English Vocabulary #8 and #9

repudiate (verb)

to reject

repugnant (adjective)

disgusting

rescind (verb)

to remove

residual (adjective)

left over

resiliant (adjective)

able to recover quickly

respite (noun)

a pause

reticent (adjective)

quiet, silent

sagacious (adjective)

wise

sanction (noun)

approval

savory (adjective)

tasty

scrupulous (adjective)

very honest

scrutinize (verb)

to study

sequester (verb)

to segregate

skeptical (adjective)

doubtful

sporadic (adjective)

random

spurious (adjective)

fake

squalid (adjective)

poor, dirty

stagnate (verb)

to be inactive

stoic (adjective)

unaffected by pain

stringent (adjective)

strict

substantiate (verb)

to prove, to verify

succinct (adjective)

concise

sumptuous (adjective)

luxurious, lavish

supercilious (adjective)

scornful

superfluous (adjective)

unnecessary

surmise (verb)

to guess

surreptitous (adjective)

sneaky

taciturn (adjective)

quiet, reserved

tangential (adjective)

superficial

tawdry (adjective)

cheap

temerity (noun)

recklessness

tentative (adjective)

hesitant

terse (adjective)

concise, clear

trepidation (noun)

fear, dread

unassailable (adjective)

unattackable

unobtrusive (adjective)

unnoticeable

unscathed (adjective)

unharmed

untenable (adjective)

unacceptable

vacillate (verb)

to fluctuate

venerate (verb)

to respect

verbose (adjective)

wordy

viable (adjective)

valid

vicarious (adjective)

experienced through sympathetic participation

vilify (verb)

to slander

vindictive (adjective)

revengeful

volatile (adjective)

explosive

voracious (adjective)

greedy

waive (verb)

to cast aside

writhe (verb)

to twist in pain

zealot (noun)

a fanatic