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Words 4000 - 4200 Flashcards

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rhapsody

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noun

Rapt or rapturous utterance

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rhetoric

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noun

The art of discourse

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rhetorician

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noun

A showy writer or speaker.

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ribald

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adjective

Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity

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rigmarole

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noun

Nonsense

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risible

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adjective

capable of exciting laughter

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rivulet

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noun

A small stream or brook

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rondo

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noun

A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times

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rookery

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noun

A place where crows congregate to breed.

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rustic

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adjective

Characteristic of dwelling in the country

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ruth

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noun

Sorrow for another’s misery

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sacrilege

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noun

The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.

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sacrilegious

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adjective

Impious

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salacious

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adjective

Having strong sexual desires

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salutary

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adjective

Beneficial

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salvo

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noun

A salute given by firing all the guns as at the funeral of an officer

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sanctimonious

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adjective

Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety.

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sanguinary

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adjective

bloody

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sanguine

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adjective

Having the colour of blood.

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sanguineous

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adjective

Consisting of blood.

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sapid

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adjective

Affecting the sense of taste.

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sapience

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noun

Deep wisdom or knowledge

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saponaceous

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adjective

Having the nature or quality of soap.

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sarcophagus

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noun

A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb.

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satiric

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adjective

Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity or corruption is held up to ridicule

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satyr

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noun

A very lascivious person.

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scintilla

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noun

The faintest ray

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scintillate

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verb

To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light.

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scoundrel

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noun

A man without principle.

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scruple

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noun

Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty.

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scrupulous

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adjective

Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong.

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scurrilous

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adjective

Grossly indecent or vulgar.

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scuttle

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verb

To sink a ship by making holes in the bottom

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scythe

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noun

A long curbed blade for mowing, reaping etc.

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seance

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noun

A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits.

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secede

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verb

To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body.

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secession

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noun

Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies.

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sedate

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adjective

Even-tempered.

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sedulous

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adjective

Persevering in effort or endeavor.

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seminary

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noun

A special school, as of theology or pedagogics.

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sentinel

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noun

Any guard or watch stationed for protection.

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sepulcher

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noun

A burial-place.

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sequester

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verb

To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life.

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sequestrate

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verb

To confiscate.

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sergeant-major

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noun

The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment.

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sextet

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noun

A band of six singers or players.

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sextuple

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adjective

Multiplied by six.

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sibilance

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noun

A hissing sound.

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sibilant

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adjective

Made with a hissing sound.

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sibilate

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verb

To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s.

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sidereal

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adjective

Pertaining to stars or constellations.

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signification

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noun

The meaning conveyed by language, actions or signs.

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sinecure

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noun

Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.

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sinuosity

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noun

The quality of curving in and out.

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sinuous

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adjective

Curving in and out.

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siren

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noun

A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla.

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sirocco

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noun

Hot winds from Africa.

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skiff

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noun

Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars

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skirmish

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noun

Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.

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sleight

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noun

A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation.

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