( vp ) Excellent, outstanding. That scene was real.
( adj ) Smart, intelligent. Get real! You can’t drive home in your condition.
( vp ) To scold, chastise severely. When mom saw the condition of my room, she read me the riot act.
( phr ) Raise your hands. Drop that gun and reach for the roof!
( phr ) Raise your hands. Drop that gun and reach for the ceiling!
( n ) Something fancy. There is too much razzmatazz in his church services for my taste.
( n ) Something fancy. She’s all razzle-dazzle but without substance.
( adj ) New, inexperienced. The raw office workers were not getting much done.
( adj ) Dirty, grimy. Get out of those raunchy clothes and take bath.
( adj ) Risqué, bawdy. He can’t tell a joke that isn’t raunchy.
( adj ) In bad condition. She was in an old pair of jeans and a ratty sweater.
( adj ) Unfair. He got a ratty assignment in Java.