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rescind: v. to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
2. to invalidate (an act, measure, etc.) by a later action or a higher authority.
restive: adj. restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control
reticent: adj. reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence
retinue: n. a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
retiring: adj. modest; shy; withdrawing from contact with others
retrench: v. to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
2. to cut off or remove.
3. Military. to protect by a retrenchment.
retrograde (v): v. go backwards; degenerate
reverie: n. daydream; musing
revile: v. attack with abusive language; vilify
rhetoric: n art of effective communication; insincere or grandiloquent speech
ribald: adj. /ËˆrÉªbÉ™ld; spelling pron. ËˆraÉªbÉ™ld/ vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.
n. a ribald person.
riddle (v): v. pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout
rider: n. amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
rife: adj. of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use: Crime is rife in the slum areas of our cities.
2. current in speech or report: Rumors are rife that the government is in financial difficulty.
3. abundant, plentiful, or numerous.
4. abounding (usually fol. by with).
rococo: adj. ornate; highly decorated
roil: v. make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; disturb
roseate: adj. /ËˆroÊŠziÉªt, -ËŒeÉªt/ tinged with rose; rosy: a roseate dawn.; bright or promising: a roseate future.; incautiously optimistic: a roseate forecast for holiday sales.
rostrum: n. platform for speech-making; pulpit
rotundity: n. roundness; sonorousness of speech
rout: v. stampede; drive out
rue: v. 1. to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly: to rue the loss of opportunities.; to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place, etc.: I rue the day he was born.
runic: adj. mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; (of ornamental knots, figures, etc.) of an interlaced form seen on ancient monuments, metalwork, etc., of the northern European peoples.
rusticate: v. /ËˆrÊŒstÉªËŒkeÉªt/ banish to the country; dwell in the country; to go to the country
sacrosanct: adj. most sacred; inviolable; above or beyond criticism, change, or interference
sagacious: adj. /sÉ™ËˆgeÉªÊƒÉ™s/ having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.
2. Obsolete. keen of scent.
salacious: adj. lustful or lecherous; (of writings, pictures, etc.) obscene; grossly indecent.
salient: adj. prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
2. projecting or pointing outward: a salient angle.
3. leaping or jumping: a salient animal.
sallow: adj. /ËˆsÃ¦loÊŠ/ yellowish; sickly in color
salubrious: adj. healthful
salutary: adj. /ËˆsÃ¦lyÉ™ËŒtÉ›ri/ favorable to or promoting health; healthful.; promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose; wholesome.
sanctimonious: adj. displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness
sanguinary: adj. /ËˆsÃ¦Å‹gwÉ™ËŒnÉ›ri/ bloody; ready or eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.; composed of or marked with blood.
sardonic: adj. characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
sartorial: adj. of or pertaining to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
2. of or pertaining to clothing or style or manner of dress: sartorial splendor.
saturnine: adj. /ËˆsÃ¦tÉ™rËŒnaÉªn/ sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.; suffering from lead poisoning, as a person.; due to absorption of lead, as bodily disorders.
scabbard: n. case for a sword; sheath
scad: n. a great quantity
scintilla: n. a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.
scruple (v): v. fret about; hesitate, for ethical reasons
scurrilous: adj. /ËˆskÉœrÉ™lÉ™s, ËˆskÊŒr-/ grossly or obscenely abusive: a scurrilous attack on the mayor.
2. characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive: a scurrilous jest.
scurvy (adj): adj. contemptible; despicable; mean: a scurvy trick.
scuttle: v. to abandon, withdraw from, or cause to be abandoned or destroyed (as plans, hopes, rumors, etc.).; to sink (a vessel) deliberately by opening seacocks or making openings in the bottom.
seamy: adj. sordid; unwholesome
secrete: v. to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.
sedition: n. incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
2. any action, esp. in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion.
3. Archaic. rebellious disorder.
sedulous: adj. diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous.
2. persistently or carefully maintained: sedulous flattery.
seminal: adj. pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
2. Botany. of or pertaining to seed.
3. having possibilities of future development.
4. highly original and influencing the development of future events: a seminal artist; seminal ideas.
sententious: adj. /sÉ›nËˆtÉ›nÊƒÉ™s/ abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book; given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.
sere: adj. /sÉªÉ™r/ parched; dry; withered
sheaf: n. bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
shrew: n. scolding woman
shunt: v. divert; turn aside; sidetrack
shyster: n. a lawyer who uses unprofessional or questionable methods.
2. a person who gets along by petty, sharp practices.
sibylline: adj. /ËˆsÉªbÉ™ËŒlin, -ËŒlaÉªn, -lÉªn/ of, resembling, or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic; oracular.
2. mysterious; cryptic.
sinecure: n. well-paid position with little responsibility
skinflint: n. stingy person; miser
skulduggery: n. dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery: bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery.
2. an instance of dishonest or deceitful behavior; trick.
skulk: v. move furtively and secretely
slag: n. residue from smelting metal; dross; waste material
slake: v. /sleɪk/ to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.; to cool or refresh: He slaked his lips with ice.; to make less active, vigorous, intense, etc.: His calm manner slaked their enthusiasm.
slapdash: adj. haphazard; careless; sloppy; offhand: a slapdash answer.
sleazy: adj. contemptibly low, mean, or disreputable: sleazy politics.
2. squalid; sordid; filthy; dilapidated: a sleazy hotel.
3. thin or poor in texture, as a fabric; cheap; flimsy: a sleazy dress; a sleazy excuse.
sleight: n. skill; dexterity.
2. an artifice; stratagem.
3. cunning; craft.
slew: n. large quantity or number
slight (n): n. insult to one's dignity; snub
slipshod: adj. untidy or slovenly; shabby
sluggard: n. lazy person
sluice: n. /slus/ artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water
smattering: n. a slight, superficial, or introductory knowledge of something: a smattering of Latin.
adj. slight or superficial.
smelt: v. melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
solecism: n. /ËˆsÉ’lÉ™ËŒsÉªzÉ™m, ËˆsoÊŠlÉ™-/ a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
2. a breach of good manners or etiquette.
3. any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.
solemnity: n. seriousness; gravity; Often, solemnities. a solemn observance, ceremonial proceeding, or special formality: the solemnities of Easter.
solicitous: adj. anxious or concerned (usually fol. by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
2. anxiously desirous: solicitous of the esteem of others.
3. eager (usually fol. by an infinitive): He was always solicitous to please.
soliloquy: n. an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts): Hamlet's soliloquy begins with â€œTo be or not to be.â€
2. the act of talking while or as if alone.
soluble: adj. capable of being dissolved or liquefied: a soluble powder.; capable of being solved or explained: a soluble problem.
solvent (adj): adj. able to pay all debts
somnolent: adj. half asleep; sleepy; drowsy.; tending to cause sleep.
sophist: n. /ËˆsÉ’fÉªst/ teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning
sophistry: n. /ËˆsÉ’fÉ™stri/ a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
2. a false argument; sophism.
soporific: adj. /ËŒsÉ’pÉ™ËˆrÉªfÉªk, ËŒsoÊŠpÉ™-/ sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
spangle: n. small metallic piece sewn on clothing as an ornament
spasmodic: adj. pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
2. resembling a spasm or spasms; sudden but brief; sporadic: spasmodic efforts at reform.
3. given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
spate: n. sudden flood; a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring: a spate of angry words.
specious: adj. seemingly reasonable, but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
spendthrift: n. a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
adj. wastefully extravagant; prodigal.
spoonerism: n. he transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
sportive: adj. playful
spruce: adj. trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
spurious: adj. false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
staid: adj. /steɪd/ of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.; fixed, settled, or permanent.
stalwart: adj.strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust.
2. strong and brave; valiant: a stalwart knight.
3. firm, steadfast, or uncompromising: a stalwart supporter of the U.N.
stanch: v. /stÉ”ntÊƒ, stÃ¦ntÊƒ, stÉ‘ntÊƒ/ to stop the flow of (a liquid, esp. blood).; to stop the flow of blood or other liquid from (a wound, leak, etc.).
steep (v): v. soak; saturate
stem (v): v. check the flow
stentorian: adj. extremely loud; very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice.
stigma: n. token of disgrace
stilted: adj. bombastic; stiffly pompous
stint (v): v. be thrifty; set limits
stipple: v. paint or draw with dots
stock (adj): adj. typical; standard; kept regularly in supply
stockade: n. wooden enclosure or pen; fixed line of posts used as a defensive barrier
stolid: adj. dull; impassive; not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional
stratagem: n. clever trick; deceptive scheme; any artifice, ruse, or trick devised or used to attain a goal or to gain an advantage over an adversary or competitor: business stratagems.
stricture: n. critical comments; severe and adverse criticism; an abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body.; a restriction.
studied: adj. unspontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful
stultify: v. /ËˆstÊŒltÉ™ËŒfaÉª/ cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder
stupefy: v.to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
2. to stun, as with a narcotic, a shock, or a strong emotion.
3. to overwhelm with amazement; astound; astonish.
stygian: adj. /ËˆstÉªdÊ’iÉ™n/ of or pertaining to the river Styx or to Hades.
2. dark or gloomy.
3. infernal; hellish.
subaltern: n. /sÊŒbËˆÉ”ltÉ™rn/ subordinate
sublimate: v. refine; purify; to make nobler or purer: To read about great men sublimates ambition.; Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
subliminal: adj. below the threshold
suborn: v. /sÉ™ËˆbÉ”rn/
persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury
subsume: v. to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
2. to bring (a case, instance, etc.) under a rule.
3. to take up into a more inclusive classification.
subterfuge: n. /ËˆsÊŒbtÉ™rËŒfyudÊ’/ pretense; evasion. an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
succor: v. /ËˆsÊŒkÉ™r/ aid; assist; comfort
suffuse: v. to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
sunder: v. to separate; part; divide; sever.
sundry: adj. various; several
superannuated: adj. retired or disqualified because of age
supercilious: adj. haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
supererogatory: adj. /ËŒsupÉ™rÉ™ËˆrÉ’gÉ™ËŒtÉ”ri, -ËŒtoÊŠri/ going beyond the requirements of duty.; superfluous; more than needed or demanded
supernumerary: n. /ËŒsupÉ™rËˆnumÉ™ËŒrÉ›ri, -Ëˆnyu-/ being in excess of the usual, proper, or prescribed number; additional; extra.; associated with a regular body or staff as an assistant or substitute in case of necessity.
supine: adj. /adj. suËˆpaÉªn; n. ËˆsupaÉªn/ lying on the back, face or front upward.; inactive, passive, or inert, esp. from indolence or indifference.; (of the hand) having the palm upward.
n. (in English) the simple infinitive of a verb preceded by to.
suppliant: n. /ËˆsÊŒpliÉ™nt/ a person who supplicates; petitioner.
adj. supplicating; expressive of supplication, as words, actions, etc.
supplicate: v. petition humbly; pray to grant a favor
supposititious: adj. /sÉ™ËŒpÉ’zÉªËˆtÉªÊƒÉ™s/ assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical
surfeit: v. /ËˆsÉœrfÉªt/ satiate; stuff; indulge in excess in anything
n. excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
2. excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking.
surreptitious: adj. secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden
swathe: v. /swÉ’Ã°, sweÉªÃ°/ wrap around; bandage
swill: v. drink greedily
n. liquid or partly liquid food for animals, esp. kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
2. kitchen refuse in general; garbage.
3. any liquid mess, waste, or refuse; slop.
sybarite: n. (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
syllogism: n. logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
sylvan: adj. pertaining to the woods; rustic
synoptic: adj. pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.; (often initial capital letter) taking a common view: used chiefly in reference to the first three Gospels (synoptic Gospels), Matthew, Mark, and Luke, from their similarity in content, order, and statement.
tacit: adj. understood; not put into words
tangential: adj. peripheral; only slightly connected
tantamount: adj. equivalent in effect or value

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