SEEDS Vocab Week 8 (copy)

Olfactory

Relating to the sense of smell.

Ominous

Threatening and menacing

Option

Choice, selection, preference.

Orbit

To move around some object, as a planet, to circle.

Orchid

Purple, lavender

Ostentatious

Pretentious and flashy

Palatable

Good tasting

Paradox

Contradiction, something that doesn't fit

Passive

Not active

Peddle

Sell

Pedestrian

Common, every day, usual

Perjury

Making deliberately false statements under oath.

Persevere

To continue in spite of a challenge

Petrify

To paralyze with fear or surprise

Pious

Religiously devout or moral

Plagiarism

Copying someone else's work and claiming it as your own.

Plausible

Seeming to be true

Pompous

Characterized by stiff, unnatural formality.

Procrastinate

To postpone, to put something off to a later date.

Profound

Deep, wise, serious

Prolific

Producing great amounts, fertile

Propel

To move, make something go forward

Prophesy

To predict the future using divine guidance.

Pungent

Sharp, flavorful

Pursue

To chase, go after

Quell

To quiet something raucous

Quench

To satisfy a need or desire.

Rabble

Large, disorderly, and easily excited mob

Rabid

Afflicted with rabies

Rancor

Bad feeling, bitterness

Random

Lacking order, free from order or bias.

Ransack

To search thoroughly and messily

Ratify

To approve formally

Ravenous

Wildly eager to eat

Raze

To destroy utterly

Recluse

Someone who lives in isolation.

Recur

To return, to occur again

Reek

Giving off a strong, offensive odor

Refrain

To stop or avoid doing something

Regal

Royal, splendid

Reign

Rule over, govern, dominate

Reimburse

To repay someone for their expenses.

Reinforce

Strengthen, add to

Reminiscence

Memory or act of recalling the past

Renowned

Well-known, famous, celebrated

Repartee

Witty conversation, retort

Repudiate

To reject what one was once associated with.

Repugnant

Something gross, repulsive, or revolting

Residue

Something that remains after a part is taken

Reveal

Show

Revel

Celebrate noisily

Rout

Conquer, defeat

Satellite

Moon, a small thing going around a bigger thing

Saturate

To fill something to the point where it can hold no more

Saucy

Impudent, impertinent

Savor

To enjoy something with relish or delight

Scald

Burn with hot liquid or steam

Scarce

Rare, uncommon

Scathing

Overly critical

Schism

Division or separation between groups of members within an organization.

Scrupulous

Acting in accordance with a strict moral code.

Secure

To fasten, make secure

Seethe

To heave or bubble from great inner turmoil

Sentry

Guard, sentinel, watchman

Sequel

Addition or result, story that continues from the previous one.

Shrewd

Clever, keen-witted

Significant

meaningful, important

Sinister

Threatening, evil

Slack

Lack of tautness or tension

Sociable

Friendly, companionable

Solicit

To seek from another

Specify

To mention, name, or require specifically or exactly

Splice

To join, bind, or attach

Spurn

Reject with scorn, turn away

squalid

very dirty or foul, wretched

squander

to waste

staunch

steady, loyal

stealthy

sneaky, secret

stress

emphasize, point out

suave

smooth, graceful

subdue

to bring under control

succeed

to follow or come after

succumb

to give in, to submit

suffice

to be adequate or enough

summit

highest level or point

superb

wonderful, superior

suppress

crush, hold in, hide

surfeit

overly abundant supply

surmise

to guess, to infer

surrogate

substitute

susceptible

liable to be affected by something

suspense

fear or anticipation of waiting for something

synopsis

short summary, outline

taciturn

quiet, tending not to speak

tactful

acting with sensitivity to others' feelings

taint

to poison

tamper

bother, interfere

tangible

can be felt by touching

taut

stretched tightly

temperate

denying oneself too much pleasure