Words 4200 - 4400 Flashcards by Sushant Sharma

Slothful

Adj

Lazy

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Sluggard

Noun

A person habitually lazy or idle

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Socialism

Noun

A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society.

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Sol

Noun

The sun

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Solecism

Noun

Any violation of established rules or customs.

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Solicitor

Noun

One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney.

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Solicitude

Noun

Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety or fear.

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Solvent

Adjective

Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.

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Somber

Adjective

Gloomy

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Somniferous

Adjective

Tending to produce sleep

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Somnolence

Noun

Oppressive drowsiness

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Somnolent

Adjective

Sleepy

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Sonata

Noun

An instrumental composition

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Sonorous

Adjective

Resonant

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Soothsayer

Noun

One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight.

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Sophistry

Noun

Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive.

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Soprano

Noun

A woman’s or boy’s voice of high range.

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Sordid

Adjective

Of degraded character or nature.

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Spartan

Adjective

Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe.

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Spasmodic

Adjective

Convulsive

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Specie

Noun

A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper or other metal.

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Specious

Adjective

Plausible

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Specter

Noun

Apparition.

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Speculator

Noun

One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss but also a chance of profit.

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Spurious

Adjective Not genuine.

Squalid

Adjective Having a dirty, mean, poverty stricken appearance.

Stagy

Adjective Having a theatrical manner.

Staid

Adjective Of a steady and sober character.

Stallion

Noun An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding.

Stanchion

Noun A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall.

Stanza

Noun A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem.

Statecraft

Noun The art of conducting state affairs.

Statuesque

Adjective Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue.

Statuette

Noun A figurine

Steppe

Noun One of the extensive plains in Russia and siberia.

Sterling

adj Genuine

Stiletto

Noun A small dagger

Stingy

Adjective Cheap, unwilling to spend money.

Stoicism

Noun The principles or the practice of the stoics - being very even tempered in success or failure.

Stolid

Adjective Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.

Stratagem

Noun Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage.

Stripling

Noun A mere youth

Stultify

Verb To give an appearance of foolishness to.

Stupor

Noun Profound lethargy.

Suasion

Noun The act of persuading

Sub acid

Adjective Somewhat sharp or biting.

Subjection

Noun The act of bringing into a state of submission.

Subjugate

Verb To conquer.

Substantive

Adjective Solif

Subtend

Verb To extend opposite to

Subterfuge

Noun Evasion

Subtrahend

Noun That which is to be subtracted.

Subversion

Noun An overthrow, as from the foundation.

Subvert

Verb To bring to ruin.

Succinct

Adjective Concise

Suffrage

Noun The right or privilege of voting.

Suffuse

Verb To cover or fill the surface of.

Suggestive

Adjective Stimulating to thought or reflection.

Sumptuous

Adjective Rich and costly

Superannuate

Verb To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.

Supercilious

Adjective Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.

Superfluous

Adjective Being more than is needed.

Supplant

Verb To take the place of.

Supple

Adjective Easily bent.

Supplicant

Noun One who asks humbly and earnestly.

Supplicate

Verb To beg

Surety

Noun Security for payment or performance.

Surfeit

Verb To feed to fullness or to satiety.

Surmise

Verb To conjecture

Surreptitious

Adjective Clandestine

Surrogate

Noun One who or that which is substituted for it appointed to act in place of another.

Surveyor

Noun A land-measurer

Susceptibility

Noun A specific capability of feeling or emotion.

Sustenance

Noun Food.

Swarthy

Adjective Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion.

Sybarite

Noun A luxurious person

Sycophant

Noun A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.

Syllabic

Adjective Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.

Syllabication

Noun Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.

Sylph

Noun A slender, graceful young woman or girl.

symphonic

Adjective Characterised by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.

Symphonious

Adjective Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.

Synchronism

Noun Simultaneousness.

Words 4200 - 4400 Flashcards

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