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GRE Lesson 40
100 word chunks of Barron's data
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scanty | meager; insufficient |
| scapegoat | someone who bears the blame for others; whipping boy; CF. escape+goat |
| scavenge | hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search, especially for food; N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrion |
| scenario | plot outline; screenplay(script for a movie); opera libretto; outline of possible future events |
| schematic | of a schema or scheme; relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols; N. schema: diagrammatic representation; outline |
| scheme | systematic plan; plot; clever dishonest plan; orderly arrangement of elements; Ex. health insurance scheme; Ex. a scheme to escape taxes; Ex. a color scheme; Ex. a story with no scheme; V: contrive a scheme |
| schism | division into factions (esp. within a religious body); split |
| scholarly | full of learning; erudite; like a scholar; Ex. scholarly journal |
| scintilla | trace; minute amount; shred; least bit; Ex. There is not a scintilla of truth; CF. spark |
| scintillate | sparkle; flash; be animated; be full of life; Ex. scintillating conversation |
| scion | detached plant shoot used in grafting; descendant |
| scoff | laugh (at); mock; ridicule; Ex. scoff at their threats |
| scorch | sear; N. |
| score | number of points; written form of a musical composition; reason; group of 20; notch or incision; Ex. full/vocal score; Ex. Don't worry on that score; V: mark with lines or notches; Ex. score the paper to make it easy to fold |
| scotch | stamp out(put an end to); thwart; hinder; Ex. Scotch the rumor; CF. Cut |
| scourge | lash; whip (formerly used for punishment); source of severe punishment; V: whip; afflict |
| scowl | frown angrily; N: angry frown |
| scrap | small bit or fragment; discarded waste material; fight; Ex. a scrap of paper/cloth; V: break into parts for disposal; discard as worthless; fight; quarrel |
| scrappy | quarrelsome |
| scraps | leftover food |
| screech | unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V. |
| scrimmage | disorderly fight between two or more people |
| scruple | hesitate for ethical reasons; fret about; Ex. She did not scruple to read his diary; N: uneasy feeling arising from conscience; conscience |
| scrupulous | conscientious; extremely thorough; Ex. scrupulous worker |
| scrutinize | examine closely and critically; N. scrutiny |
| scuffle | struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry; N. CF. scuffling twins ? |
| scurrilous | abusive; obscene; indecent; Ex. scurrilous remark |
| scurry | move hastily; hurry; move briskly |
| scurvy | contemptible; despicable; N: disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C |
| scuttle | sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull; scrap; discard; N: small hatch in a ship's deck or hull |
| seamy | sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life |
| sear | burn the surface of; char or burn; brand; parch; cause (a plant) to wither |
| season | enhance the flavor of by adding a spice, etc.; inure; harden; N. seasoning: something used in seasoning |
| seasonable | occurring at the proper time or season; opportune; Ex. seasonable intervention in the dispute |
| seasonal | of a particular season; Ex. seasonal rise in employment |
| seasoned | experienced |
| secession | withdrawal; V. secede: withdraw formally from membership |
| seclusion | isolation; solitude; V. seclude: set apart from others; isolate |
| secrete | conceal; hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism; CF. secretive |
| sect | separate religious body; faction; group of people with common beliefs within a larger group |
| sectarian | of a sect; narrow-minded; parochial; N: member of a sect; narrow-minded person |
| secular | worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion; temporal |
| sedate | composed (with no excitement); grave; V: administer a sedative to; CF. sedative |
| sedentary | requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population |
| sedition | conduct or language inciting rebellion; rebellion; resistance to authority; insubordination; ADJ. seditious |
| seduce | lead away from proper conduct; entice; ADJ. seductive |
| sedulous | diligent; assiduous; paying attention; N. sedulity |
| seedy | run-down; decrepit; disreputable; having many seeds; Ex. seedy downtown hotel |
| seemly | (of behavior) proper; appropriate |
| seep | pass slowly through small openings; ooze; trickle; N. seepage |
| seethe | be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The nation was seething with discontent. |
| seine | seine net; net for catching fish |
| seismic | pertaining to earthquakes |
| selective | careful in choosing; having an effect only on certain things; not general; Ex. eclectic weed killer |
| self-indulgence | excessive indulgence of one's own desire |
| self-righteous | sure of one's own righteousness; moralistic |
| semblance | outward appearance; guise; Ex. We called in the troops to bring a/some semblance of order to the city. |
| seminal | related to seed or semen; germinal; creative; providing a basis for further development; influencing future developments; Ex. seminal research in a new field |
| seminary | school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for young women |
| senility | old age; feeblemindedness of old age; ADJ. senile: resulting from old age; showing the weakness of body or mind from old age; Ex. senile dementia |
| sensitization | process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive |
| sensual | devoted to the pleasures of the sense; carnal; voluptuous; Ex. sensual woman/curves/lips |
| sensuous | giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin |
| sententious | pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic |
| sentient | capable of sensation and conscious; aware; sensitive; Ex. sentient creature; N. sentience |
| sentimental | swayed by sentiment; appealing to the sentiments |
| sentinel | sentry; lookout |
| septic | of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; N. sepsis: poisoning of part of the body (producing pus) |
| sepulcher | tomb; V: place in a sepulcher; ADJ. sepulchral |
| sequester | isolate; segregate; seclude; retire from public life |
| sere | sear; parched; dry |
| serendipity | gift for finding valuable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck; CF. The Three Princes of Serendip |
| serenity | calmness; placidity; ADJ. serene |
| serpentine | winding; twisting; of or like a serpent; Ex. serpentine course of the river; N. serpent: snake |
| serrated | having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf |
| servile | slavish; cringing; N. servility |
| servitude | slavery; compulsory labor imposed as a punishment |
| sever | separate; cut off (a part) from a whole; break up (a relationship); N. severance; CF. severance pay: extra pay given an employee upon leaving a position |
| severity | harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict; extremely violent or intense |
| sextant | navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars) |
| shack | crude cabin |
| shackle | chain; fetter; confine with shackles; N. |
| shade | slight difference in degree; nuance; degree of color; Ex. shades of meaning/grey |
| sham | pretend; feign; ADJ: not genuine; fake; Ex. sham jewelry; N: something that is not what it appears; impostor; pretense; Ex. The agreement was a sham. |
| shambles | (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin; wreck; mess; Ex. After the hurricane, the coast was a shambles. |
| Shangri-la | imaginary remote paradise on earth; CF. Lost Horizon |
| shard | fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup) |
| shaving | very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade) |
| sheaf | bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together |
| shear | remove (fleece or hair) by cutting; remove the hair or fleece from; cut with or as if with shears; N: shears; pair of scissors |
| sheathe | place into a case; insert into or provide with a sheath; Ex. He sheathed his dagger; N. sheath: case for a blade |
| shed | small roofed structure for storage and shelter; V: pour forth; lose by natural process; repel without allowing penetration; radiate; cast; Ex. shed tears/light/water/skin/leaves |
| sheer | pure; thin and transparent; very steep |
| sherbet | flavored dessert ice |
| shift | change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group |
| shimmer | shine with a flickering light; glimmer intermittently; Ex. The moonlight shimmered on the water; N. |
| shirk | avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger |
| shoddy | made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick |
| shoot | new growth from a plant |
| shove | push forward; push roughly; Ex. pushing and shoving to get on the bus; N. |
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