Lesson 47   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
seclusion
sectarian
secular
sedate
sedative
sedition
sentinel
sequence
sequester
serene
sermon
sever
shortcoming
shrewd
shrine
shrivel
shun
simplistic
simultaneous
singular
sinister
slander
slogan
smug
sobriety
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      seclusion 1. the act of isolating or hiding away, or the condition of being thus secluded; retirement; reclusion
___________________________ 2. to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude; close; enisle
___________________________ 3. tending to calm or soothe; calmant; calmative
___________________________ 4. a distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catch phrase; byword
___________________________ 5. one that stands guard or watches; sentry; ward
___________________________ 6. a false statement or statements intended to injure someone's reputation or well-being, or the act of making such statements; defamation; tale; disparagement; backbiting
___________________________ 7. extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional; individual; respective
___________________________ 8. clear, calm, or unclouded; self-possessed; easy; poised
___________________________ 9. offensively confident of or satisfied with oneself; complacent; self-contented; self-satisfied
___________________________ 10. to contract or reduce in size, as by drying out; wilt; mummy
___________________________ 11. a talk delivered during a religious service to instruct, enlighten, or inspire the congregation; preachment; preaching
___________________________ 12. characterized by extreme simplism; oversimplified
___________________________ 13. the following of one thing after another; succession; alternation; progression
___________________________ 14. any place or object hallowed by its history or associations; sanctum; sanctorium
___________________________ 15. of or pertaining to sectaries or sects; schismatic; heterodox
___________________________ 16. showing evil intentions; baleful; maleficent
___________________________ 17. temperance or moderation, esp. in the use of alcoholic beverages; continence
___________________________ 18. to cut away (a section) from a whole; divorce; part
___________________________ 19. incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government; seditiousness; treason
___________________________ 20. a deficiency in character, ability, conduct, or the like; flaw; imperfection; demerit
___________________________ 21. to keep away from or avoid, esp. purposely; duck; escape
___________________________ 22. existing, occurring, or done at the same general time or at the same moment; synchronous; synchronic
___________________________ 23. showing little excitability or volatile emotion; calm; composed; weighty; sober; serious
___________________________ 24. keen; piercing; heady; perspicacious
___________________________ 25. not pertaining to or connected with religion (opposed to sacred); temporal; profane; lay