Vocab day 5 part 1

Question 1

staccato

Answer 1

related to music, where every note is separate from other

Question 2

squalor

Answer 2

flithy, bad condition, wretched condition
the family lives in a squalor neighbourhood
syn: squalid

Question 3

Sporadic

Answer 3

occationally, infrequent, irregular

Question 4

spendthrift

Answer 4

a person who spends money recklessly

Question 5

spectrum

Answer 5

broad range

Question 6

specious

Answer 6

plausible but false

syn: fallacious

Question 7

sordid

Answer 7

1. dishonest actions/motives
2. squalor, squalid

“sordid house” / “ sordid deal”

Question 8

soporific

Answer 8

sleep producing, drowsiness.

Question 9

somatic

Answer 9

referring to the body without the relation of the mind, corpse, corporeal, physical, pathalogical, etc

Question 10

solvent

Answer 10

able to pay one’s own debts

Question 11

soliloquy

Answer 11

monologue, speaking to oneself with no regards to others.

Question 12

solicitous

Different from solicit and solicitor

Answer 12

eager, concerned, attentive
a characteristic of a person, who shows eager attentiveness towards others.

Solicit - to ask for, to request
He solicited help

Solicitor - a lawyer
Lawyer does all the legal things for a person but doesn’t actually represent in court.

Solicitous - show concern, to be eager to know if people are okay and have everything they need.

Question 13

sodden

Answer 13

thoroughly soaked; saturated

sodden field makes it difficult to play on it.

Question 14

sobreity

Answer 14

seriousness

Question 15

skeptic

Answer 15

one who had doubts, wary, cautious

Question 16

sinuous

Answer 16

having many turns and curve

syn: tortuous, convoluted

Question 17

singular

Answer 17

unique, extraordinary, odd

Question 18

sinecure

Answer 18

well paying jobs that require little to no work

Question 19

simile

Answer 19

its a figure of speech, simile. similarities, like comparison using words such as “like and such as”

Question 20

simian

Answer 20

apelike,

simian person: is a wild ape like person with no manners.

Question 21

sedulous

Answer 21

diligent, hard working

Question 22

seismic

Answer 22

earthshaking

Question 23

sensual

Answer 23

relating to senses

Question 24

sensuous

Answer 24

relating to senses

Question 25

sentient

Answer 25

aware, conscious

Question 26

shard

Answer 26

a piece of broken glass or pottery

Question 27

sidereal

Answer 27

relating to the stars

Question 28

sextant

Answer 28

device measureing longitude and latitude

Question 29

servile

Answer 29

submissive , obidient

Question 30

sedition

Answer 30

kind of behaviour that arousing a rebellion

Question 31

sanction

Answer 31

to approve, ratify, permit

Question 32

sardonic

Answer 32

cynical, mocking in a belittling kind of way

Question 33

sartorial

Answer 33

pertaining to tailor

Question 34

satiate

Answer 34

to statisfy

Question 35

saturate

Answer 35

to soak throughly

Question 36

saturnine

Answer 36

gloomy. (saturn - ine : gloomy dark)

Question 37

satyr

Answer 37

a creature

Question 38

savor

Answer 38

to enjoy fully

Question 39

schematic

Answer 39

pertaining to diagram

Question 40

secrete

Answer 40

produce and release substane into organism

Question 41

reverent

Answer 41

expressing deep respect

Question 42

rococo

Answer 42

embellished, ornate

Question 43

rubric

Answer 43

1. a heading on a document.

2. a set of instructions

Question 44

rue

Answer 44

regret, bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone.
“Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer”

Question 45

ruse

Answer 45

trick: crafty

Question 46

sage

Answer 46

wise

Question 47

salacious

Answer 47

lustful / lascivious

Question 48

salubrious

Answer 48

healthful

Question 49

salutary

Answer 49

expecting an improvement specially in heath

Question 50

riposte

Answer 50

retaliatory action, a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism, counter attack.

” He pushed me and i riposte him back”
“ I criticised him and he riposted back”