Now your brain will never reject that the meaning of the prefix re- is âbackâ or âagain.â Reflect upon re-, and your vocabulary prowess will never regress! 1  reject: throw âbackâ. 2  recede: move âbackâ.  reduce: lead âbackâ.
1 Rattlesnakes rattle by shaking the rings at the end of their tails. 2  Water moccasins' mouths have a white, cottony lining.  Coral snakes have red, yellow and black rings along the length of their bodies.
rattler - pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken. rattlesnake. Crotalidae, family Crotalidae - New World vipers: pit vipers. pit viper - New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head. rattle - loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail. Crotalus adamanteus, diamondback, diamondback rattlesnake - large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings.