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2. return, reversion, retroversion, reversal, revulsion; retreat, withdrawal, recession, retrocession; relapse, backslide, regress, regression, retrogression, retro-gradation; throwback, atavism.
3. reciprocation, reciprocity, exchange, give-and-take, like for like, tit for tat, measure for measure, quid pro quo; retaliation, reprisal, requital, retribution, vindication, blow for blow, a Roland for an Oliver, an eye for an eye.
4. response, answer, reply, feedback; retort, riposte, counterstroke; result, effect, repercussion, fallout; reflection, echo.
5. (of politics) ultraconservatism, extreme rightism, Birchism, Bourbonism.

reactionary, adj. 1. ultraconservative, retrogressive, reversionary, conservative, regressive, unprogressive, obstructionistic, backward.
2. (all of politics) extreme rightwing, Birchist, Birch-ite, Bourbonian, Bourbonic.
3. rigid, unyielding, uncompromising, hardline, diehard.
4. reactive, counteractive. See - reactive (def. 1).
-n. 5. ultraconservative, conservative, obstructionist; (all of politics) rightwinger, Bircher, Bourbon,

reactive, adj. 1. counteractive, conflicting, antagonistic, contrary, reverse, counterclockwise, Brit, anticlockwise, Rare, retroactive; refluent, crablike, retrogressive, regressive, retrograde.
2. resistant, recalcitrant, die-hard, reactionary, reni-tent.
3. recoiling, resilient, elastic, springy, Obs. reper-cussive.

read¹, v. 1. peruse, study, go over, review, run over or through; pore over, wade through, plunge into, consume, devour, bury oneself in; scrutinize, attend to, pay attention to; go over quickly, thumb through, flip through, scan, skim, glance or run the eye over, dip into.
2. interpret, analyze, define, translate; decipher, figure out, deduce, gather, take to mean; discern, perceive, discover; express, explain.
3. foresee, foretell, predict, forecast, prognosticate; prophesy, vaticinate, divine, soothsay, haruspicate.
4. deliver, recite, elocutionize, present; declaim, orate.
5. read for study for, study, go in for, specialize in; major in, minor in.
6. read into a. infer, interpolate, assume; read between the lines, see beneath the surface; interject, insert, place in, add in, drag in, draw in.
b. misconstrue, misinterpret, see in a false light, see with a jaundiced eye, see more than is there.

read², adj. learned, versed, well-versed, conversant; at home, familiar, acquainted, easy with; skilled, strong, proficient, master of, grounded, well-grounded, solid.

readable, adj. 1. comprehensible, intelligible, apprehensible, understandable, easily understood; clear, crystal-clear, plain as day.
2. entertaining, engaging, gripping, interesting, stimulating, absorbing, spellbinding; enjoyable, pleasurable, pleasant, pleasing; worthwhile, worth reading; meaningful, pithy, meaty, thought-provoking.
3. legible, decipherable, distinct, clear-cut; fluent, flowing, regular, uniform; painstaking, precise, careful, neat, tidy, orderly, fair.

reader, n. 1. booklover, bibliophage, bibliolator, Inf. bookworm, SI. reading nut or freak, one who always has his nose in a book; lover of learning or knowledge, intellectual, man of letters, bluestocking, Inf. egghead; bookman, scholar, student, Inf. grind;