Enhance your understanding of the English language with this comprehensive list of words and their precise definitions. From Resplendent to Compromise, each entry is designed to boost your verbal skills and enrich your communication.
Resplendent
Brilliantly shining; radiant; dazzling.
Resurrection
Return to life; revival.
Retort
To make a sharp reply.
Retrospect
Looking backward; a review.
Revamp
To revise; to renovate.
Revel
To enjoy thoroughly; to take delight in; to carouse.
Revile
To scold abusively; to berate; to denounce.
Revulsion
Loathing; repugnance; disgust.
Rhapsodize
To speak extremely enthusiastically; to gush.
Ribald
Indecent or vulgar; off-color; talking about sexual matters.
Rife
Occurring frequently; widespread; common; swarming.
Rivet
To engross; to hold firmly.
Rout
To put to flight; to scatter; to cause a huge defeat.
Rue
To mourn; to regret.
Sally
A sudden rushing attack; an excursion; an expedition; a repartee; a clever rejoinder.
Salutation
Greeting; welcome; opening words of greeting.
Sanction
Official permission or approval; endorsement; penalty; punitive measure.
Sarcasm
Irony; jokingly or bitingly saying the opposite of what is meant.
Savant
A scholar; a very knowledgeable and learned person.
Scant
Limited; meager; barely sufficient.
Schism
Division; separation; discord or disharmony.
Scorn
To disdain; to find someone or something contemptible.
Seamless
Without a seam; without anything to indicate where two things were joined together; smooth.
Secede
To withdraw from an alliance.
Seclusion
Aloneness; withdrawal from other people.
Sect
A small religious subgroup or religion; any group with a uniting theme or purpose.
Sedentary
Largely confined to sitting down; not physically active.
Self-made
Having succeeded in life without help from others.
Sententious
Preachy; pompous; excessively moralizing; self-righteous.
Serene
Calm; peaceful; tranquil; untroubled.
Serpentine
Snakelike in either shape or movement; winding, as a snake travels.
Shackle
A manacle; a restraint.
Shibboleth
A distinctive word, pronunciation, or behavior that typifies a particular group; a slogan or catchword.
Shrewd
Wily; cunning; sly.
Compromise
An agreement or a settlement of a dispute; to settle a dispute by mutual concession; to accept standards that are lower than is desirable.