Group4 Flashcards
Stricture
Something that restrains; negative criticism
Strident
Loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy
Striated
Marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels
Stratified
Arranged in layers
Stolid
Having or showing little emotion
Stipulate
to specify as an essential condition
Litigation
An action brought to court to enforce a particular right
Stint
To be sparing
Stigma
Mark of disgrace or inferiority
Corroborate
To give support to
Stentorian
Extremely loud
Stanch
To stop or check the flow of (ex. flow of money)
Staccato
Marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds
Squalor
Filthy, wrenched condition
Spendthrift
Person who spends money recklessly
Specious
Seeming to be logical or sound, but not really so
Sordid
Filthy, contemptible and corrupt
Soporific
Sleep inducing
Somatic
Relating to or affecting the body; corporeal
Solvent
Able to meet financial oligations
Solicitous
Concerned, attentive, eager
Sodden
Thoroughly soaked, saturated
Sobriety
Seriousness
Ward
To guard, protect; admit (a patient to a hospital); a separate room in a hospital for a type of patient
Sinuous
Winding, intricate, complex
sinecure
Well-paying job/office requiring little to no work
Simian
Ape-like
Sidereal
Relating to the stars
Sextant
Navigation tool
Servile
Submissive, obedient
Sentient
Aware, conscious, able to perceive
Modicum
a small quantity
Sensuous
Relating to the senses
Sensual
Gratifying physical senses (sexual appetites for ex.)
Sedulous
Diligent
Sedition
Behaviour prompting rebellion
Sanction
To approve, ratify, permit
Vocal
Express opinions in a public and forceful way
