vocab quiz (ap english)

rigmarole

nonsense

risible

capable of exciting laughter

rookery

a place where crows congregate to breed

rote

religion of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention

rotund

round from fullness or plumpness

rudimentary

being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development

rue

to regret extremely

ruth

sorrow for another's misery

salacious

having strong sexual desires

salient

standing out prominently

salutary

beneficial

salvage

any act of saving property

sanction

to approve authoritatively

sanguine

having the color of blood

sapid

affecting the sense of taste

sapient

possessing wisdom

sardonic

scornfully or bitterly sarcastic

scintillate

to emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light

scruple

doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty

scrupulous

cautious in action for fear of doing wrong

scurrilous

grossly indecent or vulgar

scuttle

to sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom

sear

to burn on the surface

sebaceous

pertaining to or appearing like fat

sedentary

involving or requiring much sitting

seditious

promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state

seethe

to be violently excited or agitated

sentience

capacity for sensation or sense-perception

sepulcher

a burial-place

sequacious

ready to be led

sequester

to cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life

servitude

slavery

sibilance

a hissing sound

sinecure

any position having emoluments with few or no duties

sinuous

curving in and out

skiff

usually, a small light boat propelled by oars

slothful

lazy

solicitude

uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear

somniferous

tending to produce sleep

sophism

a false argument u see stood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive

sordid

of degraded character or nature

spectrum

an image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy

spheroid

a body having nearly the form of a sphere

spurious

not genuine

squalid

having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance

staid

of a steady and sober character

statute

any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law

stealth

a concealed manner of acting

stifle

to smother

stolid

expressing no power of feeling or perceiving

stringent

rigid

stripling

a mere youth

stultify

to give an appearance of foolishness to

stupendous

of prodigious size, bulk, or degree

subjacent

situated directly underneath

sublingual

situated beneath the tongue

subsequent

following in time

subvert

to bring to ruin

supine

lying on the back

supplant

to take the place of