Units 66-70

Question 1

reverent, revere

Answer 1

adj, expressing deep respect; worshipful

v

Question 2

riposte

Answer 2

n, retaliatory action or retort

Question 3

rococo

Answer 3

adj, excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in eighteenth-century Europe

Question 4

rubric

Answer 4

n, title or heading; category; established mode of procedure or conduct; protocol

Question 5

rue

Answer 5

v, to regret

Question 6

ruse

Answer 6

v, trick; crafty stratagem; subterfuge

Question 7

sage

Answer 7

adj, wise

n, a wise older person

Question 8

salacious

Answer 8

adj, lascivious; lustful

Question 9

salubrious

Answer 9

adj, healthful

Question 10

salutary

Answer 10

adj, expecting an improvement; favorable to health

Question 11

sanction

Answer 11

v, to approve; ratify, permit
n, approval; ratification; permission
n, penalization
v, to penalize

Question 12

sardonic

Answer 12

adj, cynical; scornfully mocking

Question 13

sartorial

Answer 13

adj, pertaining to tailors

Question 14

satiate

Answer 14

v, to satisfy

Question 15

saturate

Answer 15

v, to soak thoroughly; imbue throughout

Question 16

saturnine

Answer 16

adj, gloomy

Question 17

satyr

Answer 17

n, a creature that is half-man, half-beast with the horns and legs of a goat; it is a follower of Dionysos; a lecher

Question 18

savor

Answer 18

v, to enjoy; have a distinctive flavor or smell

Question 19

schematic

Answer 19

adj, relating to or in teh form of an outline or diagram

Question 20

secrete

Answer 20

v, produce and release substance into organsim

Question 21

sedition

Answer 21

n, behavior prompting rebellion

Question 22

sedulous

Answer 22

adj, diligent

Question 23

seismic

Answer 23

adj, relating to earthquakes; earthshaking

Question 24

sensual

Answer 24

adj, relating to the senses; gratifying the physical senses, especially sexual appetites

Question 25

sensuous

Answer 25

adj, relating to the senses; operating through the senses

Question 26

sentient, sentience

Answer 26

adj, aware; conscious; able to perceive

n

Question 27

servile

Answer 27

adj, submissive; obedient

Question 28

sextant

Answer 28

n, navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude

Question 29

shard

Answer 29

n, a piece of broken glass or pottery

Question 30

sidereal

Answer 30

adj, relating to the stars

Question 31

simian

Answer 31

adj, apelike; relating to apes

Question 32

simile

Answer 32

n, comparison of one thing with another using “like” or “as”

Question 33

sinecure

Answer 33

n, well-paying job or office that requires little or no work

Question 34

singular

Answer 34

adj, unique; extraordinary; odd

Question 35

sinuous

Answer 35

adj, winding; intricate; complex

Question 36

skeptic, skeptical

Answer 36

n, one who doubts

adj

Question 37

sobriety

Answer 37

n, seriousness

Question 38

sodden

Answer 38

adj, thoroughly soaked; saturated

Question 39

solicitous

Answer 39

adj, concerned; attentive; eager

Question 40

soliloquy

Answer 40

n, literary or dramatic speech by one character, no addressed to others

Question 41

solvent

Answer 41

adj, able to meet financial obligations

Question 42

somatic

Answer 42

adj, relating to or affecting the body; corporeal

Question 43

soporific

Answer 43

adj, sleep producing

Question 44

sordid

Answer 44

adj, filthy; contemptible and corrupt

Question 45

specious

Answer 45

adj, seeming to be logical and sound, but no really so

Question 46

spectrum

Answer 46

n, band of colors produced when sunlight passes through a prism; a broad range of related ideas or objects

Question 47

spendthrift

Answer 47

n, a person who spends money recklessly

adj, wasteful and extravagant

Question 48

sporadic

Answer 48

adj, irregular

Question 49

squalor

Answer 49

n, filthy, wretched condition

Question 50

staccato

Answer 50

adj, marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds