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GRE SEC 13-14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sobriquet (n) | nickname; alias; pseudonym |
| Solecism (n) | grammatical mistake; blunder in speech |
| Soporific (adj) | causing sleep or lethargy |
| Spartan (adj) | highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere |
| Specious (adj) | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
| Sportive (adj) | frolicsome; playful; frisky; merry |
| Stasis (n) | a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation; inertia |
| Stentorian (adj) | extremely loud; noisy |
| Stigma (n) | a mark of shame or discredit; blemish; blot; stain |
| Doctrinaire (adj) | rigidly devoted tot heories w/o regard for practicality; dogmatic |
| Slake (v) | to calm down or moderate; moderate; quench; satisfy |
| Seraphic (adj) | angelic; sweet; cherubic; heavenly |
| Sinecure (n) | a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work |
| Sedition (n) | behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state |
| Sentinent (Adj) | aware; conscious; able to perceive |
| Satiate (v) | to satisfy fully or overindulge |
| Scintilla (n) | trace amount; atom; iota; spark; speck |
| Sardonic (adj) | cynical; scornfully mocking |
| Sanguine (adj) | ruddy; cheerfully optimistic |
| Salient (adj) | prominent; of notable significance; marked; noticeable; outstanding |
| Salubrious (adj) | healthful; bracing; curative; tonic; medicinal |
| Sacrosanct (adj) | extremely sacred; beyond criticism; holy; off-limits |
| Sagacious (adj) | shrewd; wise; astute; perspicacious |
| August (adj) | dignified; grandiose; admirable; awesome; grand |
| Axiom (n) | premise; posulate; self-evident truth; maxim; rule |
| Apathy (n) | lack of interest or emotion; coolness; disinterest |
| Apocryphal (adj) | of questionable authority or authenticity; disputed; doubtful |
| Aesthetic (adj) | concerning the appreciation of beauty; artistic |
| Augury (n) | prophecy; prediction of events |
| Hyperbole (n) | purposeful; exaggeration for effect; embellishment; inflation; magnification |
| Epicure (n) | person with refined aste in food and wine; gourmet |
| Capricious (adj) | chaning one’s mind quickly and often; mercurial |
| Contrite (adj) | deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong; regretfui;; remorseful; |
| Decorum (n) | appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety; correctness; seemliness |
| Decorous (adj) | proper; tasteful;; socially correct |
| Dupe (v) | to deceive; a person who is easily deceived |
| Distend (v) | to swell, inflate, or bloat |
| Droll (adj) | amusing in a wry; subtle way; comic; entertaining; funny; witty |
| Stolid (adj) | unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
| Stratagem (n) | trick designed to deceive an enemy; artifice; ruse; wile |
| Sublime (adj) | lofty or grand |
| Sully (v) | to tarnish; taint |
| Supplant (v) | to replace by force; to take the place of |
| Surfeit (n) | excessive amount; surplus; plethora |
| Surly (adj) | rude and bad-tempered; grumpy; testy |
| Sybarite (n) | a person devoted to pleasure and luxury; hedonist; sensualist |
| Sycophant (n) | a self -serving flatterer; yes man; bootlicker; fawner; toady |
| Attenuate (v) | to reduce in force of degree; weaken |
| Audacious (adj) | fearless and daring |
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