GRE Vocab "S" 2
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PutrBug919 on October 27, 2009
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient |
| Surfeit | an overabundant supply, excess |
| Sedulous | diligent, persistent |
| Shard | a piece of broken pottery/glass |
| Soporific | causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep |
| Satire | a literary work that ridicules a human vice through humor or derision |
| Sanction | authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance |
| Solicitous | concerned and attentive, eager |
| Sordid | characterized by filth and grime |
| Sporadic | occurring only occasionally |
| Squander | to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
| Static | not moving, inactive, at rest |
| Stupefy | to stun, baffle, or amaze |
| Stymie | to block, thwart |
| Synthesis | the combination of parts to make a whole |
| Sparse | thin, not dense, arranged at widely spaced intervals |
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