punctilious,precise/paying attention to trivialities
pundit,pedant/authority on a subject
pungency,sharpness/stinging quality 
purvey,provide/supply
pusillanimous,cowardly/craven 
pyre,large pile of wood for burning
quack,person dishonestly claiming to smth
quaff,drink deeply
quail,lose courage/turn frightened 
qualm,feeling of doubt/temporary feeling of sickness in the stomach
quell,suppress/subdue
quibble,try to avoid by sophistication
quiescent,at rest/dormant/torpid 
quirk,habit or action peculiar to smb or smth
quixotic,generous/unselfish
quotidian,banal/everyday
rabble,mob/crowd/the lower classes of populace
raconter,person who tells anecdotes 
radiant,bright/shining
raffish,low/vulgar/base/tawdry 
rail,at	find fault/utter reproaches
ramify,to be divided or subdivided/to branch out 
rancorous,feeling bitterness/spitefulness
rant,use extravagant language
rapacious,greedy (esp for money)
rarefy,to make thin/to make less dense/to purify or refine 
reactionary,opposing progress
rebuff,snub
recalcitrant,disobedient
recant,take back as being false/give up
recast,cast or fashoin anew
recidivism,relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior 
reciprocity,granting of privileges in return for similiar
recitals,a number of/performance of music
recluse,person who lives alone and avoids people
recompense,make payment to/reward/punish
reconcile,settle a quarrel/restore peace
recondite,little known/abstruse
recourse,smth turned to for help
recreancy,cowardice/a cowardly giving up 
recuperate,become strong after illness/loss/exhaustion
redeem,get back by payment/compensate
redemptive,serving to redeem
redoubtable,formidable/causing fear 
redundant,superfluous/excessively wordy/repetitious
refine,make or become pure/cultural
refractory,stubborn/unmanageable/untractable 
refulgent,shining/brilliant
refute,to disprove
regale,to delight or entertain/to feast