16 Flashcards
sanguine
optimistic
satiated
fully satisfied
savvy
well-informed; sharp; experienced
scrupulous
exact, careful
scurrilous
vulgar, coarse
secrete
produce and release substance
semaphore
a visual signal
sentiment
feeling or emotion
solicitous
showing concern or care
spartan
marked by simplicity and lack of luxury
spurious
false, fake
squalid
filthy, wretched
staid
unemotional; serious
stolid
unemotional
subjugate
to conquer by force, bring under complete control
surfeit
excess
surmount
to overcome, rise above
tangential
(adj) only slightly relevant, going off topic
teeming
overfilled; crowded; pouring out
tirade
(n.) a long, angry speech, usually very critical
travesty
a bad imitation of
trenchant
sharply effective or insightful
trite
overused
truculent
(adj.) fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly
ubiquitous
present or existing everywhere
umbrage
offense; resentment
undermine
to weaken
underscore
to emphasize
undulate
(v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
unilateral
(adj.) - having only one side