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Enrich Your Vocabulary
"S"| Sacerdotal | priestly | | Sacrosanct | sacred | | Sagacious | wise | | Sallow | sickly yellow in color | | Salubrious | healthy | | Salutary | good, wholesome | | Sanctimonious | self-righteous | | Sang-froid | coolness under fire | | Sanguinary | gory, murderous | | Sanguine | cheerful | | Sapid | interesting | | Sapient | wise, shrewd | | Sarcophagus | stone coffin | | Sardonic | scornful | | Sartorial | pertaining to clothes | | Sate | satisfy fully | | Saturnine | gloomy | | Satyr | demigod, goat-man | | Saunter | walk in a leisurely manner | | Savant | scholar | | Savoir-faire | tact, polish | | Savor (British = savor) | enjoy | | Scarify | criticize | | Schism | a division or separation | | Scintilla | very small amount | | Scintillate | sparkle | | Scoff | ridicule | | Scurrilous | abusive, insulting | | Scurry | move briskly | | Scuttle | to sink | | Sebaceous | like fat | | Seclusion | solitude | | Secular | worldly, nonreligious | | Sedition | treason, resistance to authority | | Sedulous | diligent | | Seethe | fume, resent | | Semblance | likeness | | Senescence | old age | | Sensual | related to the physical senses | | Sententious | concise, trying to appear wise | | Sepulcher (British = sepulcher) | tomb | | sequacious | eager to follow, ductile | | Sequester | to remove or set apart | | Seraphic | angelic, pure | | Serendipity | making fortunate discoveries | | Serenity | calm, peacefulness | | Serrated | toothed, with a zigzag edge | | Serried | saw-toothed | | Servile | slavish, obedient | | Shibboleth | password | | Shoal | reef | | Shrew | virago | | Sidereal | pertaining to the stars | | Simian | monkey like | | Simper | smile foolishly, smirk | | Sinecure | well paid position with little responsibility | | Sinewy | fibrous, stringy | | Sinuous | Curving in and out | | Skinflint | miser | | Skittish | excitable | | Skulk | sneak about | | Skullduggery (British = skullduggery) | trickery | | Slake | to calm down or moderate | | Slander | defame | | Sleight | dexterity | | Slither | slide | | Sloth | laziness | | Slough | to discard or shed | | Slovenly | sloppy | | Sluggard | lazy, inactive person | | Smattering | superficial knowledge | | Smirk | smug look | | Snivel | whine | | Sobriety | composed | | Sobriquet | nickname | | Sodden | soaked | | Sojourn | trip, visit | | Solace | consolation | | Solecism | ungrammatical construction | | Solicitous | considerate, concerned | | Soliloquy | A monologue | | Solstice | furthest point | | Solvent | financially sound | | Somatic | pertaining to the body | | Somber (British = somber) | Gloomy | | Somnambulist | sleepwalker | | Somnolent | Sleepy | | Sophist | person good at arguing deviously | | Sophomoric | immature and overconfident | | Soporific | sleep inducing | | Sordid | foul, ignoble, dirty and unpleasant | | Spasmodic | intermittent | | Spate | sudden outpouring | | Spawn | produce | | Specious | false but plausible | | Spectral | ghostly | | Splenetic | peevish | | Sporadic | occurring irregularly | | Sportive | playful | | Spry | nimble | | Spume | foam | | Spurn | reject | | Squalid | filthy | | Staccato | marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds | | Staid | demure, sedate, boring | | Stanza | division of a poem | | Steadfast | loyal, immovable | | Stentorian | extremely loud | | Stigma | mark of disgrace | | Stilted | formal, stiff, unnatural | | Stoic | indifferent to pain or pleasure | | Stoke | prod, fuel | | Stolid | impassive | | Stratagem | trick | | Stratum | layer | | Stricture | negative criticism | | Strident | rough, harsh, caustic, loud | | Stultify | inhibit, enfeeble | | Stupor | lethargy | | Stymie | hinder, thwart | | Suave | smooth | | Sub Rosa | in secret | | Sublimate | to repress impulses | | Sublime | lofty, excellent | | Subliminal | subconscious, imperceptible | | Substantiate | verify | | Substantive | substantial | | Subterfuge | cunning, ruse | | Succinct | Concise | | Succor (British = succor) | help, comfort | | Succulent | juicy, delicious | | Succumb | yield, submit | | Suffuse | pervade, permeate | | Sully | stain | | Sultry | sweltering | | Sunder | split | | Sundry | various | | Superannuated | retired | | Supercilious | arrogant | | Superficial | shallow and phony | | Supernumerary | subordinate | | Supplant | replace | | Supple | easily bent | | Surly | rude, crass | | Surmise | to guess | | Surmount | overcome | | Surreptitious | secretive | | Sustenance | supplying the necessities of life | | Suture | surgical stitch | | Swarthy | dark (as in complexion) | | Sybarite | pleasure-seeker, lover of luxury | | Sycophant | flatterer, flunky | | Sylvan | rustic | | Synchronous | happening at the same time | | Synthetic | artificial, imitation |
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