R Vocabulary Words Quiz #2

Guess these vocabulary words that start with the letter R.

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First submitted	December 23, 2012
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Definition	Word
Certain chess piece	Rook
Music for a funeral mass	Requiem
Bullet's bounce	Ricochet
British word for eraser	Rubber
Fish eggs	Roe
Nose reconstruction surgery	Rhinoplasty
Cheek-reddening makeup	Rouge
Cattle thief	Rustler
Competitor or nemesis	Rival
Backpack	Rucksack
Tree sap	Resin

Definition	Word
String of prayer beads	Rosary
Currency of India	Rupee
Polygon with four sides of equal length	Rhombus
To counter an argument in debate or court	Rebut
Musical style considered a predecessor to jazz	Ragtime
Light-sensitive layer inside the eyeball	Retina
Stagehand of a traveling rock band	Roadie
One who rules in place of an underage monarch	Regent
Cud-chewing animal such as a cow or deer	Ruminant
To demote to a lower soccer league	Relegate
Strip of bacon	Rasher

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64 Comments

Level 26

Mar 5, 2013

recoil for bullet bounce?

+14

Level 73

Dec 10, 2014

I'm not a gun fan, but isn't the recoil the kick of the gun as the bullet is fired, while the ricochet is the bullet bouncing off something (usually a rock close to a cowboy's head, in my only experience).

Level 51

Apr 30, 2015

Yes.

Level 65

Mar 11, 2013

Rucksack is used mainly in the UK and should be noted as such.

Level 66

Oct 15, 2015

so what, if had to type that for everytime there was a usa-ism.......

Level 86

Jun 24, 2022

Agreed. I have no patience for the whole "too US-centric" crowd, so it's only right to have equally low patience for the "you need to specify this is British" crowd. And for the same reason.

Level 36

Jul 28, 2019

^ a rugzak is used in many countries, not just the UK.

Level 44

Mar 24, 2013

the Rhombus one was clever

Level 92

Jul 19, 2013

This quiz was quite "R"-ed.

Level ∞

Dec 23, 2014

Taking another look, I think the difficulty was perhaps a little too high. I replaced three of the answers with easier ones, so maybe it will be a little more fun now.

Level 72

Aug 20, 2019

Still my worst one of the series. I missed 8! Of which had never heard of rasher or rustler and I stupidly couldnt think of rival. But the other answers I have heard of but don't think I would ve guessed even with more time.

Level 64

Nov 14, 2022

This was a good quiz. All worth remembering.

It's the usual bazaar of gripes and jokes here.

This is the only place I can sharpen my mind meaningfully while minimally depleting my battery.

Also, Rocker WW&H - anybody remember Giles?

He would have aced these.

Level 90

Aug 23, 2018

It was G-rated though.

Level 62

Jan 27, 2014

How about racksack for a backpack

Level 51

Apr 30, 2015

I tried that, too. Took me a bit to think to try rucksack.

Level 66

Oct 15, 2015

Er, why?

Level 72

Aug 20, 2019

But it isnt put on a rack but on your back (ruck comes from rug meaning back)

Level 78

Mar 13, 2014

Never, ever heard of rasher.

Level 55

Dec 14, 2014

I never heard of "rasher" either. Is it a UK thing?

Level 69

Feb 27, 2015

Level 32

Jun 5, 2015

it's an everywhere-but-america thing

Level 74

Oct 15, 2015

I'm American and I've heard rasher of bacon, but as I often say, I'm old. I haven't seen it on a breakfast menu here in years.

Level 55

Oct 15, 2015

I'm American and young (mid 20's), and I've definitely heard rasher of bacon. I'm in the Midwest, so maybe that makes a difference.

Level 74

Jul 30, 2019

For some reason I always thought a rasher of bacon was what you would buy at a store, like a packaged amount of bacon instead of just a single strip. I also see it as a British word and I'm not American so I disagree with the everywhere but America thing.

Level 70

Oct 14, 2014

couldn't think of requiem or ragtime, good quiz though.

Level 87

Dec 30, 2014

Resin is not sap...

Level 51

Apr 30, 2015

Resin is not always sap, but it is sometimes another word for sap.

Level 72

Aug 20, 2019

no not sap but called treesap. Like we say the tree bleeds, but it is not actually blood either

Level 86

Jan 8, 2015

Kept thinking retort for the argument one.

Level 94

Jan 13, 2015

That one took me the longest, sadly. Redirect? Refute? Rebuke... no, but it's something like those last two...

Level 55

Oct 15, 2015

Yes, tried most of those and then some.

Level 90

Aug 23, 2018

In court, it's invariably called a rebuttal. I do like the rochambeau answer below.

Level 92

Jan 28, 2015

I think there are too many answers that are "close enough" on that one. Should probably just use a different vocab word. How about rochambeau?

Level 78

Oct 15, 2015

Agreed. Refute, rebate, repell, rebuke...

Level 74

Jul 30, 2019

I think retort satisfies the definition, after I thought of that I couldn't come up with anything else

Level 72

Aug 20, 2019

Ah so I wasnt the only one trying retort :)

Level 59

Jun 26, 2015

I am American. I have heard of a rasher of bacon, although I thought it referred to a serving size, not an individual strip. Further investigation revealed that it can also refer to a small serving of 3-4 strips of bacon.

Level 55

Oct 15, 2015

I was thinking it was the 3-4 slices of bacon too. I've seen it on breakfast menus, and I'm pretty sure no restaurants serve just one piece of bacon as a side, or people wouldn't go there anymore.

Level 45

Sep 14, 2015

Strip of Bacon = Yummy

Level 63

Oct 15, 2015

Very hard for me. I usually ace these vocab quizzes, and I missed several.

Level 72

Aug 20, 2019

yea this one is tougher than all the others imo. Not that the answers are extremely obscure, only 2 completely unknown words. but yea tougher to get than others.

Or maybe it is because I just woke up, still half asleep in bed haha

Level 55

Oct 15, 2015

"Rag" won't work by itself? If there's reasons, I understand. I put rag several times, then gave up and starting guessing ridiculous ones like reggae, rap, and rock...

Level 90

Aug 23, 2018

Why'd you try several times without trying ragtime once?

Level 72

Aug 20, 2019

Well let's put it differently. Is there a reason rag should be accepted? Is ragtime ever referred to as rag? I think I have only heard it as ragtime.

Level 38

Oct 17, 2015

Ah, I put 'ruminator' and 'ruminater' and I just couldn't think of the word.

Level 56

Oct 19, 2015

Is it just me, or is rhomboid an acceptable answer as well as rhombus?

Level 22

Jun 30, 2016

A rhombus is to a rhomboid, as a square is to a rectangle. That is, rhomboids have different lengths on adjacent sides.

Level 58

Oct 22, 2015

What about "refute" for countering an argument?

Level 36

Jul 28, 2019

In a debate, the proper term is rebut(tal), not refute. I believe that refute is more commonly used to counter an accusation against someone.

Level 57

Nov 6, 2015

"Raider" should also work for the cattle thief question.

Level 55

Feb 18, 2016

"rhomb" should also work

Level 60

Apr 27, 2018

as rectang or squa ?

Level 74

Apr 20, 2016

I think retort should work for a counter argument

Level 58

Nov 11, 2016

Couldn't stop thinking of dirge for the requiem question.

Level 85

Mar 2, 2017

This quiz should be featured once a year on National Talk Like A Pirate Day. (U.S.) Arrrrrrr!!

Level 30

May 29, 2017

quizmaster, pls except 'retort' for countering an argument :/ :/

Level 60

Apr 27, 2018

He will (and won't Accept) because retort is not applicable to debate and court useage. Retort is not thought out or part of a legal argument but a fast reaction repost. Can be used in debates but not often.

Re-tort would be a whole new court case wouldn't it?

Level 55

Jun 12, 2018

in England we tend to say a rasher of bacon, I would ask for bacon with my eggs. Irish people ask for rashers, I noticed this when I visited

Level 83

Jul 28, 2019

Could riposte work for the argument question?

Level 68

Jul 28, 2019

Really fun quiz, thanks. I enjoyed it cos I got all but two (resin, which I should have got, and regent). Don't know how I managed to pull some of the answers out of my brain!

Level 80

Dec 2, 2019

Argh... misread 'bullet's bounce' as 'ballet's bounce'...

Level 70

Jun 5, 2021

I only got regent cuz of Game of Thrones

Level 84

Dec 10, 2022

Resin is not sap, as another comment said: resin is *sometimes* the byproduct of sap (maple syrup and maple sugar aren't sap, either -- exactly the same thing).

Though as I think about it, what I think you meant is "rosin," which is the solid reduced from tree sap.

Level 75

May 2, 2024

The requiem is not the music for a funeral mass, but the name of the funeral mass itself (taken from the beginning of the Introit - Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine).

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