Etymological root

re-

Latin

# re-

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Latin
**Slug:** re

## Words From This Root
- recommend - To suggest something or someone as good or suitable.
- refrain - To stop yourself from doing something.
- reconsideration - the act of thinking about a decision again, often to change it
- reconstruct - to build again or to piece together how something happened
- refined - elegant and cultured in taste or manner; freed from impurities
- recondition - to restore to good or working condition
- reconvert - to convert back to a former state, form, or belief
- recur - to occur again, repeatedly, or periodically
- refine - to remove impurities from, or to improve by making small changes
- refinement - the process of improving something, or cultivated elegance of manner
- regress - to return to a former, usually worse or less developed state
- recurrence - a repeated occurrence or return
- refractory - stubbornly resistant to control or treatment
- reinstate - to restore to a former position or condition
- reiterate - to say or do again for emphasis
- rejuvenate - to make young, fresh, or vigorous again
- relocate - to move to a new place
- renewal - the act of extending or making new again
- recreate - to create again or reproduce; to refresh through enjoyable activity
- recrudesce - to break out or become active again after a period of dormancy
- recursive - characterized by repeated application of a rule, defined in terms of itself
- reducible - capable of being made smaller, simpler, or expressed in simpler terms
- refection - refreshment by food and drink; a light meal
- reflex - an automatic, involuntary response to a stimulus
- reflexive - performed automatically; in grammar, referring back to the subject
- refraction - the bending of light or other waves as they pass between media
- refreshen - to make fresh again; to revive or invigorate
- refutal - the act of proving a statement or argument false; a refutation
- regenerate - to regrow, restore, or renew, especially after damage
- regression - a return to an earlier or less developed state; a statistical relationship
- regurgitate - to bring swallowed food back up; to repeat information uncritically
- rehappen - to occur or take place again
- reimburse - to repay a person for money they have spent or lost
- reimposition - the act of imposing something again, such as a tax or restriction
- reincarnate - to cause to be reborn in another body; to embody anew
- reinvent - to remake or recreate something in a wholly new way
- reiteration - the act of saying or doing something again for emphasis
- relaxable - capable of being relaxed, loosened, or eased
- relaxative - tending to relax or loosen; something that produces relaxation
- relegation - the act of consigning to a lower rank, position, or division
- relentless - unceasingly harsh, intense, or determined; never letting up
- relentlessly - in an unceasing, unyielding, persistent manner
- reload - to load again, as a weapon, vehicle, or web page
- remake - to make again or anew; a new version of an earlier work
- respell - to spell again, especially using a phonetic system to indicate pronunciation
- restart - to start again; a fresh beginning after a stop
- retool - to re-equip with new tools, or to reorganize and adapt for a new purpose

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