| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 487 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| ruler | noun | He measured it with a ruler. | yardstick |
| rumor | noun | We heard rumors he was leaving. | gossip |
| run | verb | We will run five miles. | jog |
| verb | The car won't run. | operate | |
| verb | We will run the school this year. | manage | |
| verb | My property runs for two miles. | extends | |
| verb | If you tip it the water will run out. | flow | |
| rural | adj. | We live in a rural area. | countryside |
| rush | noun | We are in a rush. | hurry |
| verb | He rushed off to his house. | hurried | |
| Russian | adj. | He lived near the Russian border. | country of Russia |
| rust | verb | The steel will rust if it gets wet. | oxidize |
| noun | There was rust on the tool. | oxidation | |