barrons 41-50
important words from the last 10 wordlist from the barrons
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- retrospective
- looking back on the past
- scabbard
- case for a sword blade; sheath
- saunter
- stroll slowly
- rhetoric
- art of effective communication; insincere or grandiloquent language
- seminal
- germinal; influencing future developments; related to seed or semen
- sate
- satisfy to the full; cloy
- seamy
- sordid; unwholesome
- seclusion
- isolation solitude
- resilient
- power of springing back
- saccharine
- cloyingly sweet
- sanguine
- cheerful; hopeful
- revelry
- boisterous merrymaking
- ruddy
- reddish; healthy-looking
- saturnine
- gloomy
- retinue
- following; attendants
- rococo
- ornate; highly decorated
- revile
- attack with abusive language; vilify
- reverberate
- echo; resound
- savor
- enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell or quality
- rubric
- title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol
- riddle
- pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout
- retroactive
- taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)
- roster
- list
- sedate
- composed; grave
- rig
- fix or manipulate
- sartorial
- pertaining to tailors
- respite
- interval of relief, delay in punishment
- scrupulous
- conscientious, extremely thorough
- sedition
- resistance to authority; insubordination
- saline
- salty
- sardonic
- disdainful; sarcastic; cynical
- resumption
- taking up again; recommencement
- scintilla
- shred; least bit
- revulsion
- sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction
- riveting
- absorbing; engrossing
- sanguinary
- bloody
- seethe
- disturbed, boil
- seismic
- pertaining to earthquakes
- scad
- great quantity
- saturate
- soak thoroughly
- rue
- regret; lament; mourn
- rote
- repetition
- rile
- vex; irritate; muddy
- sect
- separate religious body; faction
- salvage
- rescue from loss
- ruse
- trick; strategem
- secular
- worldly; not pertaining to church matters
- rummage
- ransack; thoroughly search
- restive
- restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control
- ruffian
- bully; scoundrel
- sacrosanct
- most sacred; inviolable
- scurrilous
- obscene; indecent
- seine
- net for catching fish
- rustic
- pertaining to the country people; uncouth
- savory
- tasty; pleasing, attractive or agreeable
- salacious
- lascivious; lustful
- seedy
- run-down; decrepit, disreputable
- satyr
- half-human, half-bestial; being in the court of Dionysus; portrayed as wanton and cunning
- sanctuary
- refuge; shrine; shelter
- scapegoat
- someone who bears the blame for others
- scruple
- fret about; hesitate, for ethical reasons
- satirical
- mocking
- sensuous
- pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses
- seasoned
- experienced
- sententious
- terse; concise; aphoristic
- senility
- old age; feeblemindedness of old age
- rout
- stampede; drive out
- runic
- mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet
- retribution
- vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses
- scoff
- mock; ridicule
- saboteur
- one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property
- rostrum
- platform for speech-making; pulpit
- semblance
- outward appearence; guise
- seep
- ooze; trickle
- sensitization
- process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance
- seemly
- proper; appropriate
- sagacious
- perceptive; shrewd; having insight
- satiate
- satisfy fully
- rife
- abundant; current
- scourge
- lash; whip; severe punishment
- salutary
- tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome
- scavenge
- hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, especially for food
- sanction
- ratify
- sanctimonious
- displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness
- sacrilegious
- desecrating; profane
- rhapsodize
- to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
- retiring
- modest, shy
- scanty
- meager; insufficient
- sentient
- capable of sensation; aware; sensitive
- resplendent
- dazzling; glorious; brilliant
- scotch
- stamp out; thwart; hinder
- resignation
- giving up
- septic
- putrid; producing putrefaction
- reverie
- daydream; musing
- sap
- diminish; undermine
- roil
- to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; to disturb
- saga
- Scandinavian myth; any legend
- sage
- person celebrated for widsom
- salient
- prominent
- resusciate
- revive
- scurvy
- despicable; contemptible
- sensual
- devoted to pleasure of the senses; carnal; voluptuous
- rescind
- cancel
- sear
- char or burn
- scuffle
- struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry
- sedulous
- diligent
- seminary
- school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for young women
- scaffold
- temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; platform for execution
- ribald
- wanton; profane
- rusticate
- banish to the country; dwell in the country
- scuttle
- sink
- rider
- amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
- retrench
- cut down; economize
- schism
- division; split
- salubrious
- healthful
- rivulet
- small stream
- sallow
- yellowish; sickly in color
- scurry
- move briskly
- scale
- climb up; ascend
- rift
- opening; break
- sedentary
- requiring sitting
- roseate
- rosy; optimistic
- ruminate
- chew over and over(mentally or, like cows, physically); mull over; ponder
- retrograde
- go backwards; degenerate
- sarcasm
- scornful remark; stinging rebuke
- scintillate
- sparkle; flash
- sentinel
- sentry; lookout
- secession
- withdrawal
- secrete
- hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
- restitution
- reparation; indemnification
- sepulcher
- tomb