R And S Flashcards
Rapacious
Unable to be satisfied/ always greedy
Receptive
Open to receive things , often ideas
Redress
To fix a situation where someone has been wronged (mazloom)
Reluctant
Hesitant but doesn’t wanna do it
Remonstrate
To speak out against something strongly
Repression
Holding something down, especially ideas and movements
Reverence
Showing great respect or deep appreciation for something
Rhetoric
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing. (Yelling or tricking even)
Sanction
Either officially approving / allowing something, or a penalty for something bad
Scuttling
Moving very quickly with tiny (often not smooth) steps
Sentiment
How u feel or what u say about something that occurred
Sentinel
A soldier who’s job is to watch something
Sequence
Order
Shingled
Layered to look like a roof or a women’s hair cut
Sluggish
Slow moving
Squalid
A place’ that is extremely dirty and u pleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect
Squelch
The sound the word makes. Like if u pulled ur leg out of the mud or stepped on a slug
Stagnate
To stop moving forward but generally not physically. (Paused)
Stewardship
The act of taking care of something
Stupefied
To be made temporarily stupid. Happens when something really sudden or unexpected occurs
Subjugate
To put a person or group under your total control. (A negative thing)
Subordinate
Lower in status
Subsequent
After something else
Substantial
An important size or amount of
Supplemental
Adds something unnecessary , but helpful.
Sustenance
What sustains a person. Often as food
Swayed
To move slightly back and forth physically, and figuratively may mean changing opinions slightly
Sullen
To be grumpy and unenthusiastic, a type of mood where u do things only under protest
Tactile
Sense of touch , a tactile sensation is a sensation of being touched in some way
