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NM_Week_12
S & M (89-91 & 80-82)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| saccharine | overly sweet |
| sacrilege | the violation of things sacred |
| sacrosanct | extremely holy |
| sadistic | pleasure from inflicting pain |
| saga | a long story |
| sage | a wise person |
| salacious | obscene |
| salient | significant |
| saline | salty |
| sallow | sickly, pale |
| salubrious | healthful |
| salutary | healthful; wholesome |
| salutatory | a welcoming speech |
| sanctimonious | hypocritical |
| sanction | to authorize |
| sangfroid | calmness |
| sanguinary | bloody |
| sanguine | cheerful or hopeful |
| sapient | wise |
| sardonic | mocking |
| sartorial | pertaining to tailoring or clothes |
| satiated | satisfied; filled up |
| satirical | sarcastic; ironic |
| saturate | to soak |
| saturnine | gloomy; sluggish |
| saunter | to stroll; to walk leisurely |
| savant | a person of extensive learning |
| savor | to enjoy |
| scant | inadequate in size or amount |
| scapegoat | one who takes the blame |
| scathing | very severe or harsh |
| schism | a split or break |
| scintilla | a tiny amount |
| scintillate | to sparkle |
| scion | a descendant |
| scoff | to ridicule |
| scope | range; extent |
| scourge | a person or thing that punishes |
| scrupulous | honest or exact; careful; diligent |
| scrutinize | to examine closely |
| scurrilous | abusive or vulgar |
| scurry | run about; to hurry |
| scuttle | to abandon |
| sear | to burn |
| sebaceous | fatty |
| secrete | to hide or conceal |
| secular | worldly |
| sedate | quiet or calm |
| sedentary | sitting most of the time |
| sediment | material that settles on the bottom; residue |
| sedition | rebellion |
| sedulous | hard-working; industrious; diligent |
| seedy | run-down |
| seethe | to be violently angry |
| semblance | outward appearance |
| senile | mental weakness; old or aged |
| sensual | pertaining to pleasure |
| sententious | using wise sayings |
| sentient | conscious |
| sentinel | a guard |
| sepulcher | a tomb |
| sequel | an event following a previous one |
| sequester | to separate |
| seraphic | pure |
| serendipity | a talent for finding valuable things by accident |
| serene | peaceful |
| serrated | having tooth-like edges |
| serpentine | winding or crafty |
| servile | acting like a slave; submissive |
| servitude | slavery |
| sever | to separate or cut |
| shackle | to restrain |
| sham | a pretense |
| shard | a fragment |
| sheepish | bashful |
| shibboleth | a password |
| shiftless | lazy |
| shoal | a shallow place in the water |
| shrew | a nagging woman |
| shroud | a sheet in which a body is wrapped for burial |
| sibilant | hissing |
| sibling | a brother or sister |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| simper | a silly smile |
| simulacrum | superficial likeness or image |
| simulate | to pretend; to imitate |
| simultaneous | occurring at the same time |
| sinecure | job with no real work |
| sinewy | tough or firm |
| singular | extraordinary or exceptional |
| sinister | threatening evil |
| sinuous | winding |
| siren | an attractive but dangerous woman |
| skeptic | one who doubts |
| skinflint | stingy person |
| skittish | excitable or nervous |
| skullduggery | deception |
| skulk | to sneak around |
| slake | to quench or satisfy |
| slander | to speak falsely against someone |
| slither | to slide or glide |
| slough | to discard |
| slovenly | untidy or dirty |
| smirk | an offensive smile |
| smite | to hit forcefully |
| smolder | to burn without flame; to conceal hostility |
| smug | self-satisfied |
| snare | to trap |
| sneer | to look at with contempt |
| snicker | to laugh in a suppressed way |
| snippet | a small part |
| snivel | to whine; to complain |
| sober | not drunk; serious; solemn |
| sobriquet | assumed name |
| sodden | soaked, damp |
| sojourn | a brief stay or visit |
| solace | comfort |
| solecism | ungrammatical usage |
| solemn | serious; grave |
| solicit | to ask; to seek |
| solicitude | concern |
| soliloquy | talking to oneself |
| solitude | loneliness; being alone |
| solon | a wise man |
| solvent | the ability to pay; a substance that dissolves another |
| somber | dark or gloomy |
| somnambulate | walk in one’s sleep |
| somnolent | drowsy; sleepy |
| sonorous | resounding |
| sophistry | seemingly believable but false reasoning |
| sophomoric | immature |
| soporific | sleep inducing |
| sordid | filthy; base; vile |
| sovereign | supreme in power |
| spangle | small metallic ornamentation sewn to clothing |
| sparse | not thick; thinly scattered |
| spasm | fitful, involuntary contraction |
| spate | sudden flood or strong outburst; a large number or amount |
| specious | seemingly reasonable but incorrect |
| specter | ghost-like image |
| sphinx-like | mysterious |
| splenetic | spiteful; irritable |
| sporadic | occurring irregularly |
| spry | active; nimble |
| spume | foam |
| spurious | false; counterfeit |
| spurn | reject |
| squalid | dirty; poor |
| squander | waste |
| staccato | done in a sharp or abrupt manner |
| stagnant | motionless; stale; not moving |
| staid | serious; sedate |
| stalemate | deadlock |
| stalwart | strong; steadfast |
| stamina | staying power |
| stanch | check the flow of |
| stanza | a section of a poem |
| stark | real; unadorned |
| static | unchanging; stationary; not moving |
| stationary | not moving |
| statute | law |
| steadfast | loyal |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| stereotype | fixed representation; not original |
| sterling | outstanding |
| stigma | mark of disgrace |
| stilted | pompous; inflated |
| stint | assigned amount of work |
| stipend | pay for services |
| stipulate | special condition or demand |
| stoic | indifferent to pleasure or pain |
| stolid | dull; unemotional |
| stratagem | deceptive scheme |
| strew | scatter |
| striated | parallel bands; grooved |
| stricture | critical comments |
| strident | loud and harsh |
| stringent | binding; rigid; harsh; strict |
| strut | pompous walk or supporting bar |
| stultify | cause to appear foolish |
| stupefy | to make dull |
| stygian | gloomy; deathly |
| stymie | to block or stump |
| suave | smooth |
| subjective | personal |
| subjugate | to conquer; bring under control |
| sublimate | purify |
| sublime | exalted; noble |
| subliminal | below conscious thought |
| submission | yielding to; surrender |
| subordinate | inferior |
| subsequent | following |
| subservient | behaving like a slave |
| subside | settle down; descend |
| subsidiary | subordinate; secondary |
| subsistence | minimum means of support |
| substantiate | verify or support |
| substantive | essential |
| subterfuge | pretense |
| subtle | not obvious; hard to see |
| subtlety | cunning; delicacy |
| subversive | to overthrow or ruin |
| succinct | brief; compact |
| succor | aid; assistance |
| succulent | juicy; richness |
| succumb | give in |
| suffrage | right to vote |
| suffuse | to spread |
| sully | tarnish; soil |
| sultry | hot; sweltering |
| sumptuous | lavish; rich |
| supercilious | contemptuous; arrogant; haughty |
| superficial | shallow; on the surface only |
| superfluous | excessive; unnecessary |
| supernal | heavenly |
| supernumerary | in excess of what is necessary |
| supersede | to be set aside; replace |
| supine | lying on the back |
| supplant | replace |
| supple | flexible |
| supplement | added to |
| suppliant | entreating; pleading |
| supplicate | to implore or beg for |
| supposititious | assumed; hypothetical |
| surcease | cessation |
| surmise | assume |
| surpass | exceed |
| surreptitious | secret |
| surrogate | substitute |
| surveillance | watching |
| susceptible | easily influenced; having little resistance |
| sustenance | means of support |
| suture | stitches |
| swarthy | dark |
| swathe | wrap around; bandage |
| sybarite | lover of luxury |
| sycophant | a flatterer |
| sylvan | pertaining to woods; rustic |
| symbiosis | a close, beneficial association of two organisms |
| symmetry | balanced arrangement |
| synchronous | working together at the same time |
| synthesis | combining parts into a whole |
| synthetic | artificial |
| macabre | gruesome |
| machination | evil design |
| macroscopic | visible to the naked eye |
| maelstrom | whirlpool |
| magnanimous | generous |
| magnate | important person |
| maim | to cripple |
| maladroit | clumsy or unskillful |
| malady | disease |
| malaise | uneasiness |
| malapropism | word humorously misused |
| malediction | curse |
| malefactor | villain |
| malevolent | harmful |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing |
| malicious | spiteful |
| malign | to speak badly about |
| malignant | evil |
| malingerer | one who pretends to be ill to avoid work |
| malleable | adaptable |
| manacle | handcuff |
| mandarin | influential person |
| mandate | an order |
| manifest | obvious |
| manifold | many |
| manipulate | to handle with skill; to influence a person |
| manumit | to set free |
| maraud | to raid |
| maritime | pertaining to the ocean |
| marquee | a canopy over an entrance |
| marred | damaged; ruined |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| masochist | one who enjoys his own pain |
| masticate | to chew |
| matriarchy | a society in which the mother is the head of the family |
| matrix | a place of origin |
| maudlin | very sentimental |
| maul | to injure |
| mausoleum | large tomb |
| maverick | a nonconformist |
| mawkish | overly sentimental |
| maxim | a proverb or saying |
| meager | inadequate; of poor quality |
| mean | nasty or offensive; inferior or low; an average |
| meander | to wander aimlessly |
| mediate | to settle a dispute |
| meditate | to think deeply |
| medley | a mixture |
| megalomania | exaggeration of one’s own greatness |
| melancholy | depressed |
| melee | noisy fight |
| mellifluous | sweet-sounding |
| melodramatic | overly emotional |
| menace | a threat |
| ménage | household |
| menagerie | collection of animals |
| mendacious | lying |
| mendicant | a beggar |
| menial | degrading |
| mentor | advisor or coach |
| mercantile | pertaining to merchants |
| mercenary | acts only for money |
| mercurial | unpredictably |
| meretricious | gaudy or showy |
| merger | a joining together |
| mesmerize | hypnotize |
| metamorphosis | a transformation |
| metaphor | comparison |
| metaphysics | beyond what is natural |
| mete | to distribute |
| meteoric | swift rise |
| meticulous | extremely careful |
| metropolis | large city |
| mettle | courage |
| miasma | pollution |
| microcosm | a little world |
| mien | manner |
| milieu | environment; setting |
| militant | ready and willing to fight |
| millennium | a thousand years |
| mimic | to imitate |
| minion | a devoted follower |
| minute | unit of time; or small and insignificant |
| mire | swampy ground; to sink down |
| mirth | joy or laughter |
| misanthrope | hater of mankind |
| misapprehension | a misunderstanding |
| miscegenation | mixture of races |
| mischance | unlucky accident; bad luck |
| misconstrue | misinterpret |
| miscreant | a vicious person |
| misdemeanor | a less serious crime |
| miser | one who hoards (money) excessively |
| misgiving | doubt; suspicion |
| misnomer | an error in name |
| misogamy | hatred of marriage |
| misogynist | woman-hater |
| missive | letter |
| mitigate | to make less severe |
| mnemonic | pertaining to memory |
| mock | to ridicule or insult |
| modicum | a small amount |
| modish | stylish |
| modulate | to tone down |
| mogul | powerful person |
| mollify | to calm or appease |
| molt | to shed |
| momentous | very important |
| monarchy | one ruler |
| monastic | self-denying |
| monitor | one who watches |
| monograph | written about a single subject |
| monolithic | unified or solid |
| monologue | speech by one person |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| monotonous | boring; without variety |
| monumental | important |
| moot | debatable or having no significance |
| moratorium | delay |
| morbid | depressing |
| mordant | sarcastic |
| mores | customs or traditions |
| moribund | dying |
| morose | gloomy |
| mortal | destined to die |
| mortify | to embarrass or humiliate |
| motif | central idea |
| motley | assorted or different colors |
| mottled | spotted |
| mountebank | a fraud |
| muddle | to confuse |
| mulct | a fine or to defraud |
| mull | (over) think about |
| multifarious | having many parts |
| mundane | worldly |
| munificent | generous |
| murky | unclear; gloomy |
| muse | to think deeply |
| muster | to gather together |
| musty | stale; moldy |
| mute | silent |
| muzzle | to restrain |
| myopic | having a narrow point of view |
| myriad | infinitely vast in number |
| myrmidon | an unquestioning follower |
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