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NS Vocab - S
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| saccharine | overly sweet |
| sacred cow | anything thought of as immune to criticsm |
| sagacious | acutely insightful and wise |
| saturnine | bitter or scornful |
| savanna | a flat grassland in tropical/subtropical areas |
| savant | member of a scholarly field |
| savvy | marked by practical intelligence |
| scruple | an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action |
| seance | a meeting of spiritualists |
| secede | withdraw from an organization |
| semanticist | a specialist in the study of meaning |
| semiotics | a philosophical theory of the functions of signs |
| sensate | having a physical sensation |
| sentient | endowed with feeling |
| sequester | keep away from others |
| seriatim | in a series; one after another |
| shalom | Jewish expression of greeting or farewell |
| shank | part between knee/ankle |
| shareware | software that is free |
| shoddy | of inferior workmanship/materialsd |
| sidle | move sideways (like sashay) |
| simian | relating to or resembling an ape or a monkey |
| sinologist | a student of Chinese history, language, culture |
| skinflint | a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend |
| skittish | unpredictably excitable; worried, nervous |
| sleight | adroitness in using the hands (sleight of hands) |
| smorgasbord | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| solar plexus | area of the nerves in abdomen behind stomach |
| sophistry | a deliberately false argument expressed cleverly in the hope of deceiving someone |
| specter | a ghostly appearing figure |
| sphinx | person who keeps thoughts/intentions a secret |
| sprite | a small human-form being, playful, magical |
| spur | prod fixed to rider's heel; any sharp projection |
| squalid | foul, run-down, repulsive |
| squalor | sordid dirtiness |
| statuesque | suggestive of a statue |
| steep | to let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; devote oneself fully to |
| sticky wicket | the area of ground around a wicket that is tacky when it rains; an awkward situation |
| stilted | artificially formal; lacking natural ease |
| stipulate | specify as a requirement in an agreement; make an oral contract; give a guarantee of |
| stultify | to deprive of strength; cause to appear foolish |
| subliminal | below conscious perception |
| substantive | being relevant and meaningful; prompting thought |
| subsume | contain or include |
| succor | assistance in a time of difficulty |
| surrogate | pertaining to taking the place of another person |
| syncopation | a rhythm accenting a usually weak beat |
| synonymous | words meaning the same thing |
| synthesis | the combination of ideas into a complex whole |
| synthesizer | an electronic instrument (usually keyboard) that can sound like a variety of other instruments |
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