Word List 26 Flashcards by Angela Reyes

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Rotundity

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n. roundness; sonorousness of speech

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Rubicund

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adj. having a healthy reddish color; ruddy; florid

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Rudimentary

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adj. not developed; elementary

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Rueful

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adj. regretful; sorrowful; dejected

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Ruminate

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v. chew the cud; ponder

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Rummage

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v. ransack; thoroughly search

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rusticate

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v. banish to the country; dwell in the country

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sacerdotal

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adj. priestly

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sacrilegious

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adj. desecrating; profane

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sacrosanct

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adj. most sacred; inviolable

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saga

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n. scandinavian myth; any legend

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sagacious

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adj. keen; shrewd; having insight

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salient

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adj. prominent

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saline

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adj. salty

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sallow

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adj. yellowish; sickly in color

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salubrious

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adj. healthful

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salutary

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adj. tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome

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sangfroid

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n. coolness in a trying situation

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sanguinary

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adj. bloody

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sapid

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adj. savory; tasty; relishable

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sapient

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adj. wise; shrewd

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sardonic

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adj. disdainful; sarcastic; cynical

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sate

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v. satisfy to the full; cloy

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satiety

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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