Word List 8 S-Z

Question 1

sanguine

Answer 1

optimistic, cheerful

Question 2

scuttle

Answer 2

to sink a ship by cutting hoes in it

Question 3

seismologist

Answer 3

one who studies earthquakes

Question 4

sentinel

Answer 4

a guard

Question 5

slough

Answer 5

1. a swamp, muddy hole

2. to shed

Question 6

snuff

Answer 6

1. tobacco inhaled through the nose

2. to extinguish

Question 7

somnambulist

Answer 7

sleepwalker

Question 8

spurn

Answer 8

to reject openly

Question 9

staid

Answer 9

serious

Question 10

stoop

Answer 10

to bend over

Question 11

stupor

Answer 11

a state of shock or dulled sense

Question 12

subsist

Answer 12

to survive barely

Question 13

succulent

Answer 13

juicy

Question 14

summit

Answer 14

highest point, top

Question 15

supersede

Answer 15

to replace

Question 16

supplicant

Answer 16

beggar

Question 17

tantamount

Answer 17

equivalent

Question 18

teeming

Answer 18

overflowing

Question 19

tenuous

Answer 19

weak, poorly supported, thin

Question 20

tidings

Answer 20

news

Question 21

tome

Answer 21

a long book

Question 22

tractable

Answer 22

easily managed, obedient

Question 23

trite

Answer 23

stale, unoriginal, cliched, overused

Question 24

unrepentant

Answer 24

not sorry, having no regret

Question 25

urbane

Answer 25

polite, elegantly mannered

Question 26

variegated

Answer 26

1. multi-colored

2. various, diverse

Question 27

vogue

Answer 27

fashion, trend

Question 28

vouchsafe

Answer 28

1. to give graciously, to grant a special favor

2. to reply

Question 29

wanderlust

Answer 29

love to travel

Question 30

wayward

Answer 30

going against society’s expectations

Question 31

whet

Answer 31

1. to sharpen

2. to excite, to stimulate