Fourth Flashcards
Epicure
A person with refined taste in food and wine
Ephemeral
Lasting a short time
Equivocate
To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
Ersatz
Fake
Erudite
Learned; scholarly; bookish
Eschew
To shun; to avoid ( as something wrong or distasteful)
Ethos
The beliefs or characteristics of a group
Eulogy
A speech in praise of someone
Euphemism
Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place if a more distasteful one
Zealot
Someone passionately devoted to a cause
Satiate
Say shee ate
To satisfy fully or overindulge
Scintilla
Trace amount
Sedition
Behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state
Sentient
Aware, conscious, able to perceive
Seraphic
Angelic; sweet
Sinecure
A well paying job or office that requires little or no work
Slake
To calm down or moderate
Sobriquet
Nickname
Solecism
Grammatical mistake
Soporific
Causing sleep or lethargy
Spartan
Highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere