1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 881. REALLY, adv. Apparently.

- 882. REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.

- 883. REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.

- 884. REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.

- 885. REASONABLE, adj. Accessible to the infection of our own opinions. Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasi ...

- 886. REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.

- 887. RECOLLECT, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.

- 888. RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dea ...

- 889. RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.

- 890. RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom the ...

- 891. RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.

- 892. RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.
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- 893. RECTOR, n. In the Church of England, the Third Person of the parochial Trinity, the Cruate and the V ...

- 894. RED-SKIN, n. A North American Indian, whose skin is not red -- at least not on the outside.

- 895. REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, through their murder of the dei ...

- 896. REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction.
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- 897. REDUNDANT, adj. Superfluous; needless; _de trop_.
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- 898. REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus ...

- 899. REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things ...

- 900. REFORM, v. A thing that mostly satisfies reformers opposed to reformation.

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