Vocabulary and Synonyms

Incense means to make fragrant with or as with incense; perfume. Provoke means to excite to some action or feeling.

The sentence describes a contradiction: people who want mercy from others are often not merciful themselves. 'Paradoxical' fits the first blank, and 'clemency' (mercy) fits the second.

A recreant is someone who is unfaithful, cowardly, or a deserter. Coward is the closest synonym among the choices.

To renovate means to restore something to a good state of repair, which is synonymous with to renew.

Remiss means lacking care or attention to duty, which is synonymous with negligent.

To relinquish means to voluntarily cease to keep or claim, which is synonymous with to abandon.

Repulsion is a feeling of intense distaste or disgust, which aligns with the synonym distaste.

To replenish means to fill something up again, which is synonymous with to restore.

To resuscitate means to revive someone from unconsciousness or apparent death.

A retinue is a group of advisers, assistants, or others accompanying an important person, which is synonymous with an entourage.

Resilient means able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed. Elastic is the closest synonym among the choices, as both describe the ability to recover shape.

To revere someone or something is to feel deep respect or admiration for them. Respect is the direct synonym.

Rime refers to frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapor in cloud or fog. It is a synonym for frost.

A rostrum is a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech or receive an award. A pulpit is a similar raised structure used for preaching.

To refute an argument or statement is to prove it to be wrong or false. Disprove is the direct synonym.