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Reproves
- verb - take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
Reptiles
- noun - any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
Repugned
- verb - to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
Repulsed
- verb - be repellent to; cause aversion in
- cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
- force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
Repulser
- - One who repulses, or drives back.
Repulses
- noun - an instance of driving away or warding off
- be repellent to; cause aversion in
- cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
- force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
Required
- verb - consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
- have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
- make someone do something
- necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"
- require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
- required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"
Requires
- verb - consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
- have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
- make someone do something
- require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"