Word List S

Question 1

Saboteur (n.)

Answer 1

one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property. Members of the Resistance acted as saboteurs, blowing up train lines to prevent supplies from reaching the Nazi army.

Question 2

Saccharine (adj.)

Answer 2

cloyingly sweet. She tried to ingratiate herself, speaking sweetly and smiling a saccharine smile.

Question 3

Sacrilegious (adj.)

Answer 3

desecrating; profane. His stealing of the altar cloth was a very sacrilegious act.

Question 4

Sacrosanct (adj.)

Answer 4

most sacred; inviolable. The brash insurance salesman invaded the sacrosanct privacy of the office of the president of the company.

Question 5

Sadistic (adj.)

Answer 5

Inclined to cruelty. If we are to improve conditions in this prison we must first get rid of the sadistic warden.