Adjectives
Starting with "s"
Beginning with B!..and A
Notable Nouns
ve"R"bs
100
Definition: Done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious.
What is pretentious?
100
Definition: to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe
What is sear?
100
Definition: a state or scene of uproar and confusion
What is bedlam?
100
Definition: a breaking of a law or obligation
What is infraction?
100
Definition: to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
What is relegate?
200
Definition: untidy, dirty, careless
What is slovenly?
200
Definition: to satisfy completely, to fill to excess; full satisfied
What is satiate?
200
Definition: moderate, sparing; characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
What is Abstemious?
200
Definition: dismay, confusion
What is consternation?
200
Definition: to review a series of facts, to sum up
What is recapitulate?
300
Definition: inactive, sluggish, dull
What is torpid?
300
Definition: leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward/outward
What is salient?
300
Definition: Resembling a cow or an ox; sluggish, unresponsive
What is bovine?
300
Definition: disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
What is dissension?
300
Definition: to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence
What is resuscitate?
400
Definition: pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance.
What is debonair?
400
Definition: deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
What is specious?
400
Definition: preforming acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
What is beneficent?
400
Definition: an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal
What is gauntlet?
400
Definition: to find fault with, scold, rebuke
What is reprove?
500
Definition: accidental, occurring by happy chance
What is fortuitous?
500
Definition: making a show of virtue or righteousness, hypocritically moralist or pious; self-righteous, holier-than-thou
What is Sanctimonious?
500
Definition: severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
What is austere?
500
Definition: faithlessness, treachery
What is perfidy?
500
Definition: to disapprove of, condemn
What is reprobate?