| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 472 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| resistance | noun | We have resistance to our policy. | opposition |
| resolute | adj. | They have a resolute character. | determined |
| resolution | noun | They had the resolution to continue. | determination |
| noun | I know the resolution to the problem. | solution | |
| resolve | noun | They will test our resolve. | perseverance |
| verb | I am resolved to see it through. | determined | |
| verb | He resolved our doubts. | dispelled | |
| verb | We shall resolve our problems. | solve | |
| resort | noun | This was our last resort. | hope |
| verb | They then resorted to terror. | employed | |
| resource | noun | They need more natural resources. | substances |
| noun | He's a resource for that information. | means | |