Week 22 Flashcards
Scandal, n.
A circumstance or action that offends propriety or established moral conceptions or disgraces those associated with it.
Scarce, adj.
Not plentiful or abundant.
Scientific, adj.
Concerned with or treating of a branch or department of systematized knowledge that is or can be made a specific object or study.
Scissors, n.
Cutting implement consisting of two blades joined by a swivel pin that allows the cutting edges to be opened and closed.
Scrimmage, n.
Practice play between a team’s various squads.
Scroll, n.
A long strip used as the body of a written document and often having a rod or rods for convenience in rolling and storing.
Sculpture, n.
The art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal.
Scythe, n.
An implement consisting of a long, curved single-edged blade with a long bent handle, used for mowing or reaping.
Seasonably, adj.
Appropriate to the time or the season.
Secession, n.
Formal withdrawal from an organization (as a religious communion or political party or federation).
Sedentary, adj.
Characterized by or requiring much sitting; staying in one area.
Seizure, n.
A sudden attack (as of a disease or sickness).
Seldom, adv.
On only a few occasions; infrequently; not often.
Selectivity, n.
The state or quality of being selective.
Sentimental, adj.
Arising from or colored by emotion rather than reason.
Separate, v.
To set or keep apart; disunite.
Sequel, n.
Continuation, especially a literary work continuing the course of a narrative begun in a preceding one.
Session, n.
A period of time devoted to a specific activity.
Shackle, v.
To confine the limbs of so as to prevent free motion.
Sheriff, n.
A county officer who is usually elected by the people of the county and has the duty of preserving the peace.
Shriek, n.
A shrill, usually wild or involuntary cry.
Siege, n.
The operations of an army around a fortified place for the purpose of compelling its surrender by assault or blockade.
Signature, n.
One’s name as written by oneself.
Skittish, adj.
Very nervous.
Sophomore, n.
A student in his second year or with second-year standing at a college.
Spacious, adj.
Generous or large in area or extent; roomy.
Species, n.
A class of individuals or objects grouped by virtue of their common attributes and assigned a common name.
Spectrum, n.
A series of images formed when a beam of light is subjected to dispersion.
Spiritual, adj.
Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not tangible or material.
Stable, adj.
Unchanging and permanent.
