NSF regionals vocabulary g32 Flashcards
Sleazy
Dilapidated, flimsy
Sleeper
A sofa or chair that converts to a bed, a
person or animal that sleeps
Sleuth
A detective, or a junior helper
Slur
Speak so that words run into each other
Smitten
Stuck as of with a hard blow
Smog
Pollutants combined from the atmosphere
Smorgasbord
A extensive array or a large meal
Smug
Having or showing excessive pride in ones
victory
Snare
A trap for birds or a wire stretched across a
drumhead to make rattling sounds
Snide
Derogatory in a mocking way
Sojourn
A temporary stay
Sophistry
A fallacious argument
Sound
Vibrations that travel through the air that can
be heard by ears
Spangle
A thin piece of glittering material
Sphinx
A figure of an imaginary creature with a
woman’s head but lions body
Splotch
A blob of liquid smeared across something
Sprite
An elf, fairy, or goblin
Spur
A device with a small spike to urge a horse
forward
Squabble
Quarreling noisily
Squalid
Foul and repulsive from dirt and filth
Stagnant
Not flowing or moving as water
Stark
Sheer, utter, extremely simple or powerful
Statuesque
Attractively tall and dignified, like a statue
Stay
To remain in the same place
Stellar
Of or pertaining to the stars
Sticky wicket
The area of a ground where it is tacky
because of recent rain
Stratagem
A plan or scheme
Strike
To hit forcibly with a stick or armed weapon
Stringent
Strict, precise, and exacting
Stalk
The stem of a plant or a leaf, to pursue up
on a prey
