Words 4200 - 4400 Flashcards
Slothful
Adj
Lazy
Sluggard
Noun
A person habitually lazy or idle
Socialism
Noun
A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society.
Sol
Noun
The sun
Solecism
Noun
Any violation of established rules or customs.
Solicitor
Noun
One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney.
Solicitude
Noun
Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety or fear.
Solvent
Adjective
Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.
Somber
Adjective
Gloomy
Somniferous
Adjective
Tending to produce sleep
Somnolence
Noun
Oppressive drowsiness
Somnolent
Adjective
Sleepy
Sonata
Noun
An instrumental composition
Sonorous
Adjective
Resonant
Soothsayer
Noun
One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight.
Sophistry
Noun
Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive.
Soprano
Noun
A woman’s or boy’s voice of high range.
Sordid
Adjective
Of degraded character or nature.
Spartan
Adjective
Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe.
Spasmodic
Adjective
Convulsive
Specie
Noun
A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper or other metal.
Specious
Adjective
Plausible
Specter
Noun
Apparition.
Speculator
Noun
One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss but also a chance of profit.
Spurious
Adjective
Not genuine.
Squalid
Adjective
Having a dirty, mean, poverty stricken appearance.
Stagy
Adjective
Having a theatrical manner.
Staid
Adjective
Of a steady and sober character.
Stallion
Noun
An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding.
Stanchion
Noun
A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall.
Stanza
Noun
A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem.
Statecraft
Noun
The art of conducting state affairs.
Statuesque
Adjective
Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue.
Statuette
Noun
A figurine
Steppe
Noun
One of the extensive plains in Russia and siberia.
Sterling
adj
Genuine
Stiletto
Noun
A small dagger
Stingy
Adjective
Cheap, unwilling to spend money.
Stoicism
Noun
The principles or the practice of the stoics - being very even tempered in success or failure.
Stolid
Adjective
Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.
Stratagem
Noun
Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage.
Stripling
Noun
A mere youth
Stultify
Verb
To give an appearance of foolishness to.
Stupor
Noun
Profound lethargy.
Suasion
Noun
The act of persuading
Sub acid
Adjective
Somewhat sharp or biting.
Subjection
Noun
The act of bringing into a state of submission.
Subjugate
Verb
To conquer.
Substantive
Adjective
Solif
Subtend
Verb
To extend opposite to
Subterfuge
Noun
Evasion
Subtrahend
Noun
That which is to be subtracted.
Subversion
Noun
An overthrow, as from the foundation.
Subvert
Verb
To bring to ruin.
Succinct
Adjective
Concise
Suffrage
Noun
The right or privilege of voting.
Suffuse
Verb
To cover or fill the surface of.
Suggestive
Adjective
Stimulating to thought or reflection.
Sumptuous
Adjective
Rich and costly
Superannuate
Verb
To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.
Supercilious
Adjective
Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.
Superfluous
Adjective
Being more than is needed.
Supplant
Verb
To take the place of.
Supple
Adjective
Easily bent.
Supplicant
Noun
One who asks humbly and earnestly.
Supplicate
Verb
To beg
Surety
Noun
Security for payment or performance.
Surfeit
Verb
To feed to fullness or to satiety.
Surmise
Verb
To conjecture
Surreptitious
Adjective
Clandestine
Surrogate
Noun
One who or that which is substituted for it appointed to act in place of another.
Surveyor
Noun
A land-measurer
Susceptibility
Noun
A specific capability of feeling or emotion.
Sustenance
Noun
Food.
Swarthy
Adjective
Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion.
Sybarite
Noun
A luxurious person
Sycophant
Noun
A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.
Syllabic
Adjective
Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
Syllabication
Noun
Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
Sylph
Noun
A slender, graceful young woman or girl.
symphonic
Adjective
Characterised by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
Symphonious
Adjective
Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
Synchronism
Noun
Simultaneousness.