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Vocabulary 4D
Respite-Stingy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Respite | Interval of rest |
| Reticent | Reserved; unwillingly to communicate |
| Revere | To respect highly; to worship |
| Ritual | Established pattern of behavior, often ceremonial |
| Salutary | Beneficial |
| Sanction | To approve authoritatively (v); a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule (n) |
| Sardonic | Scornfully mocking |
| Secular | Nonreligious |
| Self-effacing | Modest; humble |
| Serenity | Calmness; peacefulness |
| Shrewd | Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances |
| Solace | Comfort |
| Solvent | Having sufficient funds |
| Soporific | Causing sleep |
| Sordid | Filthy; morally degraded |
| Sparse | Thinly spread |
| Specious | Something that has the appearance of truth but is actually false |
| Spurious | Not genuine |
| Squalid | Dirty and/or poverty-stricken |
| Stingy | Cheap; unwilling to spend money |