4000 CPE Vocabulary List

saboteur:
n. one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property

saccharine:
a. having a cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet

sack:
n. bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases; enclosed space

sacred:
a. concerned with religion; worthy of respect or dedication

sacrilegious:
a. acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane

sacrosanct:
a. regarded as sacred and inviolable

safeguard:
n. one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection

saga:
n. any legend; long detailed report; Scandinavian myth

sagacious:
a. perceptive; shrewd; having insight

salacious:
a. lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

salient:
a. prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs

salubrious:
a. healthful; favorable to health; promoting health; wholesome

salutary:
a. tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health

salvo:
n. release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault

sanction:
n. approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance

sanction:
v. give authorization or approval to something; penalize a state, especially for violating international law

sanguine:
a. cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy

sap:
v. diminish; undermine the foundations; dig

sapling:
n. a young tree, especially one with a slender trunk

sapphire:
n. a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone