Expand Your Vocabulary: Key English Words Defined

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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.

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