| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 471 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| reserve | verb | Please reserve a place for me. | keep |
| verb | Reserve a train ticket for me. | book | |
| noun | We will keep them in reserve. | future use | |
| reservoir | noun | The reservoir was full of water | dam |
| residence | noun | My residence is in Oregon. | home |
| resident | noun | Are you a resident of Berlin? | citizen |
| resign | verb | He resigned as company president. | quit |
| verb | He is resigned to doing that work. | reconciled | |
| resignation | noun | My resignation will be on your desk. | abdication |
| noun | He did it with resignation. | meekness | |
| resist | verb | You must resist temptation. | defy |
| verb | We will resist their tyranny. | oppose | |
| resistance | noun | We were in the resistance in the war. | insurgency |