S’s part 2 – Flashcards
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| sedition |
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| rebellion |
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| sedulous |
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| hard-working; industrious; diligent |
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| seedy |
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| run-down; shabby |
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| seethe |
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| to boil; to be violently agitated |
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| seismic |
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| pertaining to earthquakes |
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| semblance |
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| outward appearance |
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| sensate |
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| pertaining to feeling |
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| sensuous |
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| pertaining to the enjoyment of art, music, etc. |
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| sensual |
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| pertaining ot hte enjoyment of food and sex |
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| sententious |
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| concise; including proverbs nad brief remarks |
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| sentient |
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| conscious; capable of feeling |
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| sentinel |
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| a guard |
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| sepulcher |
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| tomb; burial vault |
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| sequester |
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| to separate; to set aside |
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| seraphic |
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| angelic; pure |
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| serendipity |
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| a talent for making desirable discoveries by accident |
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| serene |
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| calm; peaceful |
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| serpentine |
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| winding |
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| serrated |
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| having tooth-like edges |
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| servile |
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| like a slave |
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| servitude |
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| slavery; bondage |
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| shackle |
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| to keep prisoner; to restrain |
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| sham |
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| a pretense |
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| shambles |
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| a slaughterhouse; great disorder |
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| shard |
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| a fragment |
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| shibboleth |
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| a slogan; a password |
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| shoal |
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| a shallow place in the water; a reef |
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| shrew |
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| a nagging, bad-tempered woman |
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| shroud |
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| a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial |
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| sibilant |
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| hissing |
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| simian |
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| pertaining to an ape or a monkey |
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| simony |
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| the sin of buying or selling church benefits |
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| simper |
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| to smile in a silly way |
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| simulacrum |
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| an image; a likeness |
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| sinecure |
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| job with no responsibility |
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| sinewy |
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| tough; firm; strong |
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| singular |
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| extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional |
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| sinister |
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| threatening evil; ominous |
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| sinuous |
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| curving; winding |
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| siren |
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| an attractive by dangerous woman |
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| skinflint |
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| stingy person; miser |
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| skittish |
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| restless; excitable; nervous |
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| skulduggery |
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| trickery; deception |
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| skulk |
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| to sneak around; to lie in hiding |
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| slacken |
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| to become loose; to relax |
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| slake |
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| to lessen ( thirst, desire, anger, etc.) by satisfying; to quench |
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| slattern |
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| an untidy woman |
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| slovenly |
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| untidy; dirty; careless |
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| smolder |
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| ot burn without flame; to keep feelings concealed |
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| snippet |
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| a small fragment |
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| snivel |
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| to whine; to complain |
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| sobriquet |
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| nickname; assumed name |
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| sodden |
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| soaked; damp |
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| sojourn |
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| a brief stay or visit |
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| solace |
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| comfort |
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| solecism |
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| ungrammatical usage; an error or inconsistency |
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| solicit |
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| to ask; to seek; to try to get an order in business |
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| solicitude |
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| concern; anxiety |
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| soliloquy |
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| act of talking to oneself |
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| solipsistic |
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| pertaining to the theory that only oneself exists or can be proved to exist |
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| solitude |
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| loneliness |
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| solon |
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| a wise man |
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| solvent |
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| having the ability ot pay a debt; a substance that dissolves another |
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| somber |
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| dark; gloomy |
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| somnambulate |
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| walk in one's sleep |
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| somniferous |
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| causing sleep |
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| somnolent |
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| drowsy; sleepy |
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| sonorous |
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| producing a deep, rich sound |
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| sophistry |
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| a deceptive; tricky argument |
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| sophomoric |
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| immature; pretentious |
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| soporific |
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| causing sleep |
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| sordid |
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| dirty; filthy |
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| sot |
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| a drunkard |
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| sobriquet |
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| nickname; assumed name |
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| sovereign |
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| a monarch or other supreme ruler |
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| specious |
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| not genuine; pleasing to the eye but deceptive |
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| specter |
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| a ghost; a phantom |
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| speculate |
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| to meditate; to participate in a risky business transaction |
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| sphinx |
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| person who is difficult ot understand |
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| splenetic |
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| bad-tempered; irritable |
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| sporadic |
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| infrequent; irregular |
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| spry |
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| full of life; active |
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| spume |
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| foam |
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| spurious |
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| deceitful; counterfeit |
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| spurn |
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| to reject |
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| squalid |
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| filthy; dirty |
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| staccato |
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| made up of short, abrupt sounds |
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| staid |
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| sedate; settled |
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| stalemate |
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| a deadlock; a draw |
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| stalwart |
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| strong; sturdy |
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| stark |
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| complete; harsh; severe |
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| stentorian |
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| very loud |
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| stilted |
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| artificially formal |
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| stint |
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| to be sparing; to conserve |
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| stolid |
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| impassive; having little emotion |
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| strait |
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| a position of difficulty; a narrow passage of water |
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| stratagem |
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| a plan, scheme, or trick |
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| strew |
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| to spread about; to scatter |
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| stricture |
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| negative criticism; a restriction |
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| strident |
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| harsh sounding; loud and shrill |
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| stringent |
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| strict; tight |
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| stultify |
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| make absurd or ridiculous; render worthless |
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| stupefy |
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| to stun; to amaze |
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| stygian |
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| dark; gloomy |
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| stymie |
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| to hinder; to block |
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| sub rosa |
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| secretly; confidentially |
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| subaqueous |
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| underwater |
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| subjective |
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| not objective; personal |
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| subjugate |
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| to conquer |
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| sublimate |
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| to make a person act noble or moral |
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| sublime |
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| majestic; elevated or lofty in thought |
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| subliminal |
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| subconscious; unaware |
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| subordinate |
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| of lower rank |
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| suborn |
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| to hire for an unlawful act |
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| subservient |
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| submissive; helpful, in an inferior capacity |
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| subsidiary |
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| auxiliary, supplementary; serving to assist |
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| substantiate |
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| to prove; to confirm; to support |
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| subterfuge |
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| trickery; deceit |
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| subterranean |
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| underground |
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| subversive |
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| tending to overthrow or undermine |
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| succinct |
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| brief, concise; to the point |
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| succor |
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| assistance; help; relief |
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| suffrage |
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| the right ot vote |
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| sullen |
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| gloomy; showing irritation |
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| sully |
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| to soil, stain, or tarnish |
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| sultry |
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| hot and moist |
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| sumptuous |
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| luxurious; lavish; extravagent |
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| sundry |
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| various; assorted |
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| superannuated |
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| retired because of old age |
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| supercilious |
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| proud; haughty |
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| supernal |
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| heavenly |
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| supernumerary |
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| extra; more than necessary |
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| supersede |
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| to take the place of |
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| supervene |
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| to take place or occur unexpectedly |
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| supine |
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| lying on the back |
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| supplant |
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| to replace |
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| supple |
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| flexible |
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| suppliant |
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| begging; asking humbly |
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| supplicate |
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| to pray humbly; to beg |
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| surfeit |
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| an excessive amount |
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| surly |
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| rude; bad-tempered |
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| surmise |
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| to guess |
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| surmount |
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| to go beyond; to overcome |
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| surreptitious |
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| acting in a sneaky way |
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| surrogate |
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| substitute |
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| susurration |
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| whispering; murmering |
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| suture |
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| to join together; as with stitches |
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| svelte |
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| slender; graceful |
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| swarthy |
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| dark-complexioned |
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| swathe |
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| to wrap closely or fully |
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| sybarite |
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| one who is fond of luxuries and pleasure |
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| sycophant |
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| a flatterer; a parasite |
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| sylvan |
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| wooded; pertaining to the forest |
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| synthesis |
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| a combination; a fusion |
