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GRE Vocab 4000
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| spindly | tall and thin |
| slovenly | sloppy |
| smirk | smug look |
| snide | sarcastic |
| snivel | whine, weep |
| sobriety | composed |
| sobriquet | nickname |
| sodality | companionship |
| sodden | soaked |
| sojourn | trip |
| solace | consolation |
| solecism | ungrammatical construction |
| solstice | furthest point |
| splay | spread apart |
| somatic | pertaining to the body |
| somnambulist | sleepwalker |
| somnolent | sleepy |
| sonorous | resonant, majestic |
| sop | morsel, compensation |
| soporific | sleep inducing |
| sordid | foul, ignoble |
| soubrette | actress, ingenue |
| spasmodic | intermittent |
| specious | false but plausible |
| speleologist | one who studies caves |
| spleen | resentment, wrath |
| splenetic | peevish |
| spume | foam |
| spurn | reject |
| squelch | crush, stifle |
| stalwart | pillar, strong |
| stanch | loyal |
| stanchion | prop |
| stately | impressive, noble |
| stenography | shorthand |
| stevedore | longshoremen |
| stigma | mark of disgrace |
| stiletto | dagger |
| stodgy | stuffy, pompous |
| strait | distress |
| stratagem | trick |
| stratum | layer |
| striate | to strip |
| stultify | inhibit, enfeeble |
| stymie | hinder, thwart |
| sub rosa | in secret |
| subcutaneous | beneath the skin |
| sublimate | to redirect forbidden impulses (usually sexual) into socially accepted activities |