Vocabulary 11

Reticent

inclined to be silence, reserved

Sacrosanet

sacred, holyy

Salve

medicinal ointment for healing wounds and sores, anything that soothes, mollifies, or relieves

Sanguine

having a ruddy complexion. to have a naturally cheerful or optimistic outlook

Savory

pleasing to the sense of taste especially by reason of effective seasoning, morally attractive

Scintillating

sparkling, twinkling, or emitting quick flashes as if throwing off sparks

Skepticism

a doubting or questioning attitude or state of mind

Skulking

to lie in hiding, as out of cowardice or bad conscience; lurk

Slander

false and defamatory oral statement about a person; to defame

Sneer

to smile or curl the lip in a manner that shows scorn or contempt

Solace

comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble

Soliloquy

the act of talking to oneself; a dramatic monologue that gives the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections

Soluble

capable of being dissolved or liquefied; capable of being solved or explained

Specious

deceptive or apparently good or valid but lacking real merit

Spurious

false; not genuine, authentic, or true

Stymied

stood in the way of; presented an obstacle to

Suave

smoothly agreeable and courteous

Subvert

to overturn or overthrow from the foundation

Suppress

to subdue; to keep from public knowledge

Taboo

prohibition against touching, saying, or doing something for the fear of immediate harm from a mysterious superhuman force