sanctum sacred place.
scabrous indecent, shocking, improper, scandalous, etc.
scion a shoot or bud of a plant, esp. one for planting or grafting.
scourges means of inflicting severe punishment, suffering, or vengeance.
scruple a feeling of hesitancy, doubt, or uneasiness arising from difficulty in deciding what is right, proper, ethical, etc.; qualm or misgiving about something one thinks is wrong.
scud very low, dark, patchy clouds moving swiftly, generally characteristic of bad weather.
shindy a noisy disturbance; commotion; row.
shingle large, coarse, waterworn gravel, as found on a beach.
shrouding a cloth sometimes used to wrap a corpse for burial; winding sheet.
sistrum a metal rattle or noisemaker consisting of a handle and a frame fitted with loosely held rods, jingled by the ancient Egyptians in the worship of Isis.
slothful indolent; lazy.
snood a baglike net worn at the back of a woman's head to hold the hair.
spectral of, having the nature of, or like a specter; phantom; ghostly.
spelt a primitive species of wheat with grains that do not thresh free of the chaff.
stratagems any tricks or schemes for achieving some purpose.
striplings grown boys; youths passing into manhood.
subjugate to bring under control or subjection; conquer.
subjugating bringing under control or subjection; conquering.
subverted overthrown or destroyed.
sundered broken apart; separated; split.
suppliant asking humbly; supplicating; entreating.
supplication a humble request, prayer, petition, etc.
surfeited indulged or supplied to satiety or excess.
tableau a striking, dramatic scene or picture.
temerity foolish or rash boldness; foolhardiness; recklessness.
terebinth a small European tree of the cashew family, whose cut bark yields a turpentine.
thong a narrow strip of leather, etc., used as a lace, strap, etc.
thwarts rowers's seats extending across a boat.
trident a three-pronged spear borne as a scepter by the sea god Poseidon, or Neptune.
twinge to cause to have a sudden, brief, darting pain or pang.
