Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader - Part 121
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=rango=, _m._, rank, quality.

=rapadura=, _f._ (=raspadura=) (_Sp. A._), brown sugar.

=rapsode=, _m._, rhapsodist; poet.

=raro, -a=, unusual, rare; widely apart or separated.

=raso, -a=, smooth; =bala ----=, smooth-bore bullet.

=rascar=, to scratch, to sc.r.a.pe.

=rasgar=, to tear _or_ cut asunder.

=rasgo=, _m._, magnanimous deed; trait.

=rasguear=, to strum on the guitar.

=rastacuerismo=, _m._, parade, vain show: _from rastaquouere_, a nickname given in France to the ostentatious newly rich.

=rastra=, _f._, harrow, an agricultural instrument.

=rastreador=, _m._, expert in trailing the footprints of another.

=rastro=, _m._, trace, vestige.

=raudal=, _m._, plenty, abundance; a torrent.

=real=, _m._, a Spanish coin originally worth 12-1/2 cents, equivalent to the old Californian "bit"; a name given in some S. A. countries to the ten-cent piece; real; royal, grand.

=rebajar=, to rebate.

=rebano=, _m._, flock of sheep.

=rebotar=, to rebound.

=recado=, _m._, regards, friendly greeting; (_Sp. A._), saddle used in country districts.

=recaer=, to devolve upon.

=recargo=, _m._, a surcharge, an increase in cost.

=receta=, _f._, recipe; prescription.

=recibir=, to receive; to welcome.

=recibo=, _m._, receipt; signed bill; =acusar ----=, to acknowledge receipt.

=recien=, recently, lately; _used before participles instead of_ =reciente=; =----llegado=, =---- venido=, newly arrived.

=recinto=, _m._, enclosure.

=recipiente=, _m._, receptacle; recipient.

=recitar=, to recite, to declaim.

=reclamar=, to claim.

=reclamo=, _m._, call, allurement, enticement.

=recodo=, _m._, a turn in a road or street.

=recoger=, to gather together, to collect; to receive; =---- un vale=, to take up a note; _refl._, to gather one's forces together.

=recogimiento=, _m._, retirement; removed from worldly concerns.

=recoleccion=, _f._, compilation, summary; gathering, crop, harvest; the collecting of money or taxes; retirement.

=recomendable=, commendable, laudable.

=recompensa=, _f._, reward, compensation.

=reconocer=, to scan, to inspect, to recognize; to comprehend; to own, to admit, to sanction.

=recontar=, to recount; to relate.

=recorrer=, to renew, to examine, to survey.

=recorrido=, _m._, line, distance _or_ s.p.a.ce run over _or_ through.

=recto, -a=, just, upright.

=recuerdito=, _m._, _dim. of_ =recuerdo=.

=recuerdo=, _m._, remembrance; keepsake, token.

=rechazar=, to repel, to repulse, to drive back, to impel in opposite direction.

=rechinar=, to crack, to hurtle; to grind; =---- los dientes=, to grate.

=red=, _f._, net; network.

=redactor=, _m._, one of the editorial staff of a newspaper or journal.

=rededor=, _m._, environs.

=redoble=, _m._, a double drum-beat, "ruffle."

=reducirse=, _refl._, to revolve upon; to be reduced.