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GRE Vocab19
S words/GRE Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |