BARRON'S 42: sadistic-sepulcher

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  1. sadistic
    deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on another
  2. saga
    a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family
  3. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  4. sage
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
  5. sage
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
  6. salacious
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  7. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
  8. saline
    containing salt
  9. sallow
    unhealthy looking
  10. salubrious
    promoting health
  11. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  12. salvage
    rescuing a ship or its crew from a shipwreck or a fire
  13. sanctimonious
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  14. sanction
    official permission or approval
  15. sanctuary
    a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
  16. sanguinary
    accompanied by bloodshed
  17. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  18. sap
    a watery fluid that circulates in a plant
  19. sarcasm
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  20. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  21. sartorial
    of or relating to tailoring or clothing
  22. sate
    fill to contentment
  23. satellite
    any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
  24. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  25. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  26. satirical
    exposing human folly to ridicule
  27. saturate
    infuse or fill completely
  28. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  29. satyr
    one of a class of woodland deities
  30. saunter
    walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
  31. savant
    a learned person
  32. savor
    a particular taste or smell, especially an appealing one
  33. savory
    pleasing to the sense of taste
  34. scabbard
    a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
  35. scad
    any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
  36. scaffold
    a temporary arrangement erected around a building
  37. scale
    an ordered reference standard
  38. scanty
    lacking in extent or quantity
  39. scapegoat
    someone who is punished for the errors of others
  40. scavenge
    clean refuse from
  41. scenario
    a postulated sequence of possible events
  42. schematic
    represented in simplified or symbolic form
  43. schism
    division of a group into opposing factions
  44. scintilla
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  45. scintillate
    emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
  46. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  47. scotch
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  48. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  49. scruple
    an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
  50. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  51. scrutinize
    examine carefully for accuracy
  52. scuffle
    fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
  53. scurrilous
    expressing offensive, insulting, or scandalous criticism
  54. scurry
    move about or proceed hurriedly
  55. scurvy
    a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid
  56. scuttle
    move about or proceed hurriedly
  57. seamy
    morally degraded
  58. sear
    become superficially burned (also figurative)
  59. seasoned
    aged or processed
  60. secession
    formal separation from an alliance or federation
  61. seclusion
    the act of isolating oneself from others
  62. secrete
    generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
  63. sect
    a subdivision of a larger religious group
  64. secular
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  65. sedate
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  66. sedentary
    requiring sitting or little activity
  67. sedition
    an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority
  68. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  69. seedy
    shabby and untidy
  70. seemly
    according with custom or propriety
  71. seep
    pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings
  72. seethe
    foam as if boiling
  73. seine
    a large fishnet that hangs vertically
  74. seismic
    subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  75. semblance
    the outward or apparent appearance or form of something
  76. seminal
    influential and providing a basis for later development
  77. seminary
    a school for training ministers or priests or rabbis
  78. senility
    the state of being infirm with age
  79. sensitize
    make sensitive or aware
  80. sensual
    marked by the appetites and passions of the body
  81. sensuous
    providing perceptible pleasure or gratification
  82. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  83. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
  84. sentinel
    a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
  85. septic
    of or relating to or caused by the process of decay
  86. sepulcher
    a chamber that is used as a grave
Created on Sat Aug 21 22:38:24 EDT 2010 (updated Sat Aug 21 23:16:32 EDT 2010)

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