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Vocab Builder 27
simian-sundry
| definition | word |
|---|---|
| monkeylike | simian |
| somparison of one thing with another useing like or as | simile |
| feign | simulate |
| well-paid position with little responsibility | sinecure |
| evil | sinister |
| winding; bending in and out; not morally honest | sunuous |
| provide skantily; live very evonomically | skimp |
| lively; frisky | skittish |
| move furtively and secretly | skulk |
| quench; sate | slake |
| flimsy; unsubstantial | sleazy |
| laziness | sloth |
| cast off | slough |
| untidy; careless in work habits | slovenly |
| soberness | sobriety |
| temporary stay | sojourn |
| contruction that is flagrantly incorrect frammatically | solecism |
| worries; concerned | solicitious |
| talking to oneself | soliliquy |
| able to pay all debts | solvent |
| sleepwalker | somnabulist |
| half asleep | somnolent |
| resonant | sonorous |
| suggestion; hint; taste | soupon |
| small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation | spangle |
| fitful; periodic | spasmodic |
| relating to space | spatial |
| lay eggs | spawn |
| seemingly reasonable but incorrect | specious |
| ghostly | spectral |
| spiteful; irritable; peevish | splenetic |
| occuring irregularly | sporadic |
| playful | sportice |
| fasle; counterfeit | spurious |
| dirt; neglected; poor | squallid |
| waste | squander |
| motionless; stale; dull | stagnant |
| sover; sedate | staid |
| strength; staying power | stamina |
| check flow of blood | stanch |
| law | statute |
| beer mug | stein |
| pertaining to the stars | stellar |
| extremely loud | stentorian |
| brand; mark as wicked | stifmatize |
| supply; allotted amount; assigned portion of work | stint |
| pay for services | stipend |
| person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain | stoic |
| dull; impassive | stolid |
| deceptive scheme | stratagem |
| marked with parallel bands | straited |
| critical comments; severe and adverse criticism | stricture |
| loud and harsh | strident |
| binding rigid | strigent |
| state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness | stupot |
| present an obstacle; stump | stymie |
| urbanity; polish | suavity |
| conquer; bring under control | subjugate |
| refine; purify | sublimate |
| exalted; noble; uplifting | sublime |
| in strict confidence; privately | sub rosa |
| following; later | subsequent |
| behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious | subservant |
| subordinate; secondary | subsidiary |
| existence; means of support; livelihood | subsistence |
| verify; support | substantiate |
| pretense; evasion | subterfuge |
| nicety; cunning; guile; delicacy | subtley |
| tending to overthrow or rein | subversive |
| brief; terse; compact | succint |
| aid; assistance; relief | succor |
| juicy; full of richness | succulent |
| spread over | suffuse |
| tarnish; soil | sully |
| sweltering | sultry |
| act of finding the total; summary | summation |
| lavish; rich | sumptuous |
| separate; part | sunder |
| various; several | sundry |
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