SAT 1 Vocab: S (Saccharine - Surreptitious)
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- saccharine
- overly sweet
- sacrilege
- the violation of anything sacred
- sacrosanct
- extremely holy
- sadistic
- deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others
- saga
- a long story of adventure
- sagacious
- wise
- sage
- a wise person
- salacious
- lusty; obscene
- salient
- significant; conspicuous
- saline
- salty
- sallow
- sickly pale
- salubrious
- healthful
- salutary
- healthful; wholesome
- salutatory
- a welcoming address, as at a graduation
- salvage
- to rescue; to save from destruction
- sanctimonious
- hypocritical in regard to religious belief
- sanction
- to authorize; to give permission
- sangfroid
- calmness; composure
- sanguinary
- bloody
- sanguine
- cheerful; optimistic
- sapient
- wise
- sardonic
- mocking; scornful
- sartorial
- pertaining to clothes or tailoring
- satiated
- satisfied; filled up
- satirical
- sarcastic; ironic
- saturate
- to soak; to fill up
- saturnine
- gloomy; sluggish
- saunter
- to stroll; to walk leisurely
- savant
- a person of extensive learning
- savoir faire
- tact; knowledge of just what to do in any situation
- savor
- to enjoy, as by taste or smell
- scant
- inadequate in size or amount
- scapegoat
- one who takes the blame for others
- scathing
- extremely severe or harsh, such as a remark or look
- schism
- a split or break
- scintilla
- a tiny amount; a speck
- scintillate
- to sparkle; to twinkle
- scion
- an offspring; a descendant
- scoff
- to ridicule
- scope
- range; extent
- scourge
- a whip or a lash; a person or thing that punishes or destroys
- scrupulous
- honest; ethical; precise
- scrutinize
- to examine closely
- scurrilous
- coarsely abusive; vulgar
- scurry
- to run about; to hurry
- scuttle
- to sink (a ship); to abandon
- sear
- to burn; to scorch
- sebaceous
- fatty
- seclude
- to keep apart; to isolate
- secrete
- to conceal; to hide
- secular
- worldly; nonreligious
- sedate
- quiet; calm; serious
- sedentary
- sitting most of the time
- sediment
- material that settles on the bottom; residue
- sedition
- rebellion
- sedulous
- hard-working; industrious; diligent
- seedy
- run-down; shabby
- seethe
- to boil; to be violently agitated
- seismic
- pertaining to earthquakes
- semblance
- outward appearance
- senile
- pertaining to mental weakness due to old age
- sensate
- pertaining to feeling
- sensual
- pertaining to enjoyment of food and sex
- sensuous
- pertaining to enjoyment of art, music, etc.
- sententious
- concise; including brief remarks and proverbs
- sentient
- conscious; capable of feeling
- sentinel
- a guard
- sepulcher
- tomb; burial vault
- sequel
- an event or literary work that follows a previous one
- sequester
- to separate; to set aside
- seraphic
- angelic; pure
- serendipity
- a talent for making desirable discoveries by accident
- serene
- calm; peaceful
- serpentine
- winding
- serrated
- having tooth-like edges
- servile
- like a slave
- servitude
- slavery; bondage
- sever
- to cut in two; to separate
- shackle
- to keep prisoner; to restrain
- sham
- a pretense
- shambles
- a slaughterhouse; great disorder
- shard
- a fragment
- sheepish
- embarrassed; bashful
- shibboleth
- a slogan; a password
- shiftless
- lazy; inefficient
- shoal
- a shallow place in the water; a reef
- shortcomings
- defects; deficiencies
- shrew
- a nagging, bad-tempered woman
- shroud
- a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial
- sibilant
- hissing
- sibling
- a brother or sister
- simian
- pertaining to an ape or monkey
- simile
- a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
- simony
- the sin of buying or selling church benefits
- simper
- to smile in a silly way
- simulacrum
- an image; a likeness
- simulate
- to pretend; to imitate
- simultaneous
- occurring at the same time
- sinecure
- job with no responsibilities
- sinewy
- tough; firm; strong
- singular
- extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional
- sinuous
- curving; winding
- siren
- an attractive but dangerous woman
- skeptic
- one who doubts
- skinflint
- a miser; a stingy person
- skittish
- restless; excitable; nervous
- skulduggery
- trickery; deception
- skulk
- to sneak around; to lie in hiding
- slacken
- become loose; to relax
- slake
- to lessen (thirst, desire, anger; etc.) by satisfying; to quench
- slander
- to make a false statement against someone
- slattern
- an untidy woman
- sleazy
- cheap; flimsy
- sleek
- smooth and shiny
- slither
- to slide or glide
- slothful
- lazy
- slough (off)
- to discard; to shed
- slovenly
- untidy; dirty; careless
- smirk
- to smile in an affected or offensive way
- smite
- to strike forcefully
- smolder
- to burn without flame; to keep feelings concealed
- smug
- self-satisfied
- snare
- to trap
- sneer
- to look at with contempt; to scorn; to deride
- snicker
- to laugh in a half-suppressed way
- snippet
- a small fragment
- snivel
- to whine; to complain
- sober
- not drunk; serious
- sobriquet
- nickname; assumed name
- sodden
- soaked; damp
- sojourn
- a brief stay or visit
- solace
- comfort
- solar
- pertaining to the sun
- solecism
- ungrammatical usage; an error or inconsistency
- solicit
- to ask; to seek; to try to get an order in business
- solicitude
- concern; anxiety
- soliloquy
- act of talking to oneself
- solipsistic
- pertaining to the theory that only oneself exists or can be proved to exist
- solitude
- loneliness
- solon
- a wise man
- solvent
- having the ability to pay a debt (adjective); a substance that dissolves another (noun)
- somber
- dark; gloomy
- somnambulate
- walk in one's sleep
- somniferous
- causing sleep
- somnolent
- drowsy; sleepy
- sonorous
- producing a deep, rich sound
- sophistry
- a deceptive, tricky argument
- sophomoric
- immature; pretentious
- soporific
- causing sleep
- sordid
- dirty; filthy
- sot
- a drunkard
- sovereign
- a monarch or other supreme ruler
- spacious
- roomy; convenient
- Spartan
- warlike; brave; disciplined
- spasm
- a sudden burst of energy
- specious
- not genuine; pleasing to the eye but deceptive
- specter
- a ghost; a phantom
- speculate
- to meditate; to participate in a risky business transaction
- sphinx
- a person who is difficult to understand
- splenetic
- irritable; bad-tempered
- sporadic
- infrequent; irregular
- spry
- full of life; active
- spume
- foam
- spurious
- deceitful; counterfeit
- spurn
- to reject
- squalid
- filthy; dirty
- staccato
- made up of short, abrupt sounds
- stagnant
- not flowing; stale; sluggish
- staid
- sedate; settled
- stalemate
- a deadlock; a draw
- stalwart
- strong; sturdy
- stamina
- endurance; resistance to fatigue
- stance
- attitude; posture
- stark
- complete; harsh; severe
- static
- inactive; motionless
- stationary
- standing still; not moving
- statute
- law; rule
- steadfast
- firm in purpose; dependable; constant
- stench
- a foul smell
- stentorian
- very loud
- stereotyped
- not original; commonplace
- sterling
- of high quality; excellent
- stigma
- mark of disgrace
- stilted
- artificially formal
- stint
- to be sparing; to conserve
- stipend
- salary
- stipulate
- to specify; to arrange definitely
- stoic
- showing no emotion; indifferent to pleasure or pain
- stolid
- impassive; having little emotion
- strait
- a position of difficulty; a narrow passage of water
- stratagem
- a plan, scheme, or trick
- strew
- to spread about; to scatter
- striated
- striped; marked with lines
- stricture
- negative criticism; a restriction
- strident
- harsh sounding; loud and shrill
- stringent
- tight; strict
- strut
- to walk in a proud manner; to show off
- stultify
- to make absurd; to render worthless
- stupefy
- to stun; to amaze
- stygian
- dark; gloomy
- stymie
- to hinder; to block
- suave
- polished; sophisticated
- sub rosa
- secretly; confidentially
- subaqueous
- underwater
- subjective
- not objective; personal
- subjugate
- to conquer
- sublimate
- to make a person act noble or moral
- sublime
- majestic; elevated or lofty in thought
- subliminal
- subconscious; unaware
- subordinate
- of lower rank
- suborn
- to hire for an unlawful act
- subsequent
- following; occurring later
- subservient
- submissive; helpful, in an inferior capacity
- subside
- to become quiet; to settle down
- subsidiary
- auxiliary; supplementary; serving to assist
- substantiate
- to prove; to confirm; to support
- subterfuge
- trickery; deceit
- subterranean
- underground
- subversive
- tending to undermine or overthrow
- succinct
- concise; brief and to the point
- succor
- assistance; help; relief
- succulent
- juicy
- succumb
- to yield; to give in
- suffrage
- the right to vote
- sullen
- gloomy; showing irritation
- sully
- to soil, stain, or tarnish
- sultry
- hot and humid
- sumptuous
- luxurious; lavish; extravagant
- sundry
- various; assorted
- superannuated
- retired because of old age
- supercilious
- proud; haughty
- superficial
- on the surface; shallow
- superfluous
- excessive; unnecessary
- supernal
- heavenly
- supernumerary
- extra; more than necessary
- supersede
- to take the place of
- supervene
- to take place or occur unexpectedly
- supine
- lying on the back
- supplant
- to replace
- supple
- flexible
- suppliant
- begging; asking humbly
- supplicate
- to pray humbly; to beg
- surfeit
- an excessive amount
- surly
- rude; bad-tempered
- surmise
- to guess
- surmount
- to go beyond; to overcome
- surreptitious
- acting in a sneaky way