| A | B |
|---|
| sadistic | inclined to cruelty |
| saga | Scandinavian myth; any legend |
| sagacious | perceptive; shrewd; having insidght |
| salacious | lascivious; lustful |
| salient | protruding; strickingly conspicous; jumping |
| salubrious | promotiong good health; healthful |
| salutary | tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome |
| salvage | rescue from loss |
| salvo | discharge or firearms; military salute |
| sanctimonious | falsely holy; feigning piety |
| sanctuary | refuge; shelter; shrine; holy place |
| sanguine | cheerful; hopeful |
| sap | diminish; undermine |
| sarcasm | scornful remarks; stinging rebuke |
| sardonic | cynically mocking; sarcastic |
| sartorial | pertaining to tailors |
| sate | satisfy to the full; cloy |
| satellite | small body revolving around a larger one |
| satiate | satisfy fully |
| satire | form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly |
| saturnine | gloomy |
| saunter | stroll slowly |
| savant | learned scholar |
| savor | enjoy; have distinctive flavor, smell, or quality |
| scabbard | case for a sword blade; sheath |
| scad | a great quantity |
| scaffold | temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; platform for execution |
| scale | climb up; ascend |
| scamp | rascal |
| scapegoat | someone who bears the blame for others |
| scavenge | hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, expecially for food |
| scenario | plot outline; screenplay; opera libretto |
| schematic | relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols |
| schism | divison; split |
| scintillate | sparkle; flash |
| scoff | mock; ridicule |
| scourge | cause of widespread devastation; severe punishment; whipe |
| scruple | fret about; hesitate, for ethical reasons |
| scuffle | struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry |
| scurrilous | vulgar; coarse; foul-mouthed; obscene |
| scurry | move briskly |
| scurvy | despicable; contemptible |
| scuttle | scurry; run with short, rapid stemps |
| scuttle | sink |
| seamy | sordid; unwholesome |
| sear | char or burn; brand |
| seasoned | experienced |
| secession | withdrawal |
| secrete | hide wawy; produce and release a substace into an organism |
| sect | separate religious body; faction |
| sectarian | relating to a religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited |
| secular | wordly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal |
| sedate | calm and composed; dignified |
| sedition | resistance to authortiy; insubordiation |
| sedulous | diligent; hardworking |
| seedy | run-down; decrepit; disreputable |
| seemly | proper;appropriate |
| seep | ooze; trickle |
| seethe | be disturbed; boil |
| seismic | pertaining to earthquakes |
| seminary | school for training future ministers; academy for yound women |
| sensual | devoted to the pleasures of the senses; carnal; voluptuous |
| sententious | terse; concise; aphoristic |
| sentinel | sentry; lookout |
