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r insert [insert] v.
To insert something means to put it in something else.
-* The mailman inserted the letter into the mailbox.

r instant [instant] n.
An instant is a very short amount of time.

-+A microwave oven cooks food in an instant.

r poverty [pavarti] n.
Poverty is the state of being poor.
-►Poverty is a problem in many countries around the world.

r pretend [pritend] v.
To pretend means to make believe something is real.
-*•The boy liked to pretend he was a king.

c rank [rserjk] n.
A person’s rank is their place in an order of people.
-♦The man got to the rank of captain in the navy.

r recognition [rekagnijen] n.
Recognition is getting praise from other people.
-» The hero got recognition for his brave deed.

r refrigerate [rifrid3areit] v.
To refrigerate something means to make it cold.
-* Grocery stores refrigerate fruit to make it last long.

r rent [rent] n.
Rent is the money people pay to someone to live in a certain place.

-♦To live in this house, I have to pay rent at the start of each month.
r retire [ritaieir] v.
To retire is to leave a job, usually because of old age.

-*■My father is sixty-five years old. He is about to retire from work.
r statistic [statistik] n.
A statistic is a number that tells a fact about something.
-* The statistics showed that we did just as well this year as last year.

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