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SAT Words 62
of 1000
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| scintillating | (adj.) sparkling (The ice skater’s _____ rhinestone costume nearly blinded the judges.) |
| scrupulous | (adj.) painstaking, careful (With _____ care, Sam cut a snowflake out of white paper.) |
| scurrilous | (adj.) vulgar, coarse (When Bruno heard the _____ accusation being made about him, he could not believe it because he always tried to be nice to everyone.) |
| sedentary | (adj.) sitting, settled (The _____ cat did little but loll in the sun.) |
| semaphore | (n.) a visual signal (Anne and Diana communicated with a _____ involving candles and window shades.) |
| seminal | (adj.) original, important, creating a field (Stephen Greenblatt’s essays on Shakespeare proved to be _____, because they initiated the critical school of New Historicism.) |
| sensual | (adj.) involving sensory gratification, usually related to sex (With a coy smile, the guest on the blind-date show announced that he considered himself a very _____ person.) |
| sensuous | (adj.) involving sensory gratification (Paul found drinking Coke, with all the little bubbles bursting on his tongue, a very _____ experience.) |
| serendipity | (n.) luck, finding good things without looking for them (In an amazing bit of _____, penniless Paula found a $20 bill in the subway station.) |
| serene | (adj.) calm, untroubled (Louise stood in front of the Mona Lisa, puzzling over the famous woman’s _____ smile.) |
| servile | (adj.) subservient (The _____ porter crept around the hotel lobby, bowing and quaking before the guests.) |
| sinuous | (adj.) lithe, serpentine (With the _____ movements of her arms, the dancer mimicked the motion of a snake.) |
| sobriety | (n.) sedate, calm (Jason believed that maintaining his _____ in times of crisis was the key to success in life.) |
| solicitous | (adj.) concerned, attentive (Jim, laid up in bed with a nasty virus, enjoyed the _____ attentions of his mother, who brought him soup and extra blankets.) |
| solipsistic | (adj.) believing that oneself is all that exists (Colette’s _____ attitude completely ignored the plight of the homeless people on the street.) |
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