- racket
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- raging
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- rampage
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- rampant
- ramshackle
- rancid
- random
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- ransom note
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- rap sheet
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- rasp
- raspberry
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- rattrap
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- raving
- re-create
- reach
- reaching
- reaction
- reality
- realm
- reappear
- reassure
- rebellion
- rebuke
- recall
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- recently
- recipient
- reckless
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- recon
- recruit
- recruited
- reenactment
- reflection
- reflexes
- refreshing
- regally
- regarded
- regardless
- relative
- release
- released
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- relentless
- reliable
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- relishing
- reluctance
- reluctant
- remark
- remarkable
- remedy
- remind
- remnant
- remorse
- remote
- rendezvous
- renegade
- replete
- replica
- reporter
- reprimand
- reproachfully
- reptilian
- repudiate
- reputation
- require
- required
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- resembles
- resentment
- reservation
- residence
- resist
- resourceful
- restored
- restrain
- resumed
- reticent
- retorted
- retraced
- retreat
- retrieve
- revenge
- reverie
- reverse
- reviewer
- revoke
- revolver
- revving
- reward
- rhododendron
- ridge
- ridiculous
- riff raff
- righteously
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- risky
- rite
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- rivalry
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- roasted
- robotic
- rodent
- rodeo
- rogue
- romance
- rooting for
- rouge
- roused
- roving
- rowdy
- rubbish
- rubble
- ruckus
- rudimentary
- ruefully
- rugged
- ruined
- ruining
- ruins
- ruler
- rumor
- rump
- rumpled
- running amok
- runty
- rustling
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| acting out something that had happened before, often a certain battle in a war, or a crime |