Lesson 46   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
ribald
rife
rigid
rival
robust
roster
rural
rustic
ruthless
saccharine
saga
sage
salvation
sanction
sanctity
saturate
savor
savory
scalpel
scapegoat
scent
scoff
scope
scrupulous
sculptor
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      rustic 1. simple, artless, or unsophisticated; agrestic; outland
___________________________ 2. a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty; roll; muster
___________________________ 3. space for movement or activity; opportunity for operation; room; leeway
___________________________ 4. Chiefly Biblical. a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its head. Lev. 16:8,10,26; fall; whipping boy
___________________________ 5. a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
___________________________ 6. containing or yielding sugar; silky; ingratiatory
___________________________ 7. the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc; keeping; preservation; conservation
___________________________ 8. a small, light knife with a thin sharp blade, used. esp. in surgical operations.
___________________________ 9. characterized by or using rude, coarse, or vulgar language or humor; rapscallion; mischief
___________________________ 10. to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often fol. by at); jest; quip; sneer
___________________________ 11. to fill or soak so completely that nothing more can be absorbed; impregnate; waterlog
___________________________ 12. an artist who produces sculpture.
___________________________ 13. adhering strictly to standards of ethics or morality; punctilious; right; conscientious
___________________________ 14. something that serves to support an action, condition, etc; fiat; endorsement
___________________________ 15. sturdy or durable; well-constructed; prospering; roaring
___________________________ 16. pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell; aperitive; savorous
___________________________ 17. living in the country; outland; countrified; out-country
___________________________ 18. sacred or hallowed character; holiness; saintliness
___________________________ 19. the distinctive, traceable odor given off by a person or animal; nose; sniff
___________________________ 20. firmly set in one's ideas or habits; unyielding; impliable; unflexible
___________________________ 21. a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom; insighted; sophic; knowing
___________________________ 22. without mercy or compassion; pitiless or cruel; unyielding; unflinching; ironfisted
___________________________ 23. a person or thing that is in a position to dispute another's preeminence or superiority; competition
___________________________ 24. the taste or smell of something, or a particular taste or smell; tang; sapor; smack
___________________________ 25. of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use; ruling; prevailing; regnant