Vocabulary Words
ridge
B2noun, verb
(fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. (+12 more)
rival
B2adjective, noun, verb
A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor. (+9 more)
roast
B2adjective, noun, verb
A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes. (+14 more)
roommate
B2noun
A person (UK: flatmate, housemate, AU: sharemate) sharing the same home (sharehome). (+1 more)
route
B2noun, verb
(by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility (+26 more)
royalty
B2noun
(by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc. (+9 more)
rubble
B2noun
(in the plural) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc. (+2 more)