Bowyer 28 flashcards

Terms	Definitions
revile	to criticize with harmful language; verbally abuse
rhapsody	emotional literary or musical work
rhetoric	persuasive use of language
ribald	humerous in a vulgar way
riddle	to make many holes in; permiate
rife	widespread, prevelant; abundant
risqué	bordering on being inappropirate or indescent
rococo	very, highly ornamented
rostrum	stage for public speaking
rue	to regret
ruminate	to contumplate, reflect upon
saccharine	excessively sweet or sentimental
sagacious	shrud, wise
salient	prominant, conspicuous
sallow	sickly yellow in color
salubrious	healthful
sanguine	ruddy (reddish); cheerfully optomistic
sardonic	cynical; scornfully mocking
satiate	to satisfy
savant	a learned person
savory	agreeable in taste or smell
scathing	harshly critical; painfully hot
scintilla	very small amount
scintillate	to sparkle or flash
scrivener	professional copiest
scrupulous	restrained; careful and precise
scurrilous	vulgar, low, indescent
secant	straight line intersecting a curve at 2 points
secede	to withdraw formally from a situation
sedition	behavior promoting rebellion
seismology	science of earthquakes
seminal	relating to the beginning or seeds of something
senescent	aging, growing old
sententious	having a moralizing tone
sentient	aware, conscious, able to preceive
sequester	to remove or set apart; put into seclusion
seraphic	angelic, pure, sublime
serendipity	the habit of making fortunate discoveries by chance
sacrosanct	extremely sadred; beyond criticism
secular	not specifically pertaining to a religion

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