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GRE Vocab 4000
Question | Answer |
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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 |