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.
