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staid
self-restrained to the point of dullness; of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious; fixed, settled, or permanent: The staid butler never changed his expression no matter what happened.
staccato
marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds: Jack was on fire from the opening note, dancing little jitterbug steps and firing off brilliant bursts of staccato chords.
squalid
filthy; morally repulsive
Every day it becomes more squalid and chaotic, more difficult, more numbing, more exasperating.
squabble
quarrel, wrangle, bicker; Printing. to disarrange and mix (composed type).
spurn
to reject or refuse contemptuously; to scorn; to kick or trample with the foot.
spurious
lacking authencity; counerfeit, false; of illegitimate birth; bastard
Synonyms
1. false, sham, bogus, mock, feigned, phony; meretricious, deceitful.
spur
to prod, anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement; to proceed hurriedly; press forward: We spurred onward through the night. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
sprightly
lively, animated, energetic, Synonyms: spirited, blithe, buoyant, spry.
sportive
frolicksome, playful, jocose, sprightly, jocular, done in jest rather than seriously
splendid
grand, illustrious
speculation
contemplation; act of taking business risks for financial gain, a speculative commercial venture or undertaking.
specious
deceptively attractive; apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments; pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
spawn
to generate, produce, to give birth to, give rise to: His sudden disappearance spawned many rumors; Zoology . the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
sovereign
having supreme power; a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler; a group or body of persons or a state having sovereign authority; being above all others in character, importance, excellence, etc.; efficacious; potent: a sovereign remedy.
sordid
contemptible and corrupt; morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods; meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary; dirty or filthy; squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down: sordid housing: He lived in a sordid little hut, strewn with newspapers and beer bottles.
sophistry
deceptive reasoning or argumentation; a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
sophist
ancient greece: any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation: modern: a person good at arguing deviously and speciously rather than soundly
sonorous
producing a full, rich sound, as in a cavern or in language and verse: high-flown; grandiloquent: a sonorous speech.
somnolent
drowsy, sleepy; iducing sleep: The somnolent student kept falling asleep and waking up with a jerk.
somnambulist
sleepwalker: The clergyman floundered a moment, as is usual with an absent man who is recovering the train of his ideas, or a somnambulist when he is suddenly awakened.
somber
1. gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
2. dark and dull, as color, or as things in respect to color: a somber dress.
3. gloomy, depressing, or dismal: a somber mood.
4. extremely serious; grave: a somber expression on his face.
solstice
shortest or longest day of the year
solipsism
belief that the self is the only reality; extreme preoccupation with and indulgence of one's feelings, desires, etc.; egoistic self-absorption. The British idealist F.H. Bradley, in Appearance and Reality (1897), characterized the solipsistic view as follows: "I cannot transcend experience, and experience is my experience. From this it follows that nothing beyond myself exists; for what is experience is its (the self 's) states."
soliloquy
literary or dramatic speech by one character, not addressed to others: Hamlet's soliloquy begins with “To be or not to be.”
solidarity
unity based on common aims or interest: Only the solidarity provided by her siblings allowed Margret to cope with her mother's harrowing death.
solicitous
concerned, attentive; eager (usually fol. by an infinitive): He was always solicitous to please; careful or particular: a solicitous housekeeper.
solecism
grammatical mistake; a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was; a breach of good manners or etiquette; any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.
solarium
room or glassed-in area exposed to the sun
solace
comfort in destress; consolation: Cathy received much solace from the cards and phone calls received from friends in the weeks after her husband died
sojourn
visit, stay: a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
sodden
thoroughly soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated; expressionless, dull, or stupid, esp. from drunkenness.
(v. seethe, sod or sodden)
sobriquet
nickname: The Bard is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare.
smutty
obscene, indecent; soiled with smut; grimy.
smelt
to melt metal in order to refine it: Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
slovenly
untidy, messy, slipshod: After all, keeping that much flesh clean on a regular basis must be something of a chore, particularly for someone who is by nature slovenly.
sloth
sluggishness, laziness: From exertion come wisdom and purity; from sloth ignorance and sensuality.
slipshod
careless, hasty or slovenly: slipshod work; In the lawsuit, the government stands accused of slipshod land surveys, an exaggerated advertising campaign and breaking promises.
slake
to calm down or moderate, to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying. to make less active, vigorous, intense, etc.: His calm manner slaked their enthusiasm.
skulk
to move in a stealthy or cautious manner, slink: The panther skulked through the bush; sneak, to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
sinuous
winding; intricate, complex; characterized by a series of graceful curving motions: With the sinuous movements of her arms, the dancer mimicked the motion of a snake.
singe
to burn superficially or slightly, scorch; to subject (the carcass of an animal or bird) to flame in order to remove hair, bristles, feathers, etc.
sinecure
well-paying job or office that requires little or no work
simulated
fake, made to look real: to simulate crisis conditions, He simulated the manners of the rich.
simper
to smirk, smile foolishly, in a silly, self-conscious way; smirk, snigger, snicker.
simian
apelike; relating to apes; also, simious .
sidle
to cause to turn sideways; to move along one side; to edge along furtively.
shirk
to avoid a task due to laziness or fear; noun: a shirker.
serrated
saw-toothed, notched: the serrated blade of a bread knife.
serpentine
serpen-like; twisting, winding, having a winding course, as a road: The stream serpentines through the valley; sinuous; shrewd, wily, or cunning.
scurrilous
vulgar, low, indecent; grossly or obscenely abusive: a scurrilous attack on the mayor; characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive: a scurrilous jest: When Bruno heard the scurrilous accusation being made about him, he could not believe it because he always tried to be nice to everyone.
scrupulous
restrained; careful and precise, having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: He is a scrupulous businessman and always acts in the best interest of his company.
scrivener
professional copyist (scribe); notary
score
notation for a musical composition
scion
descendent, child; also, cion. a shoot or twig, esp. one cut for grafting or planting; a cutting.
scintilla
very small amount; a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.
scathing
harshly critical; painfully hot: Two hours after breaking up with Russell, Suzanne thought of the perfect scathing retort to his accusations.
scantiness
barely enough, meager
scale
to climb to the top of
scabrous
dealing with indecent or scandalous things; blemished, having a rough surface because of minute points or projections: After the incident with the gasoline, Noel's burnt arm remained scabrous, and was susceptible to infections.
scabbard
sheath for sword or dagger
savory
agreeable in taste or smell: The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
savant
a person of extensive learning; a learned person or a scholar
saunter
to amble; walk in a leisurely manner: The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.
sardonic
cynical, scornfully mocking: He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.
sapient
wise
sanction
permission, support; law, penalty
sallow
sickly yellow in color, sallow complexion
salient
prominent or conspicuous; a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
salacious
lustful, lecherous, libidinous, having an excessive interest in sex, (of books, magazines, etc) erotic, bawdy, or lewd
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