sagacious (281) having or showing keen perception or discernment and sound judgment.
sapience (195) knowledge, wisdom.
sedulous (27) working hard and steadily; diligent.
Seneschal (38) a steward or major-domo in the household of a medieval noble.
Seraph, Seraphim (667) any of the highest order of angels.
solace (419) an easing of grief, loneliness, discomfort.
spume (479) to foam or froth.
Stygian (239) of or characteristic of the river Styx and the infernal regions; infernal or hellish.
Styx, Acheron, Cocytus, Phlegethon (577) the four rivers of Hell.
Synod (661) any assembly or council. Milton uses the word to describe a meeting or conjunction of the stars astrologically.
transpicuous (141) transparent; esp., easily understood.
tumid (288) swollen; bulging.
umbrage (1087) shade; shadow; foliage, considered as shade-giving.
unctuous (635 ) oily or greasy; made up of or containing fat or oil. Milton uses the word to describe one of the elements of ignis fatuus or fool's fire, a phenomenon like St. Elmo's Fire which often led the foolish astray.
usurp (421) to take or assume power, a position, property, rights, etc. and hold in possession by force or without right.
