Revel-Synopsis Flashcards
revel
(v.) - to enjoy
rife
(adj.) - abundant
ruddy
(adj.) - having a healthy, reddish color
ruse
(n.) - a trick
rustic
(adj.) - relating to country life
saccharine
(adj.) - overly sweet
sacrosanct
(adj.) - sacred, holy
sagacious
(adj.) - shrewd, showing sound judgment
salient
(adj.) - significant, conspicuous
salutation
(n.) - a greeting
sanguine
(adj.) - cheery, optimistic, hopeful
sate
(v.) - to satisfy (an appetite) fully.
satiate
(v.) - to satisfy excessively
savor
(v.) - to appreciate fully, enjoy
scathing
(adj.) - hurtful, critical
scourge
(n.) - a plague
scurrilous
(adj.) - crude, vulgar
sedate
(v.) - to calm, soothe
sedentary
(adj.) - sitting
seer
(n.) - a fortune teller
seminal
(adj.) - original, ground-breaking
serendipity
(n.) - the act of finding things not sought, luck
slander
(n.) - a FALSE statement to damage the reputation of another
sobriety
(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