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somber
gloomy; depressing
somnambulist
sleepwalker
somnolent
sleepy
sonorous
resonant
sophist
employer of specious reasoning
sophistry
seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning
sordid
filthy; base; vile
spangle
small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
sparse
thinly scattered; scanty
spasmodic
periodic
spat
minor dispute; squabble
spate
sudden flood
spectral
ghostly
sphinx-like
mysterious; enigmatic
splice
to unite
spoonerism
accidental transposition of sounds in successive words, e.g.,
hush my brat
for
brush my hat
sportive
playful
spruce
neat
spry
vigorously active; nimble
spurn
to reject with disdain; scorn
squabble
quarrel; bickering
squalor
filth; degradation
squat
stocky; short and thick
staccato
characterized by short abrupt sounds
staid
sober; sedate
stalemate
deadlock
stalwart
strong and brave; firm or steadfast
stanch
to stop the flow of
stanza
division of a poem
statute
law
statutory
pertaining to law
steep
to soak; saturate
stellar
pertaining to the stars
stem
to stop the flow
stentorian
extremely loud
stickler
perfectionist
stilted
formal; pompous; bombastic
stint
an alloted amount
stipple
to draw with dots
stock
typical; standard
stockade
wooden enclosure or pen
stodgy
dull; stuffy; prosaic
stoke
to poke, stir up, and feed a fire
stratified
divided into layers
strew
to sprinkle; scatter
stricture
adverse criticism
strident
loud
slight
affront; insult
studied
deliberate; thoughtful
stultify
to cause to become stupid
stupefy
to numb; to astound, astonish
stygian
gloomy; hellish
stymie
to stump
subaltern
subordinate
sublimate
to refine; purify
Author
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34774
Card Set
Word List 44
Description
Barron GRE
Updated
2010-09-15T00:10:24Z
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