The Alberta Public School Speller / Authorized by the Minister of Education for Alberta

by Anonymous

quot homines, tot sententiae (L.). Many men, many minds.

Raison d'être (Fr.). The reason for a thing's existence.

rara avis (L.). A rare bird.

recherché (Fr.). Choice, elegant.

reductio ad absurdum (L.). Reduction to an absurdity.

requiescat in pace (L.). May he, she, rest in peace.

resurgam (L.). I shall rise again.

revenons à nos moutons (Fr.). Let us return to our sheep; let us return to our subject.

ruat cælum (L.). Let the heavens fall.

Sang froid (Fr.). Cold blood.