English II - Vocab Sets 21 & 22

revere

It's a verb. Treat somebody with admiring respect

reverie

It's a noun. Daydream

saccharin

It's a noun. Sugar substitute

sage

It's an adjective. Wise (also a noun – wise person)

salutary

It's an adjective. Useful; helpful

sanction

It's a noun. Authorization; support

sanguineous

It's an adjective. Containing blood; blood colored

sardonic

It's an adjective. Disdainfully mocking

saturate

It's a verb. Fill something completely; soak

scrupulous

It's an adjective. Having or showing careful regard for what is morally right

scrutinize

It's a verb. Examine

seraph

It's a noun. Angel

skeptical

It's an adjective. Doubtful

slander

It's a noun. Saying something false and damaging

solicit

It's a verb. Plead for something

soporific

It's an adjective. Feeling sleepy

static

It's an adjective. Motionless; of forces not causing movement

stoic

It's an adjective. Impassive

summit

It's a noun. Highest point of something

supercilious

It's an adjective. Contemptuously indifferent; arrogance