ISEE Lower Level Vocabulary > Group 18
Pursue
Verb: following someone or something with intent to attack
Quake
Verb: shake or tremble
Quantity
Noun: the numbers of things someone has
Quest
Noun: a long or arduous search for something; Verb: to search for something
Quibble
Verb: argue or raise objections about a trivial matter
Quote
Verb: repeat or copy someone else’s saying or writing; Noun: a quotation
Rage
Noun: violent, uncontrollable anger
Reaction
Noun: an action performed or a feeling experienced in response to an event
Realism
Noun: the attitude of accepting a situation as it is and dealing with it in kind
Rebellion
Noun: an act of violent resistance to an established government or ruler
Recent
Adjective: having happened not long before
Recognize
Verb: identify something again from previous knowledge
Recoil
Verb: spring back in fear, horror, or disgust
Recount
Verb: give an account of an event or experience
Recover
Verb: find or regain possession of something
Refer
Verb: mention or allude to
Reform
Verb: make changes in something
Refuge
Noun: a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble
Regard
Verb: consider something in a specific way; Noun: attention to something
Region
Noun: an area or division, esp. an area of land with definable characteristics
Reinforce
Verb: strengthen or support, esp. with additional people or materials
Reject
Verb: dismiss as inadequate
Relieve
Verb: cause difficulty to become less severe
Reluctant
Adjective: unwilling and hesitant
Remain
Verb: continue to exist when other things have dispersed
Remedy
Verb: to set right (an undesirable situation)
Remorse
Noun: deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed
Remote
Adjective: unlikely to occur; far from the main concentration of people
Repeal
Verb: revoke or annul
Replicate
Verb: make an exact copy of
