Webster Essential Vocabulary

Quick Review #75.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

210 Essential Vocabulary

1. sacrosanctity


2. sagacious


3. salvage


4. sanctimonious


5. sanction


6. sarcastic


7. satire


8. scalpel


9. scapegoat


10. scholar


11. scientific


12. scientist


13. scrutinize


14. sculpture


15. séance


16. secrecy

a. proven

b. mold

c. concealment

d. supernatural communication

e. holiness

f. knife

g. caricature

h. smug

i. physicist

j. fall guy

k. inspect

l. pupil

m. rescue

n. shrewd

o. empower

p. caustic

sedative (SED it iv) adj.soothing or quieting; —n. medicine that soothes nerv-
ousness or excitement

• Many find a warm glass of milk is useful at night as a sedativein order to
  relax before going to bed.


• After observing the car accident, Mema needed a sedativeto calm her
  down.
  segment (SEG mint) n. 1. a division or section of something; 2. (geometry) a
  part of a line between two named endpoints, one of which has legs on it.


• SegmentBC is the part of a line with endpoints at Band C.
  •A segmentis the shortest distance between two points.
  [Syn. part]
  selfishness (SEL fish nis) n. 1. a condition of being overly concerned with one’s
  own well-being to the exclusion of all others; self-centeredness; 2. prompted by
  self-interest


• Selfishnessis the reason for the breakup of most marriages.


• Richard demonstrated his selfishnessby eating all the strawberries off the
  top of the strawberry shortcake before anyone had been served.