rank, v. classify, [arrange], dispose, [class], [group], be ranked.
rankling, n. [festering], [inflammation]; heart-burning, [resentment].
ransack, v. [rummage].
ransom, n. [release], [liberation], [redemption], [deliverance].
ransom, v. [redeem], [rescue], [liberate], deliver.
rant, v. declaim, [spout], [rave], vociferate.
rant, n. rodomontade, [ranting], vociferation, [bombast].
ranting, a. [bombastic].
rap, v. [knock].--n. [knock], thump, thwack.
rapacious, a. [predatory], predaceous, [ravenous]; [avaricious], [grasping], [extortionate], [voracious].