S part II
Terms
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- sift
- put through a sieve to separate fine from coarse particles; sort or examine carefully
- shirk
- avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger
- shoot
- new growth from a plant
- skimp
- provide or use scantily; live very economically; : inadequate in amount; scanty; stingy; niggardly
- slacken
- slow up; loosen; make or become slack
- shun
- keep away from; avoid deliberately; Ex. She has been shunned by her neighbors.
- sheaf
- bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
- skittish
- inconstant; capricious; frivolous; not serious;
- seclusion
- isolation; solitude; V. seclude: set apart from others; isolate
- shyster
- lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner
- seine
- seine net; net for catching fish
- sibling
- brother or sister
- skulduggery(skullduggery)
- dishonest behavior or action;
- slag
- glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter
- sheer
- pure; thin and transparent; very steep
- serenity
- calmness; placidity;
- seminal
- related to seed or semen; germinal; creative; providing a basis for further development; influencing future developments; Ex. seminal research in a new field
- sheathe
- place into a case; insert into or provide with a sheath; Ex. He sheathed his dagger; N. sheath: case for a blade
- seismic
- pertaining to earthquakes
- shackle
- chain; fetter; confine with shackles; N.
- sedentary
- requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled;
- semblance
- outward appearance; guise; Ex. We called in the troops to bring a/some semblance of order to the city.
- shove
- push forward; push roughly;
- sensitization
- process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive
- serendipity
- gift for finding valuable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck;
- Shangri-la
- imaginary remote paradise on earth; CF. Lost Horizon
- shunt
- move (a railway train) from one track to another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack;
- senility
- old age; feeblemindedness of old age; ADJ. senile: resulting from old age; showing the weakness of body or mind from old age; Ex. senile dementia
- seemly
- (of behavior) proper; appropriate
- septic
- of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; N. sepsis: poisoning of part of the body (producing pus)
- sepulcher
- tomb; V: place in a sepulcher; ADJ. sepulchral
- simulate
- feign; imitate
- sedate
- composed (with no excitement); grave; V: administer a sedative to; CF. sedative
- seedy
- run-down; decrepit; disreputable; having many seeds;
- simian
- monkeylike; N: ape or monkey
- significant
- expressing a meaning; important; Ex. significant smile; N. significance: importance; meaning; V. signify: denote; mean; signal; make known; matter; be significant
- shard
- fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)
- sidetrack
- switch (a railroad car) to a siding; divert from a main issue; N. CF. siding: short section of railroad track connected by switches with a main track
- secular
- worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion; temporal
- shear
- remove (fleece or hair) by cutting; remove the hair or fleece from; cut with or as if with shears; ; pair of scissors
- sedition
- conduct or language inciting rebellion; rebellion; resistance to authority; insubordination;
- secrete
- conceal; hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism; CF. secretive
- silt
- sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)
- sinecure
- well-paid position with little responsibility;: without care; CF. San Serif
- skirmish
- minor fight; minor battle in war; V.
- sensuous
- giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin
- sibylline
- prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world)
- shimmer
- shine with a flickering light; glimmer intermittently;
- singular
- being only one; individual; unique; extraordinary; odd;
- sequester
- isolate; segregate; seclude; retire from public life
- seduce
- lead away from proper conduct; entice; ADJ. seductive
- sect
- separate religious body; faction; group of people with common beliefs within a larger group
- siren
- apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature
- simile
- comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as
- sinister
- evil; ominous
- sensual
- devoted to the pleasures of the sense; carnal; voluptuous;
- shrivel
- make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)
- shambles
- (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin; wreck; mess;
- serrated
- having a sawtoothed edge;
- skinflint
- miser; stingy person
- seethe
- be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling;
- seep
- pass slowly through small openings; ooze; trickle; N. seepage
- shudder
- shake uncontrollably; tremble; V.
- servile
- slavish; cringing; N. servility
- sectarian
- of a sect; narrow-minded; parochial; N: member of a sect; narrow-minded person
- skim
- read or glance through quickly; touch lightly in passing; brush; remove from the surface of a liquid
- skiff
- small light sailboat or rowboat
- seminary
- school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for young women
- shed
- small roofed structure for storage and shelter; V: pour forth; lose by natural process; repel without allowing penetration; radiate; cast;
- serpentine
- winding; twisting; of or like a serpent;
- selective
- careful in choosing; having an effect only on certain things; not general;
- simplistic
- oversimplified
- shrew
- scolding woman; very small mouselike animal
- self-indulgence
- excessive indulgence of one's own desire
- sham
- pretend; feign; ADJ: not genuine; fake; ; N: something that is not what it appears; impostor; pretense;
- sentinel
- sentry; lookout
- servitude
- slavery; compulsory labor imposed as a punishment
- sinuous
- twisting; winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
- sever
- separate; cut off (a part) from a whole; break up (a relationship); N. severance; CF. severance pay: extra pay given an employee upon leaving a position
- slack
- moving slowly; sluggish; inactive; (of a rope) loose; negligent; lax;
- skeptic
- sceptic; doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view; ADJ. skeptical; N. skepticism; scepticism
- sententious
- pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic
- shaving
- very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)
- sere
- sear; parched; dry
- shoddy
- made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest;
- sentimental
- swayed by sentiment; appealing to the sentiments
- sedulous
- diligent; assiduous; paying attention;
- simper
- smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly
- severity
- harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict; extremely violent or intense
- shrewd
- clever; astute
- sherbet
- flavored dessert ice
- sentient
- capable of sensation and conscious; aware; sensitive;
- skulk
- move furtively and secretly;
- shack
- crude cabin
- sinewy
- (of meat) tough; strong and firm; muscular; N. sinew: tendon; strong cord connecting a muscle to a bone
- self-righteous
- sure of one's own righteousness; moralistic
- sidereal
- relating to stars;
- shade
- slight difference in degree; nuance; degree of color;
- slake
- satisfy (thirst); quench; sate
- shuffle
- mix together; jumble; move (something) from one place to another; slide (the feet) along the ground while walking; Ex. shuffle papers from one pile to another; N.
- shift
- change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group
- sextant
- navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)