Words 4000 - 4200 Flashcards
rhapsody
noun
Rapt or rapturous utterance
rhetoric
noun
The art of discourse
rhetorician
noun
A showy writer or speaker.
ribald
adjective
Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity
rigmarole
noun
Nonsense
risible
adjective
capable of exciting laughter
rivulet
noun
A small stream or brook
rondo
noun
A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times
rookery
noun
A place where crows congregate to breed.
rustic
adjective
Characteristic of dwelling in the country
ruth
noun
Sorrow for another’s misery
sacrilege
noun
The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.
sacrilegious
adjective
Impious
salacious
adjective
Having strong sexual desires
salutary
adjective
Beneficial
salvo
noun
A salute given by firing all the guns as at the funeral of an officer
sanctimonious
adjective
Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety.
sanguinary
adjective
bloody
sanguine
adjective
Having the colour of blood.
sanguineous
adjective
Consisting of blood.
sapid
adjective
Affecting the sense of taste.
sapience
noun
Deep wisdom or knowledge
saponaceous
adjective
Having the nature or quality of soap.
sarcophagus
noun
A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb.
satiric
adjective
Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity or corruption is held up to ridicule
satyr
noun
A very lascivious person.
scintilla
noun
The faintest ray
scintillate
verb
To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light.
scoundrel
noun
A man without principle.
scruple
noun
Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty.
scrupulous
adjective
Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong.
scurrilous
adjective
Grossly indecent or vulgar.
scuttle
verb
To sink a ship by making holes in the bottom
scythe
noun
A long curbed blade for mowing, reaping etc.
seance
noun
A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits.
secede
verb
To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body.
secession
noun
Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies.
sedate
adjective
Even-tempered.
sedulous
adjective
Persevering in effort or endeavor.
seminary
noun
A special school, as of theology or pedagogics.
sentinel
noun
Any guard or watch stationed for protection.
sepulcher
noun
A burial-place.
sequester
verb
To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life.
sequestrate
verb
To confiscate.
sergeant-major
noun
The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment.
sextet
noun
A band of six singers or players.
sextuple
adjective
Multiplied by six.
sibilance
noun
A hissing sound.
sibilant
adjective
Made with a hissing sound.
sibilate
verb
To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s.
sidereal
adjective
Pertaining to stars or constellations.
signification
noun
The meaning conveyed by language, actions or signs.
sinecure
noun
Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.
sinuosity
noun
The quality of curving in and out.
sinuous
adjective
Curving in and out.
siren
noun
A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla.
sirocco
noun
Hot winds from Africa.
skiff
noun
Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars
skirmish
noun
Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.
sleight
noun
A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation.
