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GRE Lesson 41
100 word chunks of Barron's data
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| shrew | scolding woman; very small mouselike animal |
| shrewd | clever; astute |
| shrivel | make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying) |
| shudder | shake uncontrollably; tremble; V. |
| shuffle | mix together; jumble; move (something) from one place to another; slide (the feet) along the ground while walking; Ex. shuffle papers from one pile to another; N. |
| shun | keep away from; avoid deliberately; Ex. She has been shunned by her neighbors. |
| shunt | move (a railway train) from one track to another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack; Ex. shunt traffic around an accident; N. |
| shyster | lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner |
| sibling | brother or sister |
| sibylline | prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world) |
| sidereal | relating to stars; Ex. sidereal day |
| sidetrack | switch (a railroad car) to a siding; divert from a main issue; N. CF. siding: short section of railroad track connected by switches with a main track |
| sift | put through a sieve to separate fine from coarse particles; sort or examine carefully |
| significant | expressing a meaning; important; Ex. significant smile; N. significance: importance; meaning; V. signify: denote; mean; signal; make known; matter; be significant |
| silt | sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river) |
| simian | monkeylike; N: ape or monkey |
| simile | comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as |
| simper | smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly |
| simplistic | oversimplified |
| simulate | feign; imitate |
| sinecure | well-paid position with little responsibility; CF. sine cure: without care; CF. San Serif |
| sinewy | (of meat) tough; strong and firm; muscular; N. sinew: tendon; strong cord connecting a muscle to a bone |
| singular | being only one; individual; unique; extraordinary; odd; Ex. singular beauty/behavior |
| sinister | evil; ominous |
| sinuous | twisting; winding; bending in and out; not morally honest |
| siren | apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature |
| skeptic | sceptic; doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view; ADJ. skeptical; N. skepticism; scepticism |
| skiff | small light sailboat or rowboat |
| skim | read or glance through quickly; touch lightly in passing; brush; remove from the surface of a liquid |
| skimp | provide or use scantily; live very economically; Ex. skimp on necessities; ADJ. skimpy: inadequate in amount; scanty; stingy; niggardly |
| skinflint | miser; stingy person |
| skirmish | minor fight; minor battle in war; V. |
| skittish | inconstant; capricious; frivolous; not serious; Ex. charming but skittish young woman; CF. skit |
| skulduggery(skullduggery) | dishonest behavior or action; Ex. skulduggery in the election |
| skulk | move furtively and secretly; Ex. He skulked through the less fashionable sections of the city. |
| slack | moving slowly; sluggish; inactive; (of a rope) loose; negligent; lax; Ex. slack season; Ex. slack in one's work; N. V. |
| slacken | slow up; loosen; make or become slack |
| slag | glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter |
| slake | satisfy (thirst); quench; sate |
| slander | defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements; V. ADJ. slanderous |
| slap | hit quickly with the flat part of the hand; N. CF. smack |
| slapdash | hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done) |
| slaughter | killing of animals for food; massacre; V: butcher (animals) for food; kill in large numbers |
| slavish | of or like a slave; servile; showing no originality; copied very closely; Ex. slavish devotion/copy of the original |
| sleazy | shabby and dirty; flimsy; insubstantial; Ex. sleazy back-street hotel/fabric |
| sledge | large sled drawn by work animals |
| sleek | smooth and shining (as from good health); V. |
| sleeper | one that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable |
| sleigh | large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice |
| sleight | dexterity; CF. sleight of hand: legerdemain; quickness of the hands in doing tricks |
| slew | large quantity or number; Ex. slew of errands left |
| slick | make smooth or glossy; N: smooth surface; Ex. oil slick; ADJ: smooth; glossy; deftly executed; adroit; glib |
| slight | insult to one's dignity; snub; V: treat as if of small importance; insult; snub; ADJ. small in size; of small importance |
| slink | move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush) |
| slipshod | slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work |
| slither | slip or slide |
| sloth | slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent |
| slough | (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin); N: outer layer that is shed |
| slovenly | untidy; careless in work habits; slipshod; N. sloven: one who is habitually untidy or careless |
| sluggard | lazy person |
| sluggish | lazy; slow; inactive; lethargic; CF. slug: nail with no shell |
| sluice | artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow) |
| slur | pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble |
| sly | clever in deceiving; secretive; not telling one's intentions |
| smart | intelligent; quick and energetic; fashionable; Ex. smart pace/restaurant; V: cause or feel a sharp pain; N: smarting pain |
| smattering | slight knowledge; small scattered number or amount; Ex. smattering of German |
| smear | spread or cover with a sticky substance; N: mark made by smearing |
| smelt | melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal; melt or blend ores changing their chemical composition |
| smirk | conceited smile; offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune); V. |
| smolder | smoulder; burn slowly without flame; be liable to break out at any moment; exist in a suppressed state; Ex. smoldering anger |
| smother | kill from lack of air; suppress; cover thickly; Ex. smothered in little stickers |
| smudge | dirty mark with unclear edges made by rubbing; V. |
| smug | self-satisfied; complacent |
| sneak | move, give, or take in a quiet, stealthy way; N: one who sneaks; ADJ. sneaky |
| snicker | half-stifled(suppressed) laugh; V. |
| snip | short quick cut with scissors; V: cut with scissors |
| snivel | complain or whine tearfully; run at the nose; snuffle; Ex. Don't come back sniveling to me. |
| snub | ignore or behave coldly toward; Ex. I made a suggestion but she snubbed me; N. |
| snuffle | sniffle; sniff repeatedly (in order to keep liquid from running out of the nose) |
| soar | rise or fly high in the air; Ex. The rocket soared into the sky. |
| sober | serious; solemn; not drunken; abstemious or temperate; V: make or become sober |
| sobriety | moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness |
| sodden | thoroughly soaked; dull or stupid as if from drink |
| sojourn | temporary stay; V: stay for a time |
| solace | comfort in sorrow or trouble; consolation; V: comfort or console in time of sorrow or trouble |
| solder | repair or make whole by using a metal alloy; N: metal alloy (usually tin and lead) used in the molten state to join metallic parts |
| solecism | nonstandard grammatical construction; construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically; violation of social etiquette |
| solemnity | seriousness; gravity |
| solicit | entreat; request earnestly; seek to obtain; Ex. solicit votes; CF. solicitor: one who solicits; chief law officer |
| solicitor | lawyer in the lower court of law |
| solicitous | anxious; worried; concerned; eager; Ex. solicitous to do something; N. solicitude |
| soliloquy | talking to oneself (esp. in a play); CF. monologue: soliloquy; long speech by one person (often monopolizing a conversation) |
| solitude | state of being alone; seclusion; ADJ. solitary: existing or living alone (esp. by choice); remote or secluded; single; sole; Ex. solitary life/inn; Ex. no solitary piece of proof |
| solstice | point or time at which the sun is farthest from the equator |
| soluble | able to be dissolved in a liquid; able to be worked out or solved |
| solvent | substance that dissolves another; ADJ: capable of dissolving another substance |
| somatic | pertaining to the body; bodily; physical |
| somber | dark; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; CF. shadow |
| somnambulist | sleepwalker; V. somnambulate; N. somnambulism |
| somnolent | half asleep; drowsy; N. somnolence |
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