Words beginning with RED Trivia Quiz

Answer: Reduce

Let those among us who haven't tried to lose weight at some time or another during their lifetimes be banished forthwith. Once almost a topic for a chuckle or two, trying to lose weight is becoming a deadly problem in a western affluent world where the lure of an easy takeaway meal riddled with calories is so easily available. Coupled with the temptation of relaxing in front of the television set or the computer all day long, and obesity is the result, a growing epidemic in a comfortably off society.

In short, ladies and gentlemen, we're in danger, while a third world starves, of eating ourselves to death.

Answer: Redeem

To redeem something is to reclaim ownership of it by some means. This could mean, for example, redeeming our licence, after a time penalty has been served, if it has been lost by negligent driving. Or, by exemplary behaviour, redeeming a reputation that has been damaged by bad behaviour. Or, by paying specific costs, redeeming goods that have been confiscated. One can also convert bonds and shares into cash.

This is another example of the meaning of this word.

Answer: Redden

Turning red from embarrassment or emotional stress of some kind is a very uncomfortable experience. Not so much from the colours our faces turn when this happens, but by doing so, our inner turmoil has been revealed. Our facial skin has more capillaries than any other areas of our body, and don't we know this when we feel them beginning to do their devious work in moments of embarrassment. We can blush from many things, apart from embarrassment, in fact.

These include shyness, shame, modesty and humiliation, just to name a few.

The worst thing about reddening or blushing is that we have no control over it whatsoever.

Answer: Redact

This term is used more in editing than anywhere else perhaps. It means to take various parts of a written work, edit them and bring them all into the one coherent and understandable whole.

Answer: Rediscover

To rediscover something is to find it again. It has already been found prior to this, but lost or forgotten or overlooked in the interim. Some old methods of doing various things in "the olden days" have been rediscovered today, and found to be surprisingly effective. Using parsley as an underarm deodorant is one example of this. Fashions could be also used as an example of rediscovering something.

There are hardly any new fashions under the sun. They are just fashions used from some time in the past that have been dredged up again, redesigned, and given a new name.

The sixties are an example of this. My older sister was showing our mother a brand new pair of top of the range flared pants she'd just purchased, and thinking she was the height of a dazzling new fashion. My mother looked at them and murmured, "Why, they look just like the trousers we sometimes wore thirty years ago". And she went and found a photograph to show us. That took the flare out of the flares in double quick time.

Answer: Redirect

Redirecting somebody to somewhere or something else is simply a matter of showing a new method of doing something, or a new direction in which to go.

Answer: Redouble

Redoubling one's efforts is an example of the use of this word. It means that we are trying even harder than we did before to reach a desired goal or objective.

Answer: Redo

To redo something is to do it over again until it is up to standard. Writing quizzes or individual questions for FunTrivia is a perfect example of this. Sometimes we have to redo them until they are of a high enough standard to be accepted by an editor. There's no shame at all in redoing anything to reach the required objective. The shame is in not trying to do so.

Answer: Redundant

When anyone has been made redundant from their job, for example, it leaves that person's self-esteem a little bruised and battered. I've seen this happen to several people. It isn't a pretty sight, and, ultimately, it leaves one wondering if the lure of the almighty dollar is worth the blow to a person's pride and dignity. I think not.

It isn't only people who are made redundant, however. Objects and methods of doing things can also fall by the wayside as well. Australia's method of television transmission was switched, in 2013, from the old analog transmission signals to the new digital transmissions. All very efficient and lovely sharp images and all that. Yet it was a little sad somehow on the last day the old system was turned off for good. Like saying goodbye to an old friend that had basically been hurled out into the cold, cold snow without even a nice farewell or acknowledgement of services performed.

Answer: Redress

If we redress a wrong, we have made it right again. We have made amends, or compensated, or made due recompense for some injury, injustice or mistake that we have done. The question is however whether this can ever really be the case. Better not to have made the wrong, if deliberate, in the first place.