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radish

rampage     a course of wild, violent, reckless behaviour

rasping     an irritated tone

Ravenclaw

recoil     to shrink back physically or emotionally

reckon     estimate,  to take into consideration

recruit   to enlist

redeem     to get back    

regime     a form of government

relentless     showing or promising no abatement of intensity

reproachful     subjected to censure or scorn

reproving     scold or correct gently with kind intent

resignation     to quit or to accept that something is inevitable

reverberating     resonant, an impact resembling an echo

rhubarb

ricochet    to rebound

riff-raff     disreputable persons

Romania    

rosette     an ornament resembling a small rose

dry rot   a decay of seasoned timber caused by fungi

roundabout     Merry Go-Round

row     rhymes with bow-wow and means a fracas or argument

rucksack  

ruddy     having a healthy reddish colour

ruefully     regretful

rumours     talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source

rummaging     making a thorough search or investigation