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2. overbold, bold, impetuous, impulsive, unrestrained, ungoverned, uncontrolled, unchecked, unbridled; feverish, impatient, frantic, impassioned; madcap, madbrained, foolhardy, daredevil, breakneck, adventurous, hot-headed, harebrained, blindfolded; volatile, flighty, frivolous, erratic, fickle, unreliable, irresponsible; wild giddy, dashing, overconfident, rampant, quixotic, punch-drunk; death-defying, devil-may-care, dangerous, ruinous, perilous.

rash², n. 1. skin eruption, breaking-out, Pathol.efflorescence; hives; heat rash, prickly heat; diaper rash. 2. eruption, outburst, outbreak, torrent, spate, spurt; multitude, number, large number; series, succession, run, sequence.

rasp, v. 1. scrape, scratch, excoriate, abrade, rub, scour, scrub; grate, shred, file, whet, sand, sandpaper, pumice; grind, mortar, levigate, triturate.
2. irritate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, rub the wrong way; annoy, vex, irk, peeve, gall, nettle; wear on, weary, fatigue, fatigate, tire; tax, strain, burden,
3. grit, gride, clank, jangle, clash; screech, creak, screak, shrill, stridulate; squawk, caw, croak, bray. -n. 4. scraping, scratching, excoriation, excoriating, abrasion, abrading, rubbing, scouring, scrubbing; grating, shredding, filing, whetting, sanding, sandpapering, pumicing; grinding, mortaring, levigation, levigating, trituration, triturating.
5. grating, grind, scrape, scratching, gride, clank, jangle, clash; screech, creak, screak, stridor, stridula-tion; squawk, caw, croak, bray.
6. file, grater, shredder, grinder.

rasping, adj. harsh, scratchy, gravelly, creaky, discordant. See - grating (def. 2).

rate¹, n.1. pay, payment, rent, fare, hire, freightage, towage, truckage, wharfage; percentage, commission, brokerage; duty, tax, capitation, custom, toll, tollage; price, cost, expense, charge, Commerce. quotation, Inf. damages, fee, dues; expenditure, outlay.
2. pace, velocity, speed, Inf. clip, gait, stride, career; tempo, time, meter, measure; progress, movement, motion.
3. rating, distinguishing, classification, evaluation, grade, gradation; sort, kind, type, brand; class, caste, rank, position, station, place, standing, status; value, valuation, worth.
-v. 4. appraise, evaluate, value, price, set the price

or cost; judge, weigh, gauge, assess, assay; calculate, reckon, compute.
5. distinguish, prioritize, rank, grade, graduate, categorize, pigeonhole; classify, arrange, range, order, dispose, place, group, organize; sort, assort, size; class, type, name, label, tag, ticket, brand.
6. esteem, regard, consider, deem, account, think of.
7. count, figure, be important, carry weight, make a mark; have prestige, be distinguished, have value, have standing; shine, glow, glitter, make a splash.

rate¹, v. scold, tongue-lash, Inf. rag, upbraid, SI. chew out, U.S. Inf. bawl out, Inf. dress down, Inf. jump on; castigate, chastise, berate, censure, reproach, rebuke, reprove, reprimand, reprobate, blame; denounce, take to task, call to account, call down, lecture; admonish, caution, warn, forewarn, put on one's guard.

rather, adv. 1. somewhat, in a measure, to a certain extent, slightly, a bit; after a fashion, Inf. sort of, Inf. kind of, more or less, pretty, quite, very.
2. sooner, more willingly, more readily; preferably,