SAT是Scholastic Aptitude Test的缩写，是申请几乎所有美国大学必须参加的考试。通常，希望继续接受高等教育的高中生需要参加SAT考试，并且SAT考试得分是获取奖学金的重要标准之一。大部分美国大学要求SAT考试作为录取的条件并根据SAT得分授予奖学金。

rancor
(n.) deep, bitter resentment (When Eileen challenged me to a fight, I could see the rancor in her eyes.)
rebuke
(v.) to scold, criticize (When the cops showed up at Sarah’s party, they rebuked her for disturbing the peace.)
recalcitrant
(adj.) defiant, unapologetic (Even when scolded, the recalcitrant young girl simply stomped her foot and refused to finish her lima beans.)
rectitude
(n.) uprightness, extreme morality (The priest’s rectitude gave him the moral authority to counsel his parishioners.)
replete
(adj.) full, abundant (The unedited version was replete with naughty words.)
reprobate
(adj.) evil, unprincipled (The reprobate criminal sat sneering in the cell.)
reprove
(v.) to scold, rebuke (Lara reproved her son for sticking each and every one of his fingers into the strawberry pie.)
repudiate
(v.) to reject, refuse to accept (Kwame made a strong case for an extension of his curfew, but his mother repudiated it with a few biting words.)
rescind
(v.) to take back, repeal (The company rescinded its offer of employment after discovering that Jane’s resume was full of lies.)
restive
(adj.) resistant, stubborn, impatient (The restive audience pelted the band with mud and yelled nasty comments.)
ribald
(adj.) coarsely, crudely humorous (While some giggled at the ribald joke involving a parson’s daughter, most sighed and rolled their eyes.)
rife
(adj.) abundant (Surprisingly, the famous novelist’s writing was rife with spelling errors.)
ruse
(n.) a trick (Oliver concocted an elaborate ruse for sneaking out of the house to meet his girlfriend while simultaneously giving his mother the impression that he was asleep in bed.)