RACISM

(rei-siz-um)
• A belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the
various human races determine cultural or individual
achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own
race is superior and has the right to rule others
RADIATION

(rey-dee-ey-shuhn)
• The process in which energy is emitted as
particles or waves
RADICAL
(rad-i-kuhl)
• Of or going to the root or origin;
fundamental
 Rabbi
(rab-ahy)
• A title of respect for a Jewish scholar or
teacher
 RIOT
(rahy-uht)
• A noisy, violent public disorder caused by
a group or crowd of persons
REMNANT
(rem-nuhnt)
• A fragment or scrap
RESOLUTION
(rez-uh-loo-shuhn)
• The act of resolving upon an action or
cause
Radioactive
(rey-dee-oh-ak-tiv)
• Pertaining to or caused by radioactivity
 RADON
(rey-don)
• Gaseous element produced by the decay
of radium
RAILROAD
(reyl-rohd)
• A permanent road laid with rails
SABBATH
(sab-uhth)
• 7 day of the week/any special day of
th

prayer
SADDLE
(sad-l)
• A seat for a ride on the back of an animal
 SAGE
(seyj)
• A profoundly wise person; a person famed
for wisdom
 SAIGON
(sahy-gon)
• Capital of former South Vietnam (1954-
1976)
SOLARISM
(soh-luh-riz-uhm)
• The interpretation of myths by reference of
the sun
SANCTUARY
(sangk-choo-er-ee)
• A sacred or holy place
 SANSKRIT
(san-skrit)
• Religious and classical literary language of
India
SCALP
(skalp)
• Any token of victory
SUIST
(su-ist)
• Selfish person
SCURVY
(skurvee)
• Contemptible, mean
TAIGA
(tahy-gah)
• The coniferous evergreen forests of
subarctic lands
TABLOID
(tabloid)
• A newspaper whose pages, usually five
columns wide
TALMUND
(tahl-mood)
• The collection of Jewish law & tradition
TANGENT
(tan-juhnt)
• In immediate physical contact; touching
 TAPESTRY
(tap-uh-stree)
• A machine-woven reproduction of furniture
coverings
TAXATION
(tak-sey-shuhn)
• The act of taxing, imposing of tax
TEAK
(teek)
• The wood of a tree
TELETEXT
(tel-i-tekst)
• A system that allows viewers having
television set with special decoder to
receive signals
TEMPERA
(tem-per-uh)
• A painting executed in this technique
TEMPO
(tem-poh)
• Rate, rhythm, or pattern of work or activity
UNCONSC
IOUS
(uhn-kon-shuhs)
• not conscious; without awareness,
sensation, or cognition.
ULTRAVIOLET
uhl-truh-vahy-uh-lit
• beyond the violet in the spectrum,
corresponding to light having wavelengths
shorter than 4000 angstrom units.
UNEMPLOYM
ENT uhn-em-ploi-muhnt
• the state of being unemployed, especially
involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of
unemployment for many unskilled workers.
 Union (yoon-yuhn)
• the act of uniting two or more things
Untouchable
(uhn-tuhch-uh-buhl)
• that may not be touched; of a nature such
that it cannot be touched; not palpable;
intangible
 Urea
(yoo-ree-uh, yoor-ee-uh)
• a water-soluble powder form of this compound, obtained
by the reaction of liquid ammonia and liquid carbon dioxide:
used as a fertilizer, animal feed, in the synthesis of plastics,
resins, and barbiturates, and in medicine as a diuretic and
in the diagnosis of kidney function.
 USURY
(yoo-zhuh-ree)
• the lending or practice of lending money at
an exorbitant interest.
UREMIA (yoo-ree-mee-uh)
• a condition resulting from the retention in
the blood of constituents normally
excreted in the urine.
UGRIC
(oo-grik)
• a branch of the Uralic family of languages, consisting
of Hungarian and two languages, Khanty and Mansi,
spoken in western Siberia.
 UPWELL (uhp-wel)
• to well up, as water from a spring
 VAULT (Vawlt)
• an arched structure, usually made of stones, concrete, or
bricks, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall, room, sewer, or
other wholly or partially enclosed construction.
VARNISH
(vahr-nish)
• a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac,
dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or
other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal,
etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually
transparent coating.
VARIATION
(vair-ee-ey-shuhn)
• the act, process, or accident of varying in
condition, character, or degree: Prices are
subject to variation.
 VANITY
(van-i-tee)
• excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities,
abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of
being vain; conceit: Failure to be elected was a great
blow to his vanity.
VANADIUM
(vuh-ney-dee-uhm)
• a rare element occurring in certain minerals and obtained
as a light-gray powder with a silvery luster or as a ductile
metal: used as an ingredient of steel to toughen it and
increase its shock resistance
 VALVE
(Valv)
• any device for halting or controlling the flow of a liquid, gas,
or other material through a passage, pipe, inlet, outlet, etc.
 VALKYRIES
(val-keer-ee)
• any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin
who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or
Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.
 VALENCE
(vey-luhns)
• the quality that determines the number of atoms or
groups with which any single atom or group will unite
chemically.
VACCINATION
(vak-suh-ney-shuhn)
• the act or practice
of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine
VACUUM
(vak-yoom)
• an enclosed space from which matter, especially air,
has been partially removed so that the matter or gas
remaining in the space exerts less pressure than the
atmosphere