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GRE Vocab19
S words/GRE Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Sacrosanct | extremely sacred; beyond criticism |
Sagacious | shrewd; wise |
Salient | prominent; of notable significance |
Salubrious | healthful |
Sanguine | ruddy; cheerfully optimistic |
Sardonic | cynical; scornfully mocking |
Satiate | to satisfy fully or overindulge |
Scintilla | trace amount |
Sedition | behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state |
Sentient | aware; conscious; able to perceive |
Seraphic | angelic; sweet |
Sinecure | a well paying job or office that requires little or no work |
Slake | to calm down or moderate |
Sobriquet | nickname |
Solecism | grammatical mistake; blunder in speech |
Soporific | causing sleep or lethargy |
Spartan | highly self disciplined; frugal; austere |
Specious | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
Sportive | frolicsome; playful |
Stasis | a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation |
Stentorian | extremely loud |
Stigma | a mark of shame or discredit |
Stolid | unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
Stratagem | trick designed to deceive an enemy |
Sublime | lofty or grand |
Sully | to tarnish; taint |
Supplant | to replace (another) by force; to take the place of |
Surfeit | excessive amount |
Surly | rude and bad tempered |
Sybarite | a person devoted to pleasure and luxury |
Sycophant | a self serving flatterer; yes |
Symbiosis | cooperation; mutual helpfulness |
Syncopation | temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |