Words 4000 - 4200

Question 1

rhapsody

Answer 1

noun

Rapt or rapturous utterance

Question 2

rhetoric

Answer 2

noun

The art of discourse

Question 3

rhetorician

Answer 3

noun

A showy writer or speaker.

Question 4

ribald

Answer 4

adjective

Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity

Question 5

rigmarole

Answer 5

noun

Nonsense

Question 6

risible

Answer 6

adjective

capable of exciting laughter

Question 7

rivulet

Answer 7

noun

A small stream or brook

Question 8

rondo

Answer 8

noun

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

Question 9

rookery

Answer 9

noun

A place where crows congregate to breed.

Question 10

rustic

Answer 10

adjective

Characteristic of dwelling in the country

Question 11

ruth

Answer 11

noun

Sorrow for another’s misery

Question 12

sacrilege

Answer 12

noun

The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.

Question 13

sacrilegious

Answer 13

adjective

Impious

Question 14

salacious

Answer 14

adjective

Having strong sexual desires

Question 15

salutary

Answer 15

adjective

Beneficial

Question 16

salvo

Answer 16

noun

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

Question 17

sanctimonious

Answer 17

adjective

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

Question 18

sanguinary

Answer 18

adjective

bloody

Question 19

sanguine

Answer 19

adjective

Having the colour of blood.

Question 20

sanguineous

Answer 20

adjective

Consisting of blood.

Question 21

sapid

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adjective

Affecting the sense of taste.

Question 22

sapience

Answer 22

noun

Deep wisdom or knowledge

Question 23

saponaceous

Answer 23

adjective

Having the nature or quality of soap.

Question 24

sarcophagus

Answer 24

noun

A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb.

Question 25

satiric

Answer 25

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

Question 26

satyr

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noun A very lascivious person.

Question 27

scintilla

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noun The faintest ray

Question 28

scintillate

Answer 28

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

Question 29

scoundrel

Answer 29

noun A man without principle.

Question 30

scruple

Answer 30

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

Question 31

scrupulous

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adjective Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong.

Question 32

scurrilous

Answer 32

adjective Grossly indecent or vulgar.

Question 33

scuttle

Answer 33

verb To sink a ship by making holes in the bottom

Question 34

scythe

Answer 34

noun A long curbed blade for mowing, reaping etc.

Question 35

seance

Answer 35

noun A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits.

Question 36

secede

Answer 36

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

Question 37

secession

Answer 37

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

Question 38

sedate

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adjective Even-tempered.

Question 39

sedulous

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adjective Persevering in effort or endeavor.

Question 40

seminary

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noun A special school, as of theology or pedagogics.

Question 41

sentinel

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noun Any guard or watch stationed for protection.

Question 42

sepulcher

Answer 42

noun A burial-place.

Question 43

sequester

Answer 43

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

Question 44

sequestrate

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verb To confiscate.

Question 45

sergeant-major

Answer 45

noun The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment.

Question 46

sextet

Answer 46

noun A band of six singers or players.

Question 47

sextuple

Answer 47

adjective Multiplied by six.

Question 48

sibilance

Answer 48

noun A hissing sound.

Question 49

sibilant

Answer 49

adjective Made with a hissing sound.

Question 50

sibilate

Answer 50

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

Question 51

sidereal

Answer 51

adjective Pertaining to stars or constellations.

Question 52

signification

Answer 52

noun The meaning conveyed by language, actions or signs.

Question 53

sinecure

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noun Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.

Question 54

sinuosity

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noun The quality of curving in and out.

Question 55

sinuous

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adjective Curving in and out.

Question 56

siren

Answer 56

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

Question 57

sirocco

Answer 57

noun Hot winds from Africa.

Question 58

skiff

Answer 58

noun Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars

Question 59

skirmish

Answer 59

noun Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.

Question 60

sleight

Answer 60

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