GRE_3000_List22 Flashcards
rivulet
a small stream
[E] Dream Rivulet Diary
[S] brook; brooklet;
roisterer
one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion
[E] the rowdy roisterers who fill the streets of New Orleans during Mardi Gras
[S] celebrator; reveler;
[A] killjoy
rookie
recruit; novice;
[E] The rookie replaced the injured regular at first base.
[S] apprentice; fledging neophyte;
[A] veteran;
roster
a roll or list of personal;
[E] the roster of subscribers to the journal
[S] catalog; checklist;menu;
rostrum
a stage for public speaking
[E] He finally stood on the winner’s rostrum.
[S] dais; lectern; podium; tribune;stage;
rubicund
inclined to a healthy rosiness
[E] A rubicund complexion indicates good health.
[S] blooming; florid; sanguine;
[A] ashen; pallid;
rue
the feeling of regret, remorse; [E] With rue my heart is laden. [S] contriteness; contrition; penitence; remorse; [A] impenitence; [P] rueful;
ruffle
1 a strip of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge;
[S] rumple; wrinkle;
[P]ruffled;
2 to destroy the smoothness or evenness of
[E] The acid ruffled the surface of the catalyst;
[S] abrade; chafe; erode;
[A] glaze;
3 to disturb the peace of mind of someone
[E] The stream of minor complaints finally ruffled him into snapping.
[S] annoy; itch;
[A] allay; mollify;
ruminate
to go over in mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly [E] ruminate the reason of past failures [S] cogitate; perpend; mediate; [A] ignore; overlook; [P] ruminative;
runic
having some secret meaning;
[E] painstaking efforts to decipher the runic inscriptions
[S] arcane; enigmatic; impenetrable;
[A] fathomable;
ruse
a wily subterfuge
[E] This is a ruse to divide them
[S] artifice; maneuver
sabotage
1 treacherous action to defeat or hinder a cause or an endeavor
[E] sabotage of the project by government officials
[S] damage; impairment
[A] assistance;
2 to practice sabotage on
[E] He sabotaged his opponent’s campion with rumors.
[S] disrupt; frustrate;
[A] assist;
saccharine
1 of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar
[E] a powdery substance with a saccharine taste
[S] sugary
[A] bitter
2 appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way
[E] The movie was funny, but it had a saccharine ending in which everyone lives happily ever after.
[S] fruity; maudlin;
[A] unsentimental;
sacrilege
desecration; profanation; misuse; or theft of something sacred;
[E] To play Mozart’s music on a kazoo is sacrilege.
[S] blasphemy; defilement; irreverence;impiety;
[A] adoration; glorification; respect;
[P] sacrilegious;
salient
standing out conspicuously [E] The most salient feature of the book is its papyrus cover. [S] conspicuous; prominent; [A] unnoticeable; [P] salience;
salutary
1 beneficial; promoting health [E] salutary exercise [S] good; healthy; restorative; [A] debilitating; deleterious; 2 promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being [E] The low interest rates should have a salutary effect on business. [S] advantageous; beneficent [A] bad; unprofitable;
sanctimonious
hypocritically pious or devout
[E] a sicking sanctimonious smile
[S] canting; deceiving; hypocritical’
[A] devout; pious
sand
to make smooth by friction
[E] be sure to sand before you paint the shelf
[S] buff; file; hone; rasp; rub
sap
1 to weaken or exhaust the energy or vitality of
[E] Weeks of hard work had sapped him and left him exhausted.
[S] debilitate; devitalize;etiolate; prostrate;
[A] bolster; invigorate;
2 active strength of body or mind
[E] a child full of sap and vivacity
[S] dynamism; esprit;
[A] lethargy; torpidity;
sartorial
of,or relating to a tailer or tailored clothes
[E] poor sartorial taste
riveting
wholly absorbing or engrossing one’s attention
[E] The riveting novel has, as previously expected, become a national best-seller.
[S] absorbing; arresting; enthralling;
[A] insipid; vapid; monotonous;
saunter
travel by foot for exercise or pleasure
[E] saunter slowly down the street
[S] amble; ramble; range;
savant
a person of learning
[E] a savant in the field of medical ethics
[S] pundit; scholar;
[A] unlearned person
scads
a large number
[E] scads of people showed up for the party
[S] abundance; profusion;
[A] paucity;
scathing
marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings
[E] a scathing review of the book
[S] acerbic; snarky;
[A] polite;
schism
a lack of agreement
[E] a schism between political parties
[S] conflict; dissidence;dissonance;
[A] accord;
scintillate
to emit sparks
[E] diamond ring scintillate in the sunlight
[S] gleam; glister;
[A] scintillating;
scion
descendent; child
[E] scion of a railroad empire
[S] ancestor
scission
a division or split in a group or union; schism
[E] The scission of the labor union will compromise the worker’s bargaining power.
[S] bifurcation; cleavage; schism;
[A] unification;
scotch
too put an end to
[E] The prime minister scotched the rumors of her illness.
[S] hinder; thwart;
scour
1 to clean; polish; or wash by scrubbing vigorously;
2 to look through carefully or thoroughly i nan effort to find or discover something
[E] The police scoured the city for the criminal.
[S] comb; ransack; rummage;
scowl
to contact the brow in an expression of displeasure
[E] scowl down at the misbehaving child
[S] frown; pout; gloom;
[A] beam; grin;
scrappy
having an aggressive and determined spirit
[E] She was a scrappy girl despite–or, perhaps, because of– her small size.
[S] aggressive; pugnacious;
[A] nonaggressive; pacific;
scrupulous
1 guided by or in accordance with one’s sense of right and wrong
[E] Less scrupulous companies find ways to evade the law.
[S] conscionable; ethical;
[A] cutthroat; dishonest;
2 taking, showing or involving great care and effort
[E] The task requires scrupulous attention to detail
[S] conscientious;
scrutable
capable of being understood through study and observation;
[E] Her machinations and motives are all too scrutable to us who know her.
[S] accessible; apprehensible; fathomable;legible;
[A] mysterious; incoherent;
scurrilous
given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive languge
[E] scurrilous attacks on the senator
[S] contumelious; invective;
scurvy
mean; contemptible;
[E] She was beset by a whole scurvy swarm of con artists.
[S] deplorable;despicable;
[A] admirable; meritorious;
seamy
sordid; base
[E] the seamy side of urban life
[S] sordid; base;
[A] decent;
secluded
screened or hidden from view
[E] secluded monks
[S] cloistered; covert;
sedate
free from emotional or mental agitation
[E] She remained sedate under pressure
[S] collected; composed; unperturbed;
[A] agitated; discomposed;
sedulous
involving or accomplished with careful perseverance
[E] a sedulous student
[S] assiduous; industrious;
[A] idle; inactive;
seminal
1 containing or contributing the seeds of later development
[A] hamper further development
2 of, or relating to, or having the power to originate; creative;
[E] a seminal novel;
[A] derivative;
sentinel
a person or group that watches over someone or something
[E] a lone sentinel kept watch over the fort
[S] custodian; guardian; keeper; sentry;
sepulchral
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer; funeral;
[E] The decrepit mansion had a sepulchral tone that gave everybody a chill.
[S] depressing; desolate; tenebrous;
[A] merry; cordial;
sequela
a secondary consequence or result
[A] precursor;
sequester
1 to set apart; [E] sequester a jury; [S] insulate; seclude; segregate; [A] desegregate; reintegrate; 2 to cause to withdraw into seclusion [E] She was sequestered in her room.
serendipity
the faculty of making fortune discoveries by accident
[E] The found each other by pure serendipity.
serpentine
winding or turning one way and another
[E] The country inn lies at the end of a rather serpentine road.
[S] curved; devious; sinuous; tortuous;
[A] direct;
serried
having little space between items or parts
[E] Flowers came up every spring in their serried ranks.
[S] compact; dense;
[A] airy; loose;
serrate
notched or toothed on the edge
[E] a serrate leaf
[A] without notches, smooth
servile
meanly or cravenly submissive; abject;
[E] He had always maintained a servile attitude around people with money;
[S] base; humble; menial;
shackle
1 to deprive of freedom especially of action by means of restrictions or handicaps
[E] unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house
[S] chain; fetter; trammel;
[A] loose; emancipate; unfetter;
2 to create difficulty for the work or activity of
[E] shackled by poverty and ignorance
[S] clog; fetter; stymie; trammel; encumber;
[A] aid; facilitate;
sham
1 the quality of deceitfulness; empty pretense;
[E] condemned the rigged election as a total sham
[A] debunk
2 to pretense a false appearance of
[E] shaming a most unconvincing limp just to get sympathy
[S] counterfeit; simulate;
3 not genuine; fake;
[E] street vendors selling sham designer handbags to gullible tourists
[S] bogus; phony;
[A] genuine;
