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
th

special day of 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)
SOLARI
SM
(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
UNCONSCIOUS
(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.
UNEMPLOYMENT
(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