S Flashcards
Sacrosanct
must be kept sacred
Sadistic
cruel
Sagacious
having sound judgment; perceptive; wise like a sage
Salacious
having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters
Salubrious
health-giving; healthy.
Salutary
- remedial; wholesome;
- causing improvement
Salvage
the saving of property from loss
Sanctimony
self-righteousness hypocritical with false piety
Sanction
- approval (by authority)
- penalty
Sanguine
optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.
Sanity
health of mind; soundness of judgment
Sardonic
Grimly mocking or cynical.
Sartorial
relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress.
Sash
long strip worn round the waist
Sate
fill to contentment
Satiate
satisfy fully
Saturnine
gloomy; dark; sullen; morose
Savant
person of great talent
Savor
taste; flavor something
Sawdust
tiny bits of wood
Scabbard
a sheath for the blade of a sword or dagger, typically made of leather or metal
Scalding
hot enough to boil
Scanty
small or insufficient in quantity or amount.
Scathe
harm; injure.
Scattered
lacking order/continuity
Scent
smell (especially pleasant)
Schism
a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.
Scintillating
brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful.
Scorch
- become discolored
- dry up
- go at high speed
Scornful
feeling or expressing contempt or derision.
Scribble
write hastily
Scrupulous
adhering strictly to standards of ethics or morality; punctilious.
Scrutinize
adhering strictly to standards of ethics or morality; punctilious.
Scrutinize
examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.
Scuffle
to take part in a brief, confused fight among a few people.
Scurvy
mean; contemptible
Secondhand
previously used or owned by another; derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand; adv. by indirect means
Secular
denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis
Seductive
tending to entice into a desired action or state
Sedulous
marked by care and persistent effort
Self-evident
evident without proof or argument
Self-indulgence
excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
Self-righteous
having or characterized by a certainty, especially an unfounded one, that one is totally correct or morally superior.
Self-serving
interested only in yourself
Seminal
(of a work, event, moment, or figure) strongly influencing later developments
Senescence
condition or process of deterioration with age - ageing
Sensational
causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion; relating to or concerned in sensation; commanding attention
Sententious
given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner
Sequence
succession; connected line of
Sere
make hard and without feeling
Serendipity
the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
Sermon
- a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible
- a long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture
Serration
having a toothed edge
Serve
- (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play;
- verb: do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function;
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
Servile
- like a slave;
- lacking independence
Sever
break off
Severance
the action of ending a connection or relationship
Severe
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;
Shallow
little depth; not earnest
Shallow
little depth; not earnest
Shallowness
the quality of lacking physical depth; lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
Sham
an imitation that is passed as genuine; counterfeit.
Shard
a piece of broken pottery
Shatter
break into many pieces
Sheath
cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
Shirk
avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
Shortsightedness
a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
Showcase
a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect; a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
Showy
displaying brilliance and virtuosity; marked by ostentation but often tasteless; (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
Shrewd
having or showing sharp powers of judgement; astute.
Shrill
having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
Shuck
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Shun
keep away from; avoid
Shunt
a conductor diverting a fraction of current from a device
Sidereal
of our w/ respect to the stars
Sidestep
step to one side
Sift
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; move as if through a sieve;
- distinguish and separate out; check and sort carefully
Simper
smile in an insincere, unnatural, or coy way
Simpleminded
having or showing very little intelligence or judgment.
Simpleton
a person lacking intelligence or common sense
Simultaneity
happening or existing or done at the same time
Singular
- being a single and separate person or thing;
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; unusual or striking;
- noun: the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
Sinister
wicked, evil, or dishonorable
Sinuous
winding; undulating serpentine
Sip
drink (something) by taking small mouthfuls
Skeptic (adj. Skeptical)
a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions.
Sketchy
giving only major points; lacking completeness
Skiff
a small boat propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
Skit
short piece of humorous writing
Skittish
nervous or excitable; easily scared
Slack
not tense or taut
Slake
to assuage; to satisfy; allay
Slate
- kind of blue-grey stone
- propose criticize
Slavishly
in a servile or submissive manner.
Slighted
insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention.
Sloppy
lacking neatness or order