteric; arcane. 3. obscure. 4.obscure, involved, difficult, deep, dark, secret, hidden, mysteriou
Ragged
  1. having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"
  2. worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged"
  3. being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp"
  4. break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"
  5. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
  6. harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
  7. play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"
  8. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
  9. treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
Round
  1. (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand; "in round numbers"
  2. (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"
  3. having a circular shape
  4. from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around"
  5. the usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds"
  6. the activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf takes about 4 hours"
  7. (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order); "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning"; "the postman's rounds"; "we enjoyed our round of the local bars"
  8. any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"
  9. a charge of ammunition for a single shot
  10. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
  11. an outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause"
  12. a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they enjoyed singing rounds"
  13. a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
  14. a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); "he ordered a second round"
  15. a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
  16. the course along which communications spread; "the story is going the rounds in Washington"
  17. (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
  18. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons"
  19. become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out"
  20. make round; "round the edges"
  21. express as a round number; "round off the amount"
  22. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
  23. attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
  24. pronounce with rounded lips
  25. wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend"