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SAT Vocab S-Z

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transience
n. Something that is of short duration.
unguent
n. Any ointment or lubricant for local application.
stanchion
n. A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall.
salutatory
n. The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges.
voracious
adj. Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.
visage
n. The face, countenance, or look of a person.
verity
n. Truth.
subordinate
adj. Belonging to an inferior order in a classification.
superannuate
v. To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.
translucence
n. The property or state of allowing the passage of light.
subterranean
adj. Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth.
stratum
n. A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material.
stimulus
n. Incentive.
scruple
n. Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty.
unison
n. A condition of perfect agreement and accord.
winsome
adj. Attractive.
submergence
n. The act of submerging.
subterfuge
n. Evasion.
scurrilous
adj. Grossly indecent or vulgar.
sluggard
n. A person habitually lazy or idle.
selective
adj. Having the power of choice.
tractable
adj. Easily led or controlled.
viceroy
n. A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.
undulous
adj. Resembling waves.
syllabic
adj. Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
unanimous
adj. Sharing the same views or sentiments.
uproarious
adj. Noisy.
suasion
n. The act of persuading.
vertical
adj. Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon.
typify
v. To serve as a characteristic example of.
vignette
n. A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.
sepulcher
n. A burial-place.
tenor
n. A settled course or manner of progress.
untimely
adj. Unseasonable.
sinister
adj. Evil.
vitalize
v. To endow with life or energy.
submersion
n. The act of submerging.
statistician
n. One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts.
superheat
v. To heat to excess.
superadd
v. To add in addition to what has been added.
success
n. A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted.
up-keep
n. Maintenance.
unbridled
adj. Being without restraint.
stagnation
n. The condition of not flowing or not changing.
treacherous
adj. Perfidious.
trite
adj. Made commonplace by frequent repetition.
whereupon
adv. After which.
theological
adj. Based on or growing out of divine revelation.
satyr
n. A very lascivious person.
tiresome
adj. Wearisome.
tarnish
v. To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way.
zephyr
n. Any soft, gentle wind.
shrinkage
n. A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension.
toleration
n. A spirit of charitable leniency.
writhe
v. To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress.
sedentary
adj. Involving or requiring much sitting.
venial
adj. That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.
verbose
adj. Wordy.
suppressible
adj. Capable of being suppressed.
sacrilegious
adj. Impious.
theorize
v. To speculate.
taut
adj. Stretched tight.
sanguinary
adj. Bloody.
statute
n. Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law.
vendition
n. The act of selling.
version
n. A description or report of something as modified by one's character or opinion.
unisonant
adj. Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord.
stellar
adj. Pertaining to the stars.
voluptuous
adj. having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality.
upbraid
v. To reproach as deserving blame.
temporal
adj. Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life.
undeceive
v. To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs.
valedictorian
n. Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution.
symmetry
n. Relative proportion and harmony.
tyrannical
adj. Despotic.
tact
n. Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing.
tangency
n. The state of touching.
sequel
n. That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened.
vocable
n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.
symphonic
adj. Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
sensual
adj. Pertaining to the body or the physical senses.
typical
adj. Characteristic.
vegetation
n. Plant-life in the aggregate.
vortex
n. A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.
supplicant
n. One who asks humbly and earnestly.
transference
n. The act of conveying from one person or place to another.
sophistry
n. Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive.
tranquil
adj. Calm.
separatist
n. A seceder.
technique
n. Manner of performance.
seethe
v. To be violently excited or agitated.
slothful
adj. Lazy.
servitude
n. Slavery.
unavoidable
adj. Inevitable.
staid
adj. Of a steady and sober character.
ulterior
adj. Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of.
secondary
adj. Less important or effective than that which is primary.
temerity
n. Recklessness.
sedate
adj. Even-tempered.
thermoelectric
adj. Denoting electricity produced by heat.
Unitarian
adj. Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.
vestment
n. Clothing or covering.
triad
n. A group of three persons of things.
transition
n. Passage from one place, condition, or action to another.
sympathize
v. To share the sentiments or mental states of another.
surmount
v. To overcome by force of will.
upheaval
n. Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition.
telescope
v. To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass.
wampum
n. Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency.
scabbard
n. The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon.
venal
adj. Mercenary, corrupt.
theism
n. Belief in God.
usage
n. Treatment.
wintry
adj. Lacking warmth of manner.
sibilance
n. A hissing sound.
vigilance
n. Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.
timorous
adj. Lacking courage.
understate
v. To fail to put strongly enough, as a case.
venerable
adj. Meriting or commanding high esteem.
travail
n. Hard or agonizing labor.
septennial
adj. Recurring every seven years.
ultimate
adj. Beyond which there is nothing else.
trinity
n. A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance.
transmit
v. To send trough or across.
spinster
n. A woman who has never been married.
suppression
n. A forcible putting or keeping down.
unyoke
v. To separate.
underman
v. To equip with less than the full complement of men.
testament
n. A will.
sanctimonious
adj. Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety.
salutary
adj. Beneficial.
witling
n. A person who has little understanding.
ungainly
adj. Clumsy.
sequester
v. To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life.
stolid
adj. Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.
usurp
v. To take possession of by force.
sanguine
adj. Having the color of blood.
transfusible
adj. Capable of being poured from one vessel to another.
verify
v. To prove to be true, exact, or accurate.
tremor
n. An involuntary trembling or shivering.
susceptibility
n. A specific capability of feeling or emotion.
vociferous
adj. Making a loud outcry.
theocracy
n. A government administered by ecclesiastics.
virulence
n. Extreme poisonousness.
supplicate
v. To beg.
vaccinate
v. To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox.
souvenir
n. A token of remembrance.
unlawful
adj. Illegal.
spurious
adj. Not genuine.
urgency
n. The pressure of necessity.
viola
n. A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.
signification
n. The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs.
tyranny
n. Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated.
wittingly
adv. With knowledge and by design.
soldier
n. A person engaged in military service.
suspense
n. Uncertainty.
vaporizer
n. An atomizer.
supramundane
adj. Supernatural.
thermoelectricity
n. Electricity generated by differences of temperature,
surety
n. Security for payment or performance.
univalence
n. Monovalency.
venom
n. The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete.
sinus
n. An opening or cavity.
toilsome
adj. Laborious.
vacuum
n. A space entirely devoid of matter.
verbiage
n. Use of many words without necessity.
voluble
adj. Having great fluency in speaking.
undermine
v. To subvert in an underhand way.
uppermost
adj. First in order of precedence.
simplify
v. To make less complex or difficult.
seclusion
n. Solitude.
tentative
adj. Done as an experiment.
trait
n. A distinguishing feature or quality.
solicitor
n. One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney.
tempter
n. An allurer or enticer to evil.
vociferate
v. To utter with a loud and vehement voice.
verification
n. The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate.
subacid
adj. Somewhat sharp or biting.
unlimited
adj. Unconstrained.
wavelet
n. A ripple.
thoroughbred
adj. Bred from the best or purest blood or stock.
separate
v. To take apart.
unctuous
adj. Oily.
stigma
n. A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing.
senile
adj. Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age.
vernal
adj. Belonging to or suggestive of the spring.
wield
v. To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command.
unbelief
n. Doubt.
transmission
n. The act of sending through or across.
treble
adj. Multiplied by three.
syneresis
n. The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever.
spinous
adj. Having spines.
theologian
n. A professor of divinity.
scholastic
adj. Pertaining to education or schools.
sheer
adj. Absolute.
suspension
n. A hanging from a support.
superfluous
adj. Being more than is needed.
sediment
n. Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
wiry
adj. Thin, but tough and sinewy.
salvage
n. Any act of saving property.
symphony
n. A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
transcendent
adj. Surpassing.
vie
v. To contend.
vivify
v. To endue with life.
superintend
v. To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
solstice
n. The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination.
unction
n. The art of anointing as with oil.
unique
adj. Being the only one of its kind.
successor
n. One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing.
shriek
n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror.
terminal
adj. Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit.
specter
n. Apparition.
specimen
n. One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class.
vermin
n. A noxious or troublesome animal.
sequacious
adj. Ready to be led.
superintendent
n. One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
subsistence
n. Sustenance.
sinuosity
n. The quality of curving in and out.
tyro
n. One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession.
workmanlike
adj. Like or befitting a skilled workman.
topography
n. The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy.
secede
v. To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body.
systematic
adj. Methodical.
utmost
n. The greatest possible extent.
suave
adj. Smooth and pleasant in manner.
unaccountable
adj. Inexplicable.
siren
n. A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla.
sensibility
n. Power to perceive or feel.
urbanity
n. Refined or elegant courtesy.
subjection
n. The act of bringing into a state of submission.
vociferance
n. The quality of making a clamor.
tutorship
n. The office of a guardian.
theocrasy
n. The mixed worship of polytheism.
tincture
n. A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine.
truism
n. A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof.
surcharge
n. An additional amount charged.
valedictory
n. A parting address.
sedulous
adj. Persevering in effort or endeavor.
tolerable
adj. Moderately good.
tenure
n. The term during which a thing is held.
testimonial
n. A formal token of regard, often presented in public.
wherewith
n. The necessary means or resources.
tack
n. A small sharp-pointed nail.
variant
n. A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance.
synod
n. An ecclesiastical council.
tempt
v. To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.
statecraft
n. The art of conducting state affairs.
utility
n. Fitness for some desirable practical purpose.
tinge
n. A faint trace of color.
unwise
adj. Foolish.
sentence
n. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
votive
adj. Dedicated by a vow.
suspicious
adj. Inclined to doubt or mistrust.
subservience
n. The quality, character, or condition of being servilely following another's behests.
wry
adj. Deviating from that which is proper or right.
subsist
v. To be maintained or sustained.
skeptic
n. One who doubts any statements.
transfer
v. To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another.
underworld
n. Hades.
vindicative
adj. Revengeful.
seize
v. To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
surrogate
n. One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another.
Sybarite
n. A luxurious person.
sensitive
adj. Easily affected by outside operations or influences.
subliminal
adj. Being beneath the threshold of consciousness.
ultimatum
n. A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions.
static
adj. Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
symmetrical
adj. Well-balanced.
supple
adj. Easily bent.
vicissitude
n. A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.
significant
adj. Important, especially as pointing something out.
workmanship
n. The art or skill of a workman.
vulnerable
adj. Capable of receiving injuries.
shuffle
n. A mixing or changing the order of things.
suggestive
adj. Stimulating to thought or reflection.
slight
adj. Of a small importance or significance.
violation
n. Infringement.
sanctity
n. Holiness.
well-bred
adj. Of good ancestry.
trio
n. Three things grouped or associated together.
speculator
n. One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit.
seminary
n. A special school, as of theology or pedagogics.
tricolor
adj. Of three colors.
upcast
n. A throwing upward.
transferrer
n. One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another.
sentience
n. Capacity for sensation or sense-perception.
wane
v. To diminish in size and brilliancy.
successful
adj. Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity.
thesis
n. An essay or treatise on a particular subject.
velvety
adj. Marked by lightness and softness.
superlative
n. That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.
sphericity
n. The state or condition of being a sphere.
subtend
v. To extend opposite to.
sardonic
adj. Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic.
whereabouts
n. The place in or near which a person or thing is.
turpitude
n. Depravity.
vainglory
n. Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.
supplant
v. To take the place of.
yearling
n. A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old.
semiconscious
adj. Partially conscious.
usurious
adj. Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned.
vertex
n. Apex.
specie
n. A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal.
unsettle
v. To put into confusion.
speculate
v. To pursue inquiries and form conjectures.
vigilant
adj. Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety.
vivacity
n. Liveliness.
tilth
n. Cultivation.
tremendous
adj. Awe-inspiring.
virulent
adj. Exceedingly noxious or deleterious.
tacit
adj. Understood.
venerate
v. To cherish reverentially.
transcend
v. To surpass.
vendor
n. A seller.
transalpine
adj. Situated on the other side of the Alps.
tranquilize
v. To soothe.
supplementary
adj. Being an addition to.
valorous
adj. Courageous.
unnatural
adj. Artificial.
sense
n. The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action.
travesty
n. A grotesque imitation.
undue
adj. More than sufficient.
telephony
n. The art or process of communicating by telephone.
scribe
n. One who writes or is skilled in writing.
sociology
n. The philosophical study of society.
salient
adj. Standing out prominently.
semicivilized
adj. Half-civilized.
witchcraft
n. Sorcery.
transferable
adj. Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another.
subconscious
adj. Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception.
vinery
n. A greenhouse for grapes.
self-respect
n. Rational self-esteem.
simultaneous
adj. Occurring, done, or existing at the same time.
secession
n. Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies.
veracity
n. Truthfulness.
sarcophagus
n. A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb.
susceptible
adj. Easily under a specified power or influence.
zealot
n. One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner.
submersible
adj. Capable of being put underwater.
vacuous
adj. Empty.
technology
n. The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures.
trajectory
n. The path described by a projectile moving under given forces.
testator
n. The maker of a will.
studious
adj. Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge.
stringency
n. Strictness.
triple
adj. Threefold.
superintendence
n. Direction and management.
supernumerary
adj. Superfluous.
trisect
v. To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
taciturn
adj. Disinclined to conversation.
veracious
adj. Habitually disposed to speak the truth.
timbre
n. The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch.
transatlantic
adj. Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic.
ultramontane
adj. Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side).
trebly
adv. Triply.
scrupulous
adj. Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong.
twinge
n. A darting momentary local pain.
votary
adj. Consecrated by a vow or promise.
temporize
v. To pursue a policy of delay.
safeguard
v. To protect.
witticism
n. A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment.
uncommon
adj. Rare.
superficial
adj. Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious.
specialty
n. An employment limited to one particular line of work.
tripod
n. A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument.
secondly
adv. In the second place in order or succession.
transfuse
v. To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another.
surround
v. To encircle.
vaudeville
n. A variety show.
stratagem
n. Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage.
Stoicism
n. The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure.
sacrilege
n. The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.
stimulate
v. To rouse to activity or to quickened action.
variable
adj. Having a tendency to change.
torrid
adj. Excessively hot.
sufferance
n. Toleration.
somnolence
n. Oppressive drowsiness.
supposition
n. Conjecture.
treatise
n. An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts.
wherever
adv. In or at whatever place.
troublesome
adj. Burdensome.
stagy
adj. Having a theatrical manner.
waif
n. A homeless, neglected wanderer.
upheave
v. To raise or lift with effort.
waive
v. To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim.
undersized
adj. Of less than the customary size.
vegetarian
n. One who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable.
trivial
adj. Of little importance or value.
subjacent
adj. Situated directly underneath.
tactics
n. Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object.
strait
n. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
salvo
n. A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer.
satirize
v. To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit.
seignior
n. A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir.
velocity
n. Rapid motion.
soliloquy
n. A monologue.
transgress
v. To break a law.
tenacious
adj. Unyielding.
triumvir
n. One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority.
unutterable
adj. Inexpressible.
wrest
v. To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing.
summary
n. An abstract.
volitive
adj. Exercising the will.
sanction
v. To approve authoritatively.
upturn
v. To throw into confusion.
zeitgeist
n. The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.
saline
adj. Constituting or consisting of salt.
sagacious
adj. Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception.
tortious
adj. Wrongful.
stallion
n. An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding.
synopsis
n. A syllabus or summary.
sequestrate
v. To confiscate.
zodiac
n. An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets.
wizen
v. To become or cause to become withered or dry.
transmissible
adj. That may e sent through or across.
statuesque
adj. Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue.
tranquility
n. Calmness.
solicitude
n. Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear.
tipsy
adj. Befuddled with drinks.
typography
n. The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter.
undersell
v. To sell at a lower price than.
volition
n. An act or exercise of will.
sapiential
adj. Possessing wisdom.
subjugate
v. To conquer.
Scriptural
adj. Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures.
seminar
n. Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher.
swarthy
adj. Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion.
volant
adj. Flying or able to fly.
volatile
adj. Changeable.
sentinel
n. Any guard or watch stationed for protection.
sarcasm
n. Cutting and reproachful language.
vehement
adj. Very eager or urgent.
vogue
n. The prevalent way or fashion.
succinct
adj. Concise.
utilitarianism
n. The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.
unify
v. To cause to be one.
spherometer
n. An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces.
vituperable
adj. Deserving of censure.
transfigure
v. To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to.
underhanded
adj. Clandestinely carried on.
shiftless
adj. Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability.
stifle
v. To smother.
suggestible
adj. That can be suggested.
sensation
n. A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling.
tangent
adj. Touching.
variation
n. Modification.
vendible
adj. Marketable.
well-to-do
adj. In prosperous circumstances.
succeed
v. To accomplish what is attempted or intended.
tannery
n. A place where leather is tanned.
sensuous
adj. Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury.
sterling
adj. Genuine.
soprano
n. A woman's or boy's voice of high range.
service
n. Any work done for the benefit of another.
sumptuous
adj. Rich and costly.
stagnant
adj. Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool.
tangible
adj. Perceptible by touch.
subservient
adj. Servilely following another's behests.
vocative
adj. Of or pertaining to the act of calling.
specious
adj. Plausible.
squalid
adj. Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance.
wean
v. To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment.
superabundance
n. An excessive amount.
unnecessary
adj. Not essential under the circumstances.
weal
n. Well-being.
sorcery
n. Witchcraft.
socialism
n. A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society.
salience
n. The condition of standing out distinctly.
separable
adj. Capable of being disjoined or divided.
sapient
adj. Possessing wisdom.
vegetal
adj. Of or pertaining to plants.
trimness
n. Neatness.
vulgarity
n. Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.
venison
n. The flesh of deer.
waistcoat
n. A vest.
visualize
v. To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation.
solvent
adj. Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.
trident
n. The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune.
tireless
adj. Untiring.
turgid
adj. Swollen.
virago
n. A bold, impudent, turbulent woman.
telepathy
n. Thought-transference.
statuette
n. A figurine.
spectrum
n. An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy.
seclude
v. To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others.
visual
adj. Perceptible by sight.
valediction
n. A bidding farewell.
territorial
adj. Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction.
subtrahend
n. That which is to be subtracted.
therefor
adv. For that or this.
sapid
adj. Affecting the sense of taste.
underlie
v. To be the ground or support of.
thereabout
adv. Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately.
soluble
adj. Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid.
scythe
n. A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc.
unanimity
n. The state or quality of being of one mind.
satiric
adj. Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule.
transcript
n. A copy made directly from an original.
secretive
adj. Having a tendency to conceal.
tutelage
n. The act of training or the state of being under instruction.
subtle
adj. Discriminating.
trickery
n. Artifice.
sparse
adj. Thinly diffused.
tense
adj. Strained to stiffness.
sufficiency
n. An ample or adequate supply.
variegate
v. To mark with different shades or colors.
salacious
adj. Having strong sexual desires.
vicarious
adj. Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.
unsophisticated
adj. Showing inexperience.
tirade
n. Harangue.
supernatural
adj. Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power.
severance
n. Separation.
tolerant
adj. Indulgent.
spectator
n. One who beholds or looks on.
sergeant-major
n. The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment.
transferee
n. The person to whom a transfer is made.
transfusion
n. The act of pouring from one vessel to another.
treasonable
adj. Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance.
scholarly
adj. Characteristic of an erudite person.
similar
adj. Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else.
vale
n. Level or low land between hills.
semblance
n. Outward appearance.
telltale
adj. That gives warning or information.
wrangle
v. To maintain by noisy argument or dispute.
urban
adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a city.
Sol
n. The sun.
skepticism
n. The entertainment of doubt concerning something.
synonym
n. A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other.
stimulant
n. Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action.
vitality
n. The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance.
skiff
n. Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.
triplicate
adj. Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.
sequent
adj. Following in the order of time.
thoroughfare
n. A public street or road.
underexposed
adj. Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography.
umbrage
n. A sense of injury.
vagabond
n. A wanderer.
sordid
adj. Of degraded character or nature.
sublingual
adj. Situated beneath the tongue.
trenchant
adj. Cutting deeply and quickly.
venereal
adj. Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse.
unconscionable
adj. Ridiculously or unjustly excessive.
sprightly
adj. Vivacious.
undercharge
v. To make an inadequate charge for.
siege
n. A beleaguerment.
sonorous
adj. Resonant.
solecism
n. Any violation of established rules or customs.
weak-kneed
adj. Without resolute purpose or energy.
secrecy
n. Concealment.
viscount
n. In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage.
unbearable
adj. Unendurable.
witless
adj. Foolish, indiscreet, or silly.
stanza
n. A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem.
skirmish
n. Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.
singe
v. To burn slightly or superficially.
transmute
v. To change in nature, substance, or form.
stealth
n. A concealed manner of acting.
tenet
n. Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true.
vassal
n. A slave or bondman.
syllable
n. That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
superb
adj. Sumptuously elegant.
saponaceous
adj. Having the nature or quality of soap.
stringent
adj. Rigid.
Titanic
adj. Of vast size or strength.
supersede
v. To displace.
unbiased
adj. Impartial, as judgment.
submittal
n. The act of submitting.
subside
v. To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity.
sonnet
n. A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases.
wretchedness
n. Extreme misery or unhappiness.
squatter
n. One who settles on land without permission or right.
submission
n. A yielding to the power or authority of another.
second-rate
adj. Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc.
scoundrel
n. A man without principle.
submarine
adj. Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea.
sympathetic
adj. Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others.
translucent
adj. Allowing the passage of light.
streamlet
n. Rivulet.
sentient
adj. Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception.
syndicate
n. An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise.
specialize
v. To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course.
unspeakable
adj. Abominable.
vincible
adj. Conquerable.
violator
n. One who transgresses.
well-doer
n. A performer of moral and social duties.
sophistical
adj. Fallacious.
scintilla
n. The faintest ray.
superfluity
n. That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed.
ubiquitous
adj. Being present everywhere.
tantamount
adj. Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import.
thearchy
n. Government by a supreme deity.
tenant
n. An occupant.
violoncello
n. A stringed instrument held between the player's knees.
solace
n. Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.
salutation
n. Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act.
wholly
adv. Completely.
usury
n. The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law.
satiate
v. To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of.
sociable
adj. Inclined to seek company.
teem
v. To be full to overflowing.
vernacular
n. The language of one's country.
satire
n. The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices.
typographical
adj. Pertaining to typography or printing.
seer
n. A prophet.
subversion
n. An overthrow, as from the foundation.
sedition
n. Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.
squabble
v. To quarrel.
significance
n. Importance.
virtuoso
n. A master in the technique of some particular fine art.
taxidermy
n. The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them.
sinuous
adj. Curving in and out.
unfavorable
adj. Adverse.
vapid
adj. Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.
sirocco
n. hot winds from Africa.
sidereal
adj. Pertaining to stars or constellations.
steppe
n. One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia.
wile
n. An act or a means of cunning deception.
sinecure
n. Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.
succulent
adj. Juicy.
vertigo
n. Dizziness.
shrivel
v. To draw or be drawn into wrinkles.
transact
v. To do business.
surfeit
v. To feed to fullness or to satiety.
stiletto
n. A small dagger.
sapience
n. Deep wisdom or knowledge.
sequence
n. The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time.
truculent
adj. Having the character or the spirit of a savage.
sanguineous
adj. Consisting of blood.
tercentenary
adj. Pertaining to a period of 300 years.
unaffected
adj. Sincere.
transplant
v. To remove and plant in another place.
scope
n. A range of action or view.
subsequent
adj. Following in time.
sergeant
n. A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal.
terminus
n. The final point or goal.
somniferous
adj. Tending to produce sleep.
viol
n. A stringed instrument of the violin class.
tolerate
v. To passively permit or put up with.
scarcity
n. Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands.
subvert
v. To bring to ruin.
vivisection
n. The dissection of a living animal.
sleight
n. A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation.
termagant
adj. Violently abusive and quarrelsome.
savor
v. To perceive by taste or smell.
surmise
v. To conjecture.
verbatim
adv. Word for word.
seismograph
n. An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes.
virile
adj. Masculine.
semicircle
n. A half-circle.
serviceable
adj. Durable.
tableau
n. An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.
transverse
adj. Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction.
theoretical
adj. Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications.
trammel
n. An impediment.
venous
adj. Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins.
supercilious
adj. Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.
stultify
v. To give an appearance of foolishness to.
torturous
adj. Marked by extreme suffering.
tendency
n. Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end.
sear
v. To burn on the surface.
secretary
n. One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others.
stagnate
v. To become dull or inert.
ultramundane
adj. Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life.
savage
n. A wild and uncivilized human being.
vagrant
n. An idle wanderer.
underwrite
v. To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance.
whine
v. To utter with complaining tone.
wreak
v. To inflict, as a revenge or punishment.
stupendous
adj. Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree.
sylph
n. A slender, graceful young woman or girl.
torpor
n. Apathy.
sextuple
adj. Multiplied by six.
sycophant
n. A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.
variance
n. Change.
secant
adj. Cutting, especially into two parts.
scribble
n. Hasty, careless writing.
solar
adj. Pertaining to the sun.
undervalue
v. To underestimate.
sustenance
n. Food.
sextet
n. A band of six singers or players.
stripling
n. A mere youth.
undulate
v. To move like a wave or in waves.
sophism
n. A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive
translate
v. To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect.
spontaneous
adj. Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause.
tortuous
adj. Abounding in irregular bends or turns.
somber
adj. Gloomy.
underling
n. A subordinate.
vegetative
adj. Pertaining to the process of plant-life.
trestle
n. An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge.
tremulous
adj. Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness.
semiannual
adj. Recurring at intervals of six months.
theology
n. The branch of theological science that treats of God.
wantonness
n. Recklessness.
terse
adj. Pithy.
stingy
adj. Cheap, unwilling to spend money.
sonata
n. An instrumental composition.
verily
adv. In truth.
tolerance
n. Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others.
truculence
n. Ferocity.
veneer
n. Outside show or elegance.
tantalize
v. To tease.
supine
adj. Lying on the back.
unwieldy
adj. Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape.
translator
n. An interpreter.
sibilant
adj. Made with a hissing sound.
working-man
n. One who earns his bread by manual labor.
surreptitious
adj. Clandestine.
scuttle
v. To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom.
uproot
v. To eradicate.
sophisticate
v. To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner.
sergeant-at-arms
n. An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer.
thermal
adj. Of or pertaining to heat.
Spartan
adj. Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe.
seditious
adj. Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.
veto
n. The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment.
wizen-faced
adj. Having a shriveled face.
transitory
adj. Existing for a short time only.
syllabication
n. Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
temporary
adj. Lasting for a short time only.
transpire
v. To come to pass.
triplicity
n. The state of being triple or threefold.
transparent
adj. Easy to see through or understand.
somnolent
adj. Sleepy.
unbecoming
adj. Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings.
wee
adj. Very small.
simile
n. A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself.
technicality
n. Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like.
truthful
adj. Veracious.
stationary
adj. Not moving.
trepidation
n. Nervous uncertainty of feeling.
stature
n. The natural height of an animal body.
virtu
n. Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.
solder
n. A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins.
verdant
adj. Green with vegetation.
stupor
n. Profound lethargy.
seduce
v. To entice to surrender chastity.
warlike
adj. Belligerent.
theorist
n. One given to speculating.
vindicate
v. To prove true, right, or real.
subaquatic
adj. Being, formed, or operating under water.
technic
adj. Technical.
whet
v. To make more keen or eager.
urchin
n. A roguish, mischievous boy.
sidelong
adj. Inclining or tending to one side.
transposition
n. The act of reversing the order or changing the place of.
tapestry
n. A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings.
vestige
n. A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone.
undergarment
n. A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments.
valid
adj. Founded on truth.
socialist
adj. One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital.
shrewd
adj. Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances.
sacrifice
v. To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar.
scintillate
v. To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light.
symphonious
adj. Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
spasmodic
adj. Convulsive.
tricycle
n. A three-wheeled vehicle.
vitiate
v. To contaminate.
similitude
n. Similarity.
thrall
n. One controlled by an appetite or a passion.
sibilate
v. To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s.
terminate
v. To put an end or stop to.
sebaceous
adj. Pertaining to or appearing like fat.
zenith
n. The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness.
sacrificial
adj. Offering or offered as an atonement for sin.
tribune
n. Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper.
suffrage
n. The right or privilege of voting.
unconscious
adj. Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc.
tutelar
adj. Protective.
writing
n. The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs.
technography
n. The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development.
versatile
adj. Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.
vista
n. A view or prospect.
vacate
v. To leave.
untoward
adj. Causing annoyance or hindrance.
virtual
adj. Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.
unicellular
adj. Consisting of a single cell.
tactician
n. One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness.
treachery
n. Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith.
spheroid
n. A body having nearly the form of a sphere.
whimsical
adj. Capricious.
taxation
n. A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution.
synchronism
n. Simultaneousness.
statics
n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order.
terrify
v. To fill with extreme fear.
script
n. Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form.
substantive
adj. Solid.
suppress
v. To prevent from being disclosed or punished.
wearisome
adj. Fatiguing.
transcribe
v. To write over again (something already written)
syllabus
n. Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise.
suffuse
v. To cover or fill the surface of.
termination
n. The act of ending or concluding.
severely
adv. Extremely.
transcontinental
adj. Extending or passing across a continent.
triennial
adj. Taking place every third year.
vacillate
v. To waver.
submerge
v. To place or plunge under water.
stipend
n. A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance.
vindicatory
adj. Punitive.
sisterhood
n. A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow.
vegetate
v. To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties.
succumb
v. To cease to resist.
underrate
v. To undervalue.
transient
n. One who or that which is only of temporary existence.
simulate
v. Imitate.
sensorium
n. The sensory apparatus.
species
n. A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus.
surveyor
n. A land-measurer.
soothsayer
n. One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight.
seance
n. A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits.

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