2/13/23 Flashcards
retract
withdraw
revel
to enjoy
revere
to esteem
revoke
to take back
rhapsodize
speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm and delight
rife
abundant
ruminate
to contemplate
ruse
a trick
saccharine
sickeningly sweet
sacrosanct
holy
sagacity
soundness of perspective
salutation
a greeting
salve
a soothing balm
sanctimonious
giving a hypocritical appearance of piety
sanguine
optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation
satiate
satisfied to the full
scathing
hurtful
scintillating
sparkling
scrupulous
care
scurrilous
vulgar
sedentary
settled
semaphore
a system of sending messages by holding the arms or two flags or poles in certain positions according to an alphabetic code
seminal
strongly influencing later developments
sensual
involving sensory gratification, usually related to sex
sensuous
involving sensory gratification