RESILIENT WORDS (WORDS # 35)

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RAUCOUS

Adjective – rude, noisy and violent

A raucous group of violent looking men

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RAVENOUS

Adjective – Very hungry.

The children were ravenous after their swim

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RECONCILE

Verb (transitive) -  To find a way to make ideas, beliefs and people that are opposed to each other, capable of existing together

Management and labor are attempting to reconcile their differences

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RECONDITE

Adjective – Not easily understood; obscure or hidden

The professor loved to teach about the most recondite matters

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MY COMMENTS ON THESE WORDS

Another interesting collection of words!

“Raucous” is not a word I have seen in use very frequently. I’ve read it in novels, when describing scenes that are not very pleasant.  Its use seems to be reserved for describing the behavior of people who are not very educated, or who have a tendency to be violent. Another use I have seen is in relation to the sounds made by certain animals; these sounds are loud and unpleasant, and the writer would say, its raucous calls resounded through the countryside… or something like that.

“Ravenous” is certainly used! Adolescents can often be “ravenous” with hunger! Wild animals can pounce on their prey and devour it ravenously. Normal people can feel ravenous at certain moments of the day. All in all, it’s a useful word that should be quite well known.

“Reconcile” is another useful word, which is used quite frequently. The example stated above is really very clear. People can become reconciled to their fate. A marriage could be saved by means of a “reconciliation”. This is without doubt, a frequently used word!

“Recondite” on the other hand, is not used all that much. Some academics write in a recondite style, or use recondite words. Then the meaning of their paragraphs can become obscure, and people think they are very learned!

The good news for Spanish speakers is that reconciliar and recóndito both exist, sound similar and mean the same, which should be a help!

So study your words and improve your rating on the graduate entry tests!

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