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APLC Vocab List #17
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| salient | significant; conspicuous; standing out from the rest |
| salutary | healthful; wholesome |
| sang-froid | calmness; composure or cool self-possession |
| sanguine | cheerful; optimistic |
| sapient | wise; full of knowledge |
| saturnine | gloomy; sluggish |
| savant | a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar |
| scintillate | to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually |
| scurrilous | coarsely abusive; vulgar |
| sedition | rebellion or resistance against the government |
| sedulous | hard working; diligent |
| sentient | conscious; capable of feeling or perception |
| shard | a fragment |
| shibboleth | a slogan; a password |
| sibilant | a hissing sound |