R and S Lists Vocabulary

Question 1

a person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way; good storyteller

Answer 1

raconteur

Question 2

items that have been discarded as worthless

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rejectamenta

Question 3

referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irrelevant way; little too vulgar

Answer 3

ribald

Question 4

such as to provoke laughter

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risible

Question 5

make (a liquid) turbid or muddy by disturbing the sediment

Answer 5

roil

Question 6

novel in which real people or actual events figure under disguise

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roman a clef

Question 7

naïve, inexperienced person; awkward, unsophisticated person

Answer 7

rube

Question 8

period of life when someone is young and doesn’t have much experience

Answer 8

salad days

Question 9

heterogeneous mixture

Answer 9

salmagundi

Question 10

sudden burst; spirited attack; series of shots by artillery released all at once

Answer 10

salvo

Question 11

of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes; of or relating to clothes (male)

Answer 11

sartorial

Question 12

capacity for appropriate action; polished sureness in social behavior

Answer 12

savoir-faire

Question 13

a glorious 17th century term of contempt for a dirty, wretched slob

Answer 13

slubberdegullion

Question 14

descriptive name or epithet; nickname

Answer 14

sobriquet

Question 15

a person who believes that only he exists in the world; an extremely self-centered person

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solipsist

Question 16

of illegitimate birth; outwardly similar or corresponding to something w/out having its genuine qualities

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spurious

Question 17

extremely loud

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stentorian

Question 18

extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding

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Styguan

Question 19

to bring under control and governance as a subject; to make submissive

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subjugate

Question 20

coolly and patronizing

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supercilious

Question 21

farewell appearance or final act or pronouncement

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swan song

Question 22

sensualist; luxurious, voluptuary

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sybaritic