SAT words from 'sinuous' to 'specialty'
Words alphabetically from 'sinuous' to 'specialty' from the monster 5000-word at http://www.freevocabulary.com/
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- sinuous
- Curving in and out.
- sinus
- An opening or cavity.
- siren
- A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla.
- sirocco
- hot winds from Africa.
- sisterhood
- A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow.
- skeptic
- One who doubts any statements.
- skepticism
- The entertainment of doubt concerning something.
- skiff
- Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.
- skirmish
- Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.
- sleight
- A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation.
- slight
- Of a small importance or significance.
- slothful
- Lazy.
- sluggard
- A person habitually lazy or idle.
- sociable
- Inclined to seek company.
- socialism
- A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society.
- socialist
- One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital.
- sociology
- The philosophical study of society.
- Sol
- The sun.
- solace
- Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.
- solar
- Pertaining to the sun.
- solder
- A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins.
- soldier
- A person engaged in military service.
- solecism
- Any violation of established rules or customs.
- solicitor
- One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney.
- solicitude
- Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear.
- soliloquy
- A monologue.
- solstice
- The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination.
- soluble
- Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid.
- solvent
- Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.
- somber
- Gloomy.
- somniferous
- Tending to produce sleep.
- somnolence
- Oppressive drowsiness.
- somnolent
- Sleepy.
- sonata
- An instrumental composition.
- sonnet
- A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases.
- sonorous
- Resonant.
- soothsayer
- One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight.
- sophism
- A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive
- sophistical
- Fallacious.
- sophisticate
- To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner.
- sophistry
- Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive.
- soprano
- A woman's or boy's voice of high range.
- sorcery
- Witchcraft.
- sordid
- Of degraded character or nature.
- souvenir
- A token of remembrance.
- sparse
- Thinly diffused.
- Spartan
- Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe.
- spasmodic
- Convulsive.
- specialize
- To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course.
- specialty
- An employment limited to one particular line of work.