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- sarcasm
- Cutting and reproachful language.
- shuffle
- A mixing or changing the order of things.
- socialist
- One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital.
- salvage
- Any act of saving property.
- sensitive
- Easily affected by outside operations or influences.
- stationary
- Not moving.
- stultify
- To give an appearance of foolishness to.
- sacrilege
- The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.
- statistician
- One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts.
- soothsayer
- One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight.
- sacrificial
- Offering or offered as an atonement for si,
- solder
- A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins.
- separatist
- A seceder.
- sociology
- The philosophical study of society.
- stanza
- A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem.
- spheroid
- A body having nearly the form of a sphere.
- secretary
- One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others.
- severely ad
- Extremely.
- success
- A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted.
- sergeant-major
- The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment.
- satiric
- Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity,or corruption is held up to ridicule.
- sinus
- An opening or cavity.
- stratum
- A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material.
- shriek
- A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror.
- submittal
- The act of submitting.
- semiconscious
- Partially conscious.
- suspense
- Uncertainty.
- superabundance
- An excessive amount.
- singe
- To burn slightly or superficially.
- supplementary
- Being an addition to.
- semicircle
- A half-circle.
- Stoicism
- The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure.
- sanguinary
- Bloody.
- servitude
- Slavery.
- sentinel
- Any guard or watch stationed for protectio,
- sufferance
- Toleratio,
- sapiential
- Possessing wisdom.
- sequester
- To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life.
- sapient
- Possessing wisdom.
- surround
- To encircle.
- superlative
- That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.
- sensual
- Pertaining to the body or the physical senses.
- self-respect
- Rational self-esteem.
- secretive
- Having a tendency to conceal.
- superintendent
- One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
- sparse
- Thinly diffused.
- subtrahend
- That which is to be subtracted.
- sentience
- Capacity for sensation or sense-perceptio,
- sorcery
- Witchcraft.
- sextuple
- Multiplied by six.
- sedate
- Even-tempered.
- savor
- To perceive by taste or smell.
- sapience
- Deep wisdom or knowledge.
- sterling
- Genuine.
- scintilla
- The faintest ray.
- skirmish
- Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.
- staid
- Of a steady and sober character.
- subservient
- Servilely following another's behests.
- subjugate
- To conquer.
- submersible
- Capable of being put underwater.
- syllable
- That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
- sluggard
- A person habitually lazy or idle.
- Sybarite
- A luxurious perso,
- scuttle
- To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom.
- steppe
- One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia.
- subconscious
- Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perceptio,
- symmetry
- Relative proportion and harmony.
- satyr
- A very lascivious perso,
- safeguard
- To protect.
- sprightly
- Vivacious.
- superfluity
- That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed.
- sequence
- The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time.
- secrecy
- Concealment.
- superfluous
- Being more than is needed.
- skiff
- Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.
- sequel
- That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened.
- seduce
- To entice to surrender chastity.
- severance
- Separatio,
- subsistence
- Sustenance.
- sidereal
- Pertaining to stars or constellations.
- subside
- To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity.
- suppress
- To prevent from being disclosed or punished.
- suffuse
- To cover or fill the surface of.
- salutary
- Beneficial.
- syllabus
- Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise.
- sonnet
- A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases.
- stimulate
- To rouse to activity or to quickened actio,
- sergeant
- A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal.
- stupor
- Profound lethargy.
- sextet
- A band of six singers or players.
- sensorium
- The sensory apparatus.
- souvenir
- A token of remembrance.
- sonorous
- Resonant.
- somnolent
- Sleepy.
- sardonic
- Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic.
- sirocco
- hot winds from Africa.
- superannuate
- To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.
- saline
- Constituting or consisting of salt.
- suppressible
- Capable of being suppressed.
- superb
- Sumptuously elegant.
- submission
- A yielding to the power or authority of another.
- somber
- Gloomy.
- solar
- Pertaining to the su,
- stringency
- Strictness.
- Spartan
- Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe.
- sophisticate
- To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner.
- saponaceous
- Having the nature or quality of soap.
- synonym
- A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other.
- squabble
- To quarrel.
- seethe
- To be violently excited or agitated.
- Sol
- The su,
- somniferous
- Tending to produce sleep.
- surrogate
- One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another.
- submersion
- The act of submerging.
- stature
- The natural height of an animal body.
- speculator
- One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit.
- stellar
- Pertaining to the stars.
- suasion
- The act of persuading.
- simultaneous
- Occurring, done, or existing at the same time.
- sanguineous
- Consisting of blood.
- soliloquy
- A monologue.
- spasmodic
- Convulsive.
- seditious
- Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.
- subjection
- The act of bringing into a state of submissio,
- sepulcher
- A burial-place.
- simplify
- To make less complex or difficult.
- satiate
- To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of.
- seismograph
- An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes.
- stingy
- Cheap, unwilling to spend money.
- separable
- Capable of being disjoined or divided.
- spinous
- Having spines.
- suppression
- A forcible putting or keeping dow,
- spurious
- Not genuine.
- solvent
- Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.
- service
- Any work done for the benefit of another.
- sarcophagus
- A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb.
- stagy
- Having a theatrical manner.
- subliminal
- Being beneath the threshold of consciousness.
- socialism
- A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society.
- semicivilized
- Half-civilized.
- soluble
- Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid.
- sustenance
- Food.
- submarine
- Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea.
- signification
- The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs.
- seclusion
- Solitude.
- shrewd
- Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances.
- superadd
- To add in addition to what has been added.
- stagnation
- The condition of not flowing or not changing.
- seer
- A prophet.
- stolid
- Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.
- stripling
- A mere youth.
- specter
- Apparitio,
- subterfuge
- Evasio,
- subterranean
- Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth.
- semiannual
- Recurring at intervals of six months.
- scintillate
- To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light.
- stifle
- To smother.
- sonata
- An instrumental compositio,
- sequacious
- Ready to be led.
- scribe
- One who writes or is skilled in writing.
- spectator
- One who beholds or looks o,
- subtend
- To extend opposite to.
- subaquatic
- Being, formed, or operating under water.
- submerge
- To place or plunge under water.
- syneresis
- The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever.
- sedulous
- Persevering in effort or endeavor.
- septennial
- Recurring every seven years.
- symphonic
- Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
- supersede
- To displace.
- stigma
- A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing.
- superintendence
- Direction and management.
- susceptible
- Easily under a specified power or influence.
- sophistry
- Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive.
- surfeit
- To feed to fullness or to satiety.
- succumb
- To cease to resist.
- skepticism
- The entertainment of doubt concerning something.
- significance
- Importance.
- suffrage
- The right or privilege of voting.
- satirize
- To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit.
- stupendous
- Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree.
- statics
- The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order.
- solicitor
- One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney.
- significant
- Important, especially as pointing something out.
- sequent
- Following in the order of time.
- synchronism
- Simultaneousness.
- specious
- Plausible.
- superheat
- To heat to excess.
- secede
- To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body.
- sinister
- Evil.
- stiletto
- A small dagger.
- sacrilegious
- Impious.
- supplant
- To take the place of.
- sordid
- Of degraded character or nature.
- speculate
- To pursue inquiries and form conjectures.
- squalid
- Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance.
- sentient
- Possessing the power of sense or sense-perceptio,
- subjacent
- Situated directly underneath.
- stealth
- A concealed manner of acting.
- seance
- A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits.
- summary
- An abstract.
- squatter
- One who settles on land without permission or right.
- stratagem
- Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage.
- slothful
- Lazy.
- scoundrel
- A man without principle.
- salutation
- Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act.
- successful
- Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity.
- sinuous
- Curving in and out.
- synod
- An ecclesiastical council.
- scholastic
- Pertaining to education or schools.
- subtle
- Discriminating.
- sensuous
- Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury.
- sear
- To burn on the surface.
- sanguine
- Having the color of blood.
- skeptic
- One who doubts any statements.
- sidelong
- Inclining or tending to one side.
- suspension
- A hanging from a support.
- scabbard
- The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapo,
- secant
- Cutting, especially into two parts.
- statuette
- A figurine.
- sylph
- A slender, graceful young woman or girl.
- salutatory
- The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges.
- sisterhood
- A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow.
- supernatural
- Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power.
- superficial
- Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious.
- savage
- A wild and uncivilized human being.
- specimen
- One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class.
- spontaneous
- Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause.
- surreptitious
- Clandestine.
- stagnant
- Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool.
- species
- A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus.
- slight
- Of a small importance or significance.
- static
- Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
- symmetrical
- Well-balanced.
- supernumerary
- Superfluous.
- sanctimonious
- Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety.
- supine
- Lying on the back.
- specialize
- To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course.
- sanction
- To approve authoritatively.
- sympathize
- To share the sentiments or mental states of another.
- stagnate
- To become dull or inert.
- soprano
- A woman's or boy's voice of high range.
- similitude
- Similarity.
- sensation
- A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling.
- solecism
- Any violation of established rules or customs.
- sergeant-at-arms
- An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer.
- syllabic
- Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
- supple
- Easily bent.
- solicitude
- Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear.
- scrupulous
- Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong.
- sedentary
- Involving or requiring much sitting.
- streamlet
- Rivulet.
- scruple
- Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty.
- suggestive
- Stimulating to thought or reflectio,
- siege
- A beleaguerment.
- subvert
- To bring to rui,
- suspicious
- Inclined to doubt or mistrust.
- senile
- Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age.
- succinct
- Concise.
- sympathetic
- Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others.
- similar
- Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else.
- sensibility
- Power to perceive or feel.
- spinster
- A woman who has never been married.
- suggestible
- That can be suggested.
- sophistical
- Fallacious.
- suave
- Smooth and pleasant in manner.
- stallion
- An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding.
- sedition
- Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.
- solace
- Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.
- sapid
- Affecting the sense of taste.
- syllabication
- Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
- sibilate
- To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s.
- submergence
- The act of submerging.
- superintend
- To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
- stimulant
- Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened actio,
- sentence
- A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
- substantive
- Solid.
- syndicate
- An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise.
- satire
- The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices.
- simile
- A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself.
- statuesque
- Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue.
- statute
- Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law.
- sequestrate
- To confiscate.
- salacious
- Having strong sexual desires.
- successor
- One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing.
- secession
- Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies.
- salience
- The condition of standing out distinctly.
- susceptibility
- A specific capability of feeling or emotio,
- semblance
- Outward appearance.
- secondary
- Less important or effective than that which is primary.
- succulent
- Juicy.
- sphericity
- The state or condition of being a sphere.
- scholarly
- Characteristic of an erudite perso,
- supposition
- Conjecture.
- seminar
- Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher.
- sufficiency
- An ample or adequate supply.
- scope
- A range of action or view.
- studious
- Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge.
- systematic
- Methodical.
- symphony
- A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
- subversion
- An overthrow, as from the foundatio,
- subacid
- Somewhat sharp or biting.
- sumptuous
- Rich and costly.
- selective
- Having the power of choice.
- surmise
- To conjecture.
- second-rate
- Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc.
- shrivel
- To draw or be drawn into wrinkles.
- sibilance
- A hissing sound.
- solstice
- The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declinatio,
- supercilious
- Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.
- seize
- To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
- swarthy
- Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexio,
- supramundane
- Supernatural.
- Scriptural
- Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures.
- surmount
- To overcome by force of will.
- sanctity
- Holiness.
- script
- Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form.
- succeed
- To accomplish what is attempted or intended.
- salient
- Standing out prominently.
- subservience
- The quality, character, or condition of being servilely following another's behests.
- sebaceous
- Pertaining to or appearing like fat.
- simulate
- Imitate.
- sinecure
- Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.
- sense
- The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or actio,
- scythe
- A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc.
- spectrum
- An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy.
- seminary
- A special school, as of theology or pedagogics.
- scurrilous
- Grossly indecent or vulgar.
- statecraft
- The art of conducting state affairs.
- surveyor
- A land-measurer.
- synopsis
- A syllabus or summary.
- stimulus
- Incentive.
- strait
- A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
- sociable
- Inclined to seek company.
- specie
- A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal.
- secondly ad
- In the second place in order or successio,
- separate
- To take apart.
- surcharge
- An additional amount charged.
- seclude
- To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others.
- surety
- Security for payment or performance.
- subsist
- To be maintained or sustained.
- serviceable
- Durable.
- soldier
- A person engaged in military service.
- subordinate
- Belonging to an inferior order in a classificatio,
- sublingual
- Situated beneath the tongue.
- somnolence
- Oppressive drowsiness.
- supplicant
- One who asks humbly and earnestly.
- scarcity
- Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands.
- sycophant
- A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.
- symphonious
- Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
- sleight
- A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observatio,
- shrinkage
- A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimensio,
- sibilant
- Made with a hissing sound.
- sophism
- A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive
- shiftless
- Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability.
- subsequent
- Following in time.
- sediment
- Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
- sagacious
- Able to discern and distinguish with wise perceptio,
- sacrifice
- To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar.
- stipend
- A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance.
- spherometer
- An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces.
- seignior
- A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir.
- scribble
- Hasty, careless writing.
- stanchion
- A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall.
- sinuosity
- The quality of curving in and out.
- siren
- A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla.
- salvo
- A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer.
- supplicate
- To beg.
- specialty
- An employment limited to one particular line of work.
- stringent
- Rigid.
- sheer
- Absolute.