229 Flashcards
Serendipity
(N)
Gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck.
Hint:,” dipity” dipity doo dah I found a penny!
Sequester
(V)
Isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude.
Hint: sequester = Sylvester : Sylvester was always isolated and secluded so that he wouldn’t eat tweety bird
Serenity
(N)
Calmness; placidity
Sweet serenity. Sanctuary feel
Serpentine
(Adj)
Winding, twisting,
Serpents or snakes twist and wind around the neck to finish kill
Servile
(Adj)
Slavish, cringing
Hint: slavish servants servile
Servitude
(N)
Slavery, compulsory labor
Hint: serve me!
Sever
(V)
Cut, separate
Hint: that’s a severe cut
Severity
(N)
Harshness, intensity, sternness, austerity
Hint: severity rhymes with intensity
Shackle
(V)
Chain, fetter.
He brakes the chains and shackles on my feet
Sham
(V)
Pretend
Sham = scam. Scamming to pretend to be the president
Shambles
(N)
Wreck, mess
The Endurance was in shambles due to the storm
Shard
(N)
Fragment, generally of pottery.
The shard of glass fell into her eye
