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PSAT S Word List
Word list for 2009-2010
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| saccharine | excessively sweet or sentimental |
| sagacious | shrewd |
| salient | prominent or conspicuous |
| sallow | sickly yellow in color |
| salubrious | healthful |
| salutation | greeting |
| sanction (n) | permission, support; law, penalty |
| sanctuary | haven, retreat |
| sanguine | ruddy; cheerfully optimistic |
| sardonic | cynical, scornfully mocking |
| satiate | to satisfy |
| saunter | to amble; walk in a leisurely manner |
| savant | learned person |
| savory | agreeable in taste or smell |
| scale (v) | to climb to the top of |
| scintilla | race amount |
| scintillate | to sparkle, flash |
| scoff | to deride, ridicule |
| score (n) | notation for a musical composition |
| score (v) | to make a notch or scratch |
| scrupulous | restrained; honest; careful and precise |
| scrutiny | careful observation |
| scurrilous | vulgar, low, indecent |
| secular | not specifically pertaining to religion |
| sedentary | inactive, stationary; sluggish |
| seminal | relating to the beginning or seeds of something |
| senescent | aging, growing old |
| sentient | aware, conscious, able to perceive |
| sequester | to remove or set apart; put into seclusion |
| seraphic | angelic, pure, sublime |
| serpentine | serpentlike; twisting, winding |
| servile | submissive, obedient |
| shard | piece of broken glass or poetry |
| shirk | to avoid a task due to laziness or fear |
| simper | to smirk, smile foolishly |
| sinecure | well-paying job or office that requires little or no work |
| singe | to burn slightly, scorch |
| sinuous | winding; intricate, complex |
| skeptical | doubtful, questioning |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or cautious manner; sneak |
| slight | to treat as unimportant; insult |
| sloth | sluggishness, laziness |
| slough | to discard or shed |
| slovenly | untidy, messy |
| sobriety | seriousness |
| sodden | thoroughly soaked; saturated |
| sojourn | visit, stay |
| solace | comfort in distress; consolation |
| solicitous | concerned, attentive; eager |
| soliloquy | literary or dramatic speech by one character, not addressed to others |
| soluble | capable of being solved and dissolved |
| somber | dark and gloomy; melancholy, dismal |
| somnolent | drowsy, sleepy; inducing sleep |
| sonorous | producing a full, rich sound |
| sophistry | deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| sophomoric | immature and overconfident |
| soporific | sleepy or tending to cause sleep |
| sordid | filthy; contemptible and corrupt |
| sovereign | having supreme power |
| spartan | austere, severe, grave; simple, bare |
| spontaneous | on the spur of the moment, impulsive |
| sporadic | infrequent |
| spurious | lacking authenticity; counterfeit, false |
| spurn | to reject or refuse contemptuously; scorn |
| squalid | filthy; morally repulsive |
| squander | to waste |
| staccato | marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds |
| staid | self-restrained to the point of dullness |
| stand (n) | group of trees |
| stark | bare, empty, vacant |
| stifle | to smother or suffocate; suppress |
| stipend | allowance; fixed amount of money paid regularly |
| stockade | enclosed area forming defensive wall |
| stoic | indifferent to or unaffected by emotions |
| stolid | having or showing little emotion |
| strident | loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy |
| stupefy | to dull the sense of; stun, astonish |
| stymie | to block or thwart |
| suave | smoothly gracious or polite; blandly ingratiating |
| subjugate | to conquer, subdue; enslave |
| sublime | awe-inspiring; of high spiritual or moral value |
| subliminal | subconscious; imperceptible |
| subterfuge | trick or tactic used to avoid something |
| subterranean | hidden, secret; underground |
| subtle | hard to detect or describe; perceptive |
| subvert | to undermine or corrupt |
| succinct | terse, brief, concise |
| succulent | juicy; full of vitality or freshness |
| suffragist | one who advocates extended voting rights |
| sullen | brooding, gloomy |
| sully | to soil, stain, tarnish, taint |
| supercilious | arrogant, haughty, overbearing, condescending |
| superficial | hasty; shallow and phony |
| superfluous | extra, more than necessary |
| supersede | to take the place of; replace |
| supplicant | one who asks humbly and earnestly |
| surfeit | excessive amount |
| surly | rude and bad-tempered |
| surmise | to make an educated guess |
| surmount | to conquer, overcome |
| surreptitious | characterized by secrecy |
| susceptible | vulnerable, unprotected |
| sybarite | person devoted to pleasure and luxury |
| sycophant | self-servicing flatterer, yes-man |
| syllabus | outline of a course |
| symbiosis | cooperation, mutual helpfulness |
| synopsis | plot summary |
| synthesis | blend, combination |
Created by:
rierei1971
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