Vocabulary Words – 7.02.2017

1.sanity(noun): soundness of judgment.
Synonyms: common sense,normality
Antonyms: ignorance,inability
Example Sentence: There is only one sanity in all the world,and that is to be artistically insane.

2.sate(verb): to fill to excess; surfeit; glut.
Synonyms: gratify,satiate
Antonyms: abstain,diet
Example Sentence: I sate by him about twenty minutes, andwas then ordered away.

3.savage(adjective): fierce, ferocious
Synonyms: barbaric,brutal
Antonyms: calm,gentle
Example Sentence: The hired man ceased his efforts atonce, glad to be done with the savage.

4.scandal(noun): a disgraceful
Synonyms: crime,rumor
Antonyms: good deed,approval
Example Sentence: Rather than you should bring a scandalon your character, I will submit to be akind mother-in-law.

5.scent(noun): a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
Synonyms: aura,bouquet
Antonyms: odor,stench
Example Sentence: The air there was charged with thescent of gathered grapes.