SAT- S Flashcards
(157 cards)
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Saccharine
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excessively sweet or sentimental
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Sacrilegious
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impious, irreverent toward what is held to be sacred or holy
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Sacrosanct
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extremely sacred, beyond criticism
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Safeguard
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precautionary measure
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Sagacious
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shrewd
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Salacious
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appealing to sexual desire
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Salient
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prominent, of notable significance
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Salubrious
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healthful
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Salvage
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to recover
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Sanctimonious
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hypocritically devout, acting morally superior to another
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Sanguine
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ruddy, cheerfully optimistic
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Sardonic
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cynical, scornfully mocking
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Satiate
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to satisfy (as a need or desire) fully or to excess
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Saturate
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to fill completely
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Saturnine
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cold and steady in mood, gloomy, slow to act
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Savant
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a person of learning, especially one with knowledge in a special field, like a genius
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Savvy
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practical understanding, intelligence
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Scamper
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run off quickly
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Scapegoat
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someone blamed for every problem
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Scathing
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extremely critical
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Schism
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a division or separation
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Scholarly
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related to higher learning
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Scintilla
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trace amount
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Scintillate
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to sparkle, flash
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Scorn
contempt, derision
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Scoundrel
villain, rogue
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Scour
to scrub clean
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Scrupulous
acting in strict regard for what is considered proper, punctiliously exact
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Scritinize
to observe carefully
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Scurrilous
vulgar, low,indecentscurry
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Scurry
scamper, run lightly
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Seamy
morally degraded, unpleasant
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Secrete
to release fluids from a body
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Sectarian
narrow-minded, relating to a group or sect
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Secular
not specifically pertaining to religion, relating to the world
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Sedative
something that calms
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Sedition
behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state
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Seep
to slowly flow or pass through a small opening
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Seethe
to experience great agitation
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Seminal
influential in an original way, providing a basis for further development, creative
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Senescent
aging, growing old
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Sententious
having a moralizing tone
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Sentient
aware, conscious, able to perceive
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Sequel
literary or artistic work that continues a previous piece
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Sequester
to set apart, seclude
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Seraphic
angelic, pure, sublime
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Serendipity
habit of making fortunate discoveries by chance
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Serene
calm, peaceful
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Servile
overly submissive
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Setback
change from better to worse
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Severe
harsh, strict, extremely bad in degree
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Shabby
worn-out, threadbare, deteriorated
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Shroud
to conceal or hide
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Shun
avoid deliberately
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Signpost
indication
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Simian
apelike, relating to apes
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Simper
to smirk, smile foolishly
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Sinecure
a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work
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Sinuous
winding, intricate, complex
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Skepticism
disbelief, uncertainty
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Skirt
to evade, pass close by, circle around
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Slake
to calm down or moderate
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Slew
a large amount of something
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Sluggish
lazy, inactive
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Smug
excessively self-satisfied
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Sobriquet
a nickname
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Sociable
friendly, gracious
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Sojourn
a temporary stay
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Solace
comfort in distress
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Solecism
grammatical mistake
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Solicitous
anxious,concerned, full of desire, eager
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Soliloquy
a dramatic monologue
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Solipsism
belief that oneself is the only reality
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Solitary
alone, remote
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Soluble
capable of being solved or dissolved
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Somnolent
sleepy, drowsy, inducing sleep
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Sonorous
producing a full,rich sound
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Soothe
to calm, placate, comfort
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Sophistry
deceptive reasoning or argumentation
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Sophomoric
exhibiting great immaturity and lack of judgement
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Soporific
sleepy or tending to cause sleep
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Spartan
highly self-disciplined, frugal, austere
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Specious
having the ring of truth but actually being untrue, deceptively attractive
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Splice
to join or bind
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Spontaneous
on the spur of the moment, impulsive
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Sportive
frolicsome, playful
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Sprint
dash, run quick for short distances
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Sprout
emerge and develop rapidly
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Spurious
lacking authenticity, counterfeit, false
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Spurn
to turn away or reject with scorn
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Squalid
filthy and degraded as the result of neglect or poverty
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Squander
to waste
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Squelch
to suppress, to put down with force
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Stagnant
immobile
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Staid
self-restrained to the point of dullness
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Stalwart
marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind and soul
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Stasis
a state of static balance or equalibrium stagnation
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Statute
law
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Stealthily
covertly
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Stentorian
extremely loud
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Stern
strict, harsh
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Stifle
to smother, or suffocate
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Stigma
a mark of shame or discredit
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Stimulate
to excite, provoke
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Stint
to be sparing or frugal, to restrict with respect to a share or allowance
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Stipulate
to specify as a condition or requirement of an agreement or offer
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Stoic
indifferent to or unaffected by emotions
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Stolid
having or showing little emotion
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Stomp
step heavily
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Straddle
be on both sides of something
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Strategem
trick designed to deceive an enemy
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Stratify
to arrange or divide into layers
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Strident
loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy
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Stringent
imposing severe, rigorous standards
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Stultify
to impair or reduce to uselessness
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Stump
to challenge, to baffle
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Sturdy
firm, well built, stout
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Stymie
to block or thwart
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Subjugate
to conquer, subdue, to enslave
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Sublime
lofty or grand
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Submissive
tending to meekness, to submit to the will of others
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Subsist
stay alive
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Sustantiate
to verify, confirm, provide supporting evidence
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Subterfuge
trick or tactic used to avoid something
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Subterranean
hidden, secret, underground
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Subvert
to undermine or corrupt
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Succumb
to give in to a stronger power
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Suffice
meet requirements, be capable
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Sully
to tarnish, taint
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Superannuated
too old, obsolete, outdated
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Supercilious
arrogant, haughty, overbearing, condescending
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Superficial
hasty, shallow and phony
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Superfluous
extra, more than necessary
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Supersede
to cause to be set aside, to force out of use as inferior, replace
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Superstitious
irrationally believes that completely unrelated circumstances can influence an event
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Supplant
to replace (another) by force, to take the place of
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Supple
flexible, pliant
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Suppress
to end an activity or subdue
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Surfeit
excessive amount
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Surly
rude and bad-tempered
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Surmise
to guess or infer
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Surmount
to conquer, overcome
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Surplus
excess
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Surreptitious
characterized by secrecy
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Surrogate
surrogate
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Susceptible
impressionable to a fault
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Suspend
to defer, interrupt
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Swarm
a large number traveling in a group
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Sybarite
a person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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Sycophant
self serving flatterer, yes-man
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Symbiosis
cooperation, mutual helpfulness
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Symmetry
equally and balance in objects
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Synchronicity
the occurrence of related events that cannot be explained conventionally
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Synergy
cooperative interaction producing greater results
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Syncopation
temporary irregularity in musical rhythm
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Synopsis
a short outline
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Synthesize
to produce artificially
