Revel-Synopsis Flashcards by Jonathan Schaefer

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revel

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(v.) - to enjoy

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rife

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(adj.) - abundant

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ruddy

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(adj.) - having a healthy, reddish color

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ruse

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(n.) - a trick

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rustic

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(adj.) - relating to country life

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saccharine

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(adj.) - overly sweet

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sacrosanct

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(adj.) - sacred, holy

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sagacious

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(adj.) - shrewd, showing sound judgment

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salient

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(adj.) - significant, conspicuous

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salutation

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(n.) - a greeting

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sanguine

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(adj.) - cheery, optimistic, hopeful

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sate

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(v.) - to satisfy (an appetite) fully.

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satiate

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(v.) - to satisfy excessively

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savor

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(v.) - to appreciate fully, enjoy

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scathing

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(adj.) - hurtful, critical

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scourge

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(n.) - a plague

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scurrilous

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(adj.) - crude, vulgar

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sedate

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(v.) - to calm, soothe

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sedentary

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(adj.) - sitting

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seer

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(n.) - a fortune teller

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seminal

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(adj.) - original, ground-breaking

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serendipity

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(n.) - the act of finding things not sought, luck

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slander

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(n.) - a FALSE statement to damage the reputation of another

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sobriety

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(n.) - moderation from excess, calm, tranquility

somnolent

(adj.) - sleepy

soothsayer

(n.) - a fortune teller

sordid

(adj.) - dirty

spectral

(adj.) - ghostly

spurious

(adj.) - not being what it purports to be; false or fake

stagnant

(adj.) - still, not flowing

stagnate

(v.) - to be idle, to be still

static

(adj.) - not moving, being at rest

steadfast

(adj.) - fixed or unchanging

strenuous

(adj.) - requiring tremendous strength or energy

strife

(n.) - conflict

stupefy

(v.) - to astound

submissive

(adj.) - easily yielding to authority

subsist

(v.) - to live, exist

succinct

(adj.) - marked by compact precision

suffice

(v.) - to meet needs

supplant

(v.) - to displace and substitute for another

surfeit

(n.) - an excess, a surplus, an overabundance

surmise

(v.) - to guess, infer, suppose

surreptitious

(adj.) - done in a secret, or stealthy way

swarthy

(adj.) - of dark color or complexion

sybarite

(n.) - someone devoted to pleasure and luxury, a voluptuary

sycophant

(n.) - a self-serving flatterer

sympathetic

(adj.) - compassionate

sympathy

(n.) - an expression of pity for another, compassion

synopsis

(n.) - a summary