Word List 26 Flashcards
Rotundity
n. roundness; sonorousness of speech
Rubicund
adj. having a healthy reddish color; ruddy; florid
Rudimentary
adj. not developed; elementary
Rueful
adj. regretful; sorrowful; dejected
Ruminate
v. chew the cud; ponder
Rummage
v. ransack; thoroughly search
rusticate
v. banish to the country; dwell in the country
sacerdotal
adj. priestly
sacrilegious
adj. desecrating; profane
sacrosanct
adj. most sacred; inviolable
saga
n. scandinavian myth; any legend
sagacious
adj. keen; shrewd; having insight
salient
adj. prominent
saline
adj. salty
sallow
adj. yellowish; sickly in color
salubrious
adj. healthful
salutary
adj. tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome
sangfroid
n. coolness in a trying situation
sanguinary
adj. bloody
sapid
adj. savory; tasty; relishable
sapient
adj. wise; shrewd
sardonic
adj. disdainful; sarcastic; cynical
sate
v. satisfy to the full; cloy
satiety
n. condition of being crammed full; glutted state; repletion
saturnine
adj. gloomy
saunter
v. stroll slowly
savant
n. scholar
savoir faire
n. tact; poise;sophistication
schism
n. division; split
scintilla
n. shred; least bit
scintillate
v. sparkle; flash
scion
n. offspring
scourge
n. lash; whip; severe punishment
scrupulous
adj. conscientious; extremely thorough
scullion
n. menial kitchen worker
scurrilous
adj. obscene; indecent
scuttle
v. sink
sebaceous
adj. oily; fatty
secession
n. withdrawal
secular
adj. worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal
sedate
adj. composed; grave
sedentary
adj. requiring sitting
sedulous
adj. diligent
seine
n. net for catching fish
semblance
n. outward appearance; guise
sententious
adj. terse; concise; aphoristic
sepulcher
n. tomb
sequester
v. retire from public life; segregate; seclude
serendipity
n. gift for finding valuable things not searched for
servile
adj. slavish; cringing
severance
n. division; partition; separation
sheathe
v. place into a case
shibboleth
n. watchword; slogan
shoal
n. shallow place
sidereal
adj. relating to the stars