Gre Test Flashcards
Aberrant
Markedly different from an accepted norm
Aberration
Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course
Abet
To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense)
Abeyance
A state of suspension or temporary inaction
Ablution
A washing or cleansing, especially of the body
Abjure
To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath
Abrogate
To abolish, repeal
Abscond
To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest
Abstemious
Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food
Abstruse
Dealing with matters difficult to be understood
Abut
To touch at the end or boundary line
Accede
To agree
Acquiesce
To comply; submit
Acrid
Harshly pungent or bitter
Acumen
Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination
Adage
An old saying
Adamant
Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability
Admonition
Gentle reproof
Adumbrate
To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem
Affable
Easy to approach
Aggrandize
To cause to appear greatly
Aggravate
To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome
Agile
Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally
Agog
In eager desire
Alacrity
Cheerful willingness
Alcove
A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room
Alleviate
To make less burdensome or less hard to bear
Aloof
Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others
Amalgamate
To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body
Ambidextrous
Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease
Ambiguous
Having a double meaning
Ameliorate
To relieve, as from pain or hardship
Anathema
Anything forbidden, as by social usage
Animadversion
The utterance of criticism or censure
Animosity
Hatred
Antediluvian
Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah
Antidote
Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like
Aplomb
Confidence; coolness
Apocryphal
Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apogee
The climax
Apostate
False
Apotheosis
Deification
Apparition
Ghost
Appease
To soothe by quieting anger or indignation
Apposite
Appropriate
Apprise
To give notice to; to inform
Approbation
Sanction
Arboreal
Of or pertaining to a tree or trees
Ardor
Intensity of passion or affection
Argot
A specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group
Arrant
Notoriously bad
Ascetic
Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion
Ascribe
To assign as a quality or attribute
Asperity
Harshness or roughness of temper
Assiduous
Unceasing; persistent
Assuage
To cause to be less harsh, violent, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease
Astringent
Harsh in disposition or character
Astute
Keen in discernment
Atonement
Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury
Audacious
Fearless
Augury
Omen
Auspicious
Favorable omen
Austere
Severely simple; unadorned
Autocrat
Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence
Auxiliary
One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as a subsidiary or accessory
Avarice
Passion for getting and keeping riches
Aver
To avouch, justify, or prove
Aversion
A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing
Avow
To declare openly
Baleful
Malignant
Banal
Commonplace
Bask
To make warm by genial heat
Beatify
To make supremely happy
Bedaub
To smear over, as with something oily or sticky
Bellicose
Warlike
Belligerent
Manifesting a warlike spirit
Benefactor
A doer of kind and charitable acts
Benevolence
Any act of kindness or well-doing
Benign
Good and kind of heart
Berate
To scold severely
Bewilder
To confuse the perceptions or judgement of
Blandishment
Flattery intended to persuade
Blantant
Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous
Blithe
Joyous
boisterous
Unchecked merriment or animal spirits
bolster
To support, as something wrong
bombast
Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects
boorish
Rude
breach
The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation
brittle
Fragile
broach
To mention, for the first time
bumptious
Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit
buoyant
Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat
burnish
To make brilliant or shining
cabal
A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose
cacophony
A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
cajole
To impose on or dupe by flattering speech
callow
Without experience of the world
calumny
Slander
Candid
Straightforward
cant
To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity
capacious
Roomy
capitulate
To surrender or stipulate terms
captious
Hypercritical
castigate
to punish
cataract
Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness
caustic
Sarcastic and severe
censure
To criticize severely; also, an expression of disapproval
centurion
A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
chagrin
Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one’s failures or errors
chary
Careful; wary; cautious
chicanery
The use of trickery to deceive
circumlocution
Indirect or roundabout expression
coddle
To treat as a baby or an invalid
coerce
To force
coeval
Existing during the same period of time; also, a contemporary
cogent
Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience
cogitate
Consider carefully and deeply; ponder
cognizant
Taking notice
colloquial
Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary
collusion
A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose
comestible
Fit to be eaten
commemorate
To serve as a remembrance of
complaisance
Politeness
complement
To make complete
comport
To conduct or behave (oneself)
compunction
Remorseful feeling
conceit
Self-flattering opinion
conciliatory
Tending to reconcile
concord
Harmony
concur
To agree
condense
To abridge
conflagration
A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like
confluence
The place where streams meet
congeal
To coagulate
conjoin
To unite
connoisseur
A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art
console
To comfort
conspicuous
Clearly visible
consternation
Panic
constrict
to bind
consummate
To bring to completion
contiguous
Touching or joining at the edge or boundary
contrite
Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin
contumacious
Rebellious
copious
Plenteous
cornucopia
The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity
corporeal
Of a material nature; physical
correlate
To put in some relation of connection or correspondence
corroboration
Confirmation
counterfeit
Made to resemble something else
countervail
To offset
covert
Concealed, especially for an evil purpose
cower
To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame
crass
Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine
credulous
Easily deceived
cupidity
Avarice
cursory
Rapid and superficial
curtail
To cut off or cut short
cynosure
That to which general interest or attention is directed
dearth
Scarcity, as of something customary, essential,or desirable
defer
To delay or put off to some other time
deign
To deem worthy of notice or account
deleterious
Hurtful, morally or physically
delineate
To represent by sketch or diagram
deluge
To overwhelm with a flood of water
demagogue
An unprincipled politician
denizen
Inhabitant
denouement
That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up
deplete
To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste
deposition
Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court
deprave
To render bad, especially morally bad
deprecate
To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite
deride
To ridicule
derision
Ridicule
derivative
Coming or acquired from some origin
descry
To discern
desiccant
Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds
desuetude
A state of disuse or inactivity
desultory
Not connected with what precedes
deter
To frighten away
dexterity
Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work
diaphanous
Transparent
diatribe
A bitter or malicious criticism
didactic
Pertaining to teaching
diffidence
Self-distrust
diffident
Affected or possessed with self-distrust
dilate
To enlarge in all directions
dilatory
Tending to cause delay
disallow
To withhold permission or sanction
discomfit
To put to confusion
disconcert
To disturb the composure of
disconsolate
Hopelessly sad; also, saddening; cheerless
discountenance
To look upon with disfavor
discredit
To injure the reputation of
discreet
Judicious
disheveled
Disordered; disorderly; untidy
dissemble
To hide by pretending something different
disseminate
To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown
dissent
Disagreement
dissolution
A breaking up of a union of persons
distraught
Bewildered
divulge
To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret
dogmatic
Making statements without argument or evidence
dormant
Being in a state of or resembling sleep
dubious
Doubtful
duplicity
Double-dealing
earthenware
Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun
ebullient
Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling
edacious
Given to eating
edible
Suitable to be eaten
educe
To draw out
effete
Exhausted, as having performed its functions
efficacy
The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it
effrontery
Unblushing impudence
effulgence
Splendor
egregious
Extreme
egress
Any place of exit
elegy
A lyric poem lamenting the dead
elicit
To educe or extract gradually or without violence
elucidate
To bring out more clearly the facts concerning
emaciate
To waste away in flesh
embellish
To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features
embezzle
To misappropriate secretly
emblazon
To set forth publicly or in glowing terms
encomium
A formal or discriminating expression of praise
encumbrance
A burdensome and troublesome load
endemic
Peculiar to some specified country or people
enervate
To render ineffective or inoperative
engender
To produce
engrave
To cut or carve in or upon some surface
enigma
A riddle
enmity
Hatred
entangle
To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications
entreat
To ask for or request earnestly
Epicurean
Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite
epithet
Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in “Father Aeneas”
epitome
A simplified representation
equable
Equal and uniform; also, serene
equanimity
Evenness of mind or temper, calmness; composure
equilibrium
A state of balance
equivocal
Ambiguous
equivocate
to use words of double meaning
eradicate
To destroy thoroughly
errant
Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds
erratic
Irregular
erroneous
Incorrect
erudite
Very-learned
eschew
To keep clear of
espy
To keep close watch
eulogy
A spoken or written laudation of a person’s life or character
euphonious
Characterized by agreeableness of sound
evanescent
Fleeting
evince
To make manifest or evident
evoke
To call or summon forth
exacerbate
To make more sharp, severe, or virulent
exculpate
To relieve of blame
exhaustive
Thorough and complete in execution
exigency
A critical period or condition, state of requiring immediate action; also, an urgent situation; also, that which is required in a
exorbitant
Going beyond usual and proper limits
expatiate
To speak or write at some length
expedient
Contributing to personal advantage
expiate
To make satisfaction or amends for
explicate
To clear from involvement
expostulate
To discuss
expropriate
To deprive of possession; also, to transfer (another’s property) to oneself
extant
Still existing and known
extempore
Without studied or special preparation
extenuate
To diminish the gravity or importance of
extinct
Being no longer in existence
extinguish
To render extinct
extirpate
To root out; to eradicate
extol
To praise in the highest terms
extort
To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity
extraneous
Having no essential relation to a subject
exuberance
Rich supply
facetious
Amusing
facile
Not difficult to do
factious
Turbulent
fallacious
Illogical
fatuous
Idiotic
fawn
A young deer
feint
Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement
felon
A criminal or depraved person
ferocity
Savageness
fervid
Intense
fervor
Ardor or intensity of feeling
fidelity
Loyalty
finesse
subtle contrivance used to gain a point
flamboyant
Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste
flippant
Having a light, pert, trifling disposition
florid
Flushed with red
flout
To treat with contempt
foible
A personal weakness or failing
foment
To nurse to life or activity; to encourage
foppish
Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners
forbearance
Patient endurance or toleration of offenses
forfeit
To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation
forgery
Counterfeiting
forswear
To renounce upon oath
fragile
Easily broken
frantic
Frenzied
frugal
Economical
fugacious
Fleeting
fulminate
To cause to explode
fulsome
Offensive from excess of praise or commendation
gainsay
To contradict; to deny
gamut
The whole range or sequence
garrulous
Given to constant trivial talking
germane
Relevant
gesticulate
To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech
glimmer
A faint, wavering, unsteady light
gossamer
Flimsy
gourmand
A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table
grandiloquent
Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style
gregarious
Sociable, outgoing
grievous
Creating affliction
guile
Duplicity
gullible
Credulous
halcyon
Calm
harangue
A tirade
harbinger
One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing
head
Adv. Precipitately, as in diving
heinous
Odiously sinful
heresy
An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles
heterogeneous
Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds
hirsute
Having a hairy covering
hoodwink
To deceive
hospitable
Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness
hypocrisy
Extreme insincerity
iconoclast
An image-breaker
idiosyncrasy
A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual
ignoble
Low in character or purpose
ignominious
Shameful
illicit
Unlawful
imbroglio
A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife
imbue
To dye; to instill profoundly
immaculate
Without spot or blemish
imminent
Dangerous and close at hand
immutable
Unchangeable
impair
To cause to become less or worse
impassive
Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling
impecunious
Having no money
impede
To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of
imperative
Obligatory
imperious
Insisting on obedience
imperturbable
Calm
impervious
Impenetrable
impetuous
Impulsive
impiety
Irreverence toward God
implacable
Incapable of being pacified
implicate
To show or prove to be involved in or concerned
implicit
Implied
importunate
Urgent in character, request, or demand
importune
To harass with persistent demands or entreaties
impromptu
Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment
improvident
Lacking foresight or thrift
impugn
To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations
impute
To attribute
inadvertent
Accidental
inane
Silly
incessant
Unceasing
inchoate
Incipient
incipient
Initial
incite
To rouse to a particular action
incongruous
Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion
inculcate
To teach by frequent repetitions
indelible
That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed
indigence
Poverty
indigenous
Native
indistinct
Vague
indolence
Laziness
indolent
Habitually inactive or idle
indomitable
Unconquerable
indulgent
Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one’s care
ineffable
Unutterable
ineluctable
Impossible to avoid
inept
Not fit or suitable
inexorable
Unrelenting
infuse
To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities
ingenuous
Candid, frank, or open in character or quality
inimical
Adverse
innocuous
Harmless
inscrutable
impenetrably mysterious or profound
insensible
Imperceptible
insinuate
To imply
insipid
Tasteless
insouciant
Nonchalant
insurrection
The state of being in active resistance to authority
interdict
Authoritative act of prohibition
interim
Time between acts or periods
intransigent
Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course
intrepid
fearless and bold
introspection
The act of observing and analyzing one’s own thoughts and feelings
inundate
To fill with an overflowing abundance
inure
To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure
invalid
One who is disabled by illness or injury
invective
An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach
inveigh
To utter vehement censure or invective
inveterate
Habitual
invidious
Showing or feeling envy
invincible
Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome
iota
A small or insignificant mark or part
irascible
Prone to anger
irate
Moved to anger
ire
Wrath
irksome
Wearisome
itinerant
Wandering
itinerate
To wander from place to place
jocular
inclined to joke
jovial
Merry
judicious
Prudent
junta
A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government
lachrymose
Given to shedding tears
lackadaisical
Listless
languid
Relaxed
lascivious
Lustful
lassitude
Lack of vitality or energy
latent
Dormant
laudable
Praiseworthy
laudatory
Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise
legacy
A bequest
levee
An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow
levity
Frivolity
lexicon
a dictionary
libel
Defamation
licentious
Wanton
lien
A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge
listless
Inattentive
lithe
Supple
loquacious
Talkative
lugubrious
Indicating sorrow, often ridiculously
luminary
One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light
lustrous
Shining
malaise
A condition of uneasiness or ill-being
malcontent
One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs
malevolence
Ill will
malign
To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely
malleable
Pliant
massacre
The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings
maudlin
Foolishly and tearfully affectionate
mawkish
Sickening or insipid
mellifluous
Sweetly or smoothly flowing
mendacious
Untrue
mendicant
A beggar
meretricious
Alluring by false or gaudy show
mesmerize
To hypnotize
meticulous
over-cautious
mettle
Courage
mettlesome
Having courage or spirit
microcosm
The world or universe on a small scale
mien
The external appearance or manner of a person
mischievous
Fond of tricks
miscreant
villain
miser
A person given to saving and hoarding unduly
misnomer
A name wrongly or mistakenly applied
moderation
Temperance
modicum
A small or token amount
mollify
to soothe
molt
To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc
monomania
the unreasonable pursuit of one idea
morbid
Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind
mordant
Biting
moribund
On the point of dying
morose
Gloomy
multifarious
Having great diversity or variety
mundane
Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial
munificent
Extraordinarily generous
myriad
A vast indefinite number
nadir
The lowest point
nefarious
Wicked in the extreme
negligent
Apt to omit what ought to be done
neophyte
Having the character of a beginner
noisome
very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell
nostrum
Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character
noxious
Hurtful
nugatory
Having no power or force
obdurate
Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity
obfuscate
To darken; to obscure
oblique
Slanting; said of lines
obsequious
Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another
obstreperous
Boisterous
obtrude
To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence
obtrusive
Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence
obviate
To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty
odious
Hateful
odium
A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust
officious
Intermeddling with what is not one’s concern
ominous
Portentous
onerous
Burdensome or oppressive
onus
A burden or responsibility
opprobrium
The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil
ossify
To convert into bone
ostentation
A display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery
ostracism
Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics
ostracize
To exclude from public or private favor
palate
The roof of the mouth
palatial
Magnificent
palliate
To cause to appear less guilty
palpable
Perceptible by feeling or touch
panacea
A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases
panegyric
a formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act
panoply
full set of armor
paragon
A model of excellence
Pariah
A member of a degraded class; a social outcast
paroxysm
A sudden outburst of any kind of activity
parsimonious
Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money
partisan
Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party
pathos
The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy
paucity
Fewness
peccadillo
A small breach of propriety or principle
pedestrian
One who journeys on foot
pellucid
Translucent
penchant
A bias in favor of something
penurious
Excessively sparing in the use of money
penury
Indigence
peregrination
A wandering
peremptory
Precluding question or appeal
perfidy
Treachery
perfunctory
Half-hearted
peripatetic
Walking about
perjury
A solemn assertion of a falsity
permeate
To pervade
pernicious
Tending to kill or hurt
persiflage
Banter
perspicacity
Acuteness or discernment
perturbation
Mental excitement or confusion
petrify
To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character
petulant
Displaying impatience
phlegmatic
Not easily roused to feeling or action
physiognomy
The external appearance merely
pious
Religious
pique
To excite a slight degree of anger in
placate
To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness
platitude
A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace
plea
An argument to obtain some desired action
plenary
Entire
plethora
Excess; superabundance
plumb
A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something
plummet
A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical
poignant
Severely painful or acute to the spirit
polyglot
Speaking several tongues
ponderous
Unusually weighty or forcible
portend
To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs
portent
Anything that indicates what is to happen
precarious
Perilous
preclude
To prevent
precocious
Having the mental faculties prematurely developed
predominate
To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree
premature
Coming too soon
presage
To foretell
prescience
Knowledge of events before they take place
presumption
That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved
preternatural
Extraordinary
prevalent
Of wide extent or frequent occurrence
prevaricate
To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention
prim
Stiffly proper
pristine
Primitive
probity
Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed
proclivity
A natural inclination
procrastination
Delay
prodigal
One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property
prodigious
Immense
profligacy
Shameless viciousness
profligate
Recklessly wasteful
profuse
Produced or displayed in overabundance
prolix
Verbose
propinquity
Nearness
propitious
Kindly disposed
prosaic
Unimaginative
proscribe
To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation
protuberant
Bulging
provident
Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies
prudence
Caution
puerile
Childish
pugnacious
Quarrelsome
punctilious
Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom
pungency
The quality of affecting the sense of smell
pusillanimous
Without spirit or bravery
pyre
A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body
qualm
A fit of nausea
quandary
A puzzling predicament
quibble
An utterly trivial distinction or objection
quiescence
Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive
quiescent
Being in a state of repose or inaction
Quixotic
Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree
quotidian
Of an everyday character; ordinary
raconteur
A person skilled in telling stories
ramify
To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions
rapacious
Sieze by force, avaricious
raucous
Harsh
reactionary
Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction
rebuff
A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches
recalcitrant
Marked by stubborn resistance
recant
To withdraw formally one’s belief (in something previously believed or maintained)
reciprocity
Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed
recluse
One who lives in retirement or seclusion
recondite
Incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding
recrudescent
Becoming raw or sore again
recuperate
To recover
redoubtable
Formidable
redress
To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer
refractory
Not amenable to control
regale
To give unusual pleasure
regicide
The killing of a king or sovereign
reiterate
To say or do again and again
relapse
To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery
remonstrate
To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong
renovate
To restore after deterioration, as a building
repast
A meal; figuratively, any refreshment
repel
To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally
repine
To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding
reprobate
One abandoned to depravity and sin
repudiate
To refuse to have anything to do with
repulsive
Grossly offensive
requisite
Necessary
requite
To repay either good or evil to, as to a person
rescind
To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority
resilience
The power of springing back to a former position
resonance
Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations
respite
Interval of rest
restive
Resisting control
retinue
The group of people who accompany an important person during travels
revere
To regard with worshipful veneration
reverent
Humble
ribald
Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity
risible
Capable of exciting laughter
rotund
Round from fullness or plumpness
ruffian
A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow
ruminate
To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated
sagacious
Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception
salacious
Having strong sexual desires
salient
Standing out prominently
salubrious
Healthful; promoting health
salutary
Beneficial
sanction
To approve authoritatively
sanguine
Cheerfully confident; optimistic
sardonic
Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic
satiate
To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of
satyr
A very lascivious person
savor
To perceive by taste or smell
scabbard
The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon
scintilla
The faintest ray
scribble
Hasty, careless writing
sedulous
Persevering in effort or endeavor
sequence
The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time
severance
Separation
shrewd
characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances.
sinecure
Any position having emoluments with few or no duties
sinuous
Curving in and out
skiff
Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars
sluggard
A person habitually lazy or idle
solace
Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity
solvent
Having sufficient funds to pay all debts
somniferous
Tending to produce sleep
somnolent
Sleepy
sonorous
Resonant
sophistry
Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive
soporific
Causing sleep; also, something that causes sleep
sordid
Filthy, morally degraded
specious
Plausible
spurious
Not genuine
squalid
Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance
stanch
To stop the flowing of; to check
stigma
A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing
stingy
Cheap, unwilling to spend money
stolid
Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving
submerge
To place or plunge under water
subterfuge
Evasion
succinct
Concise
sumptuous
Rich and costly
supercilious
Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt
superfluous
Being more than is needed
supernumerary
Superfluous
supersede
To displace
supine
Lying on the back
supplicate
To beg
suppress
To prevent from being disclosed or punished
surcharge
An additional amount charged
surfeit
To feed to fullness or to satiety
susceptibility
A specific capability of feeling or emotion
sybarite
A luxurious person
sycophant
A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence
synopsis
A syllabus or summary
taciturn
Disinclined to conversation
taut
Stretched tight
temerity
Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness
terse
Pithy
timorous
Lacking courage
torpid
Dull; sluggish; inactive
torrid
Excessively hot
tortuous
Abounding in irregular bends or turns
tractable
Easily led or controlled
transgress
To break a law
transient
One who or that which is only of temporary existence
transitory
Existing for a short time only
travail
Hard or agonizing labor
travesty
A grotesque imitation
trenchant
Cutting deeply and quickly
trepidation
Nervous uncertainty of feeling
trite
Made commonplace by frequent repetition
truculence
Ferocity
truculent
Having the character or the spirit of a savage
turbid
In a state of turmoil; muddled
turgid
Swollen
turpitude
Depravity
tutelage
The act of training or the state of being under instruction
tyro
One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession
ubiquitous
Being present everywhere
ulterior
Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of
umbrage
A sense of injury
unctuous
Oily
undermine
To subvert in an underhand way
undulate
To move like a wave or in waves
untoward
Causing annoyance or hindrance
upbraid
To reproach as deserving blame
vagary
A sudden desire or action
vainglory
Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity
valorous
Courageous
vapid
Having lost sparkling quality and flavor
variegated
Having marks or patches of different colors; also, varied
vehement
Very eager or urgent
venal
Mercenary, corrupt
veneer
Outside show or elegance
venial
That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin
veracious
Habitually disposed to speak the truth
veracity
Truthfulness
verbiage
Use of many words without necessity
verbose
Wordy
verdant
Green with vegetation
veritable
Real; true; genuine
vestige
A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone
vicissitude
A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune
vigilance
Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger
vigilant
Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety
virago
Loud talkative women, strong statured women
virtu
Rare, curious, or beautiful quality
visage
The face, countenance, or look of a person
vitiate
To contaminate
vituperate
To overwhelm with wordy abuse
vivify
To endue with life
vociferous
Making a loud outcry
volatile
Changeable
voluble
Having great fluency in speaking
wean
To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother’s milk to another form of nourishment
whimsical
Capricious
winsome
Attractive
Zeitgeist
The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch
