TPR Word Smart 1-S-Z
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Saccharine | sweet; excessively or disgustingly sweet |
| Sacrilege | a violation of something sacred; blasphemy |
| Sacrosanct | sacred; held to be involable |
| Sagacious | discerning; shrewd; keen in judgment; wise |
| Salient | sticking out; conspicuous; leaping |
| Salutary | healthful; remedial; curative |
| Sanctimonious | pretending to be devout |
| Sanguine | cheerful optimistic; hopeful |
| Sardonic | mocking; scornful |
| Scintillate | to sparkle, either literally or figuratively |
| Scrupulous | strict, careful; hesitant for ethical reasons |
| Scrutinize | to examine very carefully |
| Secular | having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns |
| Sedition | treason; the incitement of public disorder or rebellion |
| Segregate | to separate |
| Sensory | having to do with the senses or sensation |
| Sentient | able to percieve by the senses; conscious |
| Sequester | to set or keep apart |
| Serendipity | accidental good fortune; discovering new things without looking for them |
| Servile | submissive subservient; like a servant |
| Singular | unique; superior; exceptional; strange |
| Sinister | evil; wicked; foreshadowing evil, trouble, or wickedness |
| Slander | to speak badly about someone publicly; to defame; to spread malicious rumor |
| Sloth | laziness; sluggishness |
| Sobriety | the state of being sober; seriousness |
| Solvent | not broke or bankrupt; able to pay one's bills |
| Soporific | sleep inducing; boring; sleepy |
| Sordid | vile; filthy; squalid |
| Spawn | to bring forth; to produce a large number |
| Specious | deceptively plausible or attractive |
| Sporadic | stopping and starting; scattered; occurring in bursts every once in a while |
| Spurious | false; fake |
| Squalor | filth; wretched, degraded, or repulsive living |
| Squander | to waste |
| Stagnation | motionlessness; inactivity |
| Static | stationary; not changing or moving |
| Staunch | firmly committed; firmly in favor of; steadfast |
| Steadfast | loyal; faithful |
| Stigmatize | to brand with disgrace; to set a mark of disgrace upon |
| Stipulate | to require something as part of an agreement |
| Stoic | indifferent (at least outwardly) to pleasure/pain, joy/greif, fortune/misfortune |
| Stratum | a layer/level |
| Stricture | a restriction; a limitation; a negative criticism |
| Strife | bitter conflict; discord; a struggle or clash |
| Stringent | strict; restrictive |
| Stymie | to thwart; to get in the way of; to hinder |
| Subjugate | to subdue and dominate; to enslave |
| Sublime | awesome; extremely exalted; loft; majestic |
| Subordinate | lower in importance, position, or rank; secondary |
| Substantive | having substance; real; essential; solid |
| Subtle | not obvious; able to make fine distinctions; ingenious; crafty |
| Sebversive | corrupting; overthrowing; undermining; insurgent |
| Succinct | brief and to the point; concise |
| Succumb | to yield or submit; to die |
| Supercilious | haughty; patronizing |
| Superficial | on the surface only; shallow; not thorough |
| Superfluous | extra; unneccessary; redundant |
| Surfeit | excess; an excessive amount; excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking |
| Surreptitious | sneaky; secret |
| Surrogate | substitute |
| Sycophant | one who sucks up to others |
| Synthesis | the combining of parts to form a whole |
| Tacit | implied; not spoken |
| Taciturn | untalkative by nature |
| Tangential | only superficially related to the matter at hand; not especially relevant; peripheral |
| Tangible | touchable; palpable |
| Tantamount | equivalent to |
| Tautological | redundant; circular |
| Temerity | boldness; recklessness; audacity |
| Temperate | mild; moderate; restrained |
| Tenable | defensible, as in one's position in an arguement; capable of being argued successfully; valid |
| Tenacious | persistent; stubborn; not letting go |
| Tenet | a shared principle or belief |
| Tentative | experimental; temporary; uncertain |
| Tenuous | flimsy; extremely thin |
| Terse | using no unnecessary words; succinct |
| Theology | the study of god or religion |
| Tirade | a prolonged, bitter speech |
| Torpor | sluggishness, inactivity; apathy |
| Touchstone | a standard; a test of authenticity or quality |
| Tout | to praise highly; to brag publicly about |
| Transcend | to go beyond or above; to surpass |
| Transgress | to violate (a law); to sin |
| Transient | not staying for a long time; temporary |
| Trepidation | fear apprehension; nervous trembling |
| Turpitude | shameful wickedness; depravity |
| Ubiquitous | being everywhere at the same time |
| Unconscionable | not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous |
| Unctuous | oily (literally and figuratively); insincere |
| Uniform | consistent, unchanging; same for everyone |
| Unremitting | unceasing; unabated; relentless |
| Unwitting | unintentional; ignorant; not aware |
| Urbane | poised; sophisticated; refined |
| Usurp | to seize wrongfully |
| Utilitarian | stressing usefulness or utility above all other qualities; pragmatic |
| Utopia | an ideal society |
| Vacillate | to be indecisive; to waver |
| Vapid | without liveliness; dull; spiritless |
| Vehement | intense; forceful; violent |
| Venal | capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt |
| Venerate | to revere; to treat as something holy (esp because of great age) |
| Veracity | truthfulness |
| Verbose | using too many words; not succinct; circumlocutory |
| Versimilitude | similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like the real thing |
| Vernacular | everyday speech; slang; idiom |
| Vestige | a remaining bit of something; a last trace |
| Vex | to annoy; to pester; to confuse |
| Viable | capable of living; workable |
| Vicarious | experienced, performed, or suffered through someone else |
| Vicissitude | upheaval; natural change; change in fortune |
| Vilify | to say vile things about; to defame |
| Vindicate | to clear from all blame or suspicion |
| Vindictive | seeking revenge |
| Virtuoso | a masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field |
| Virulent | extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate |
| Visionary | a dreamer; a person with impractical goals or ideas about the future |
| Vitiate | to make impure; to pollute |
| Vitriolic | caustic; full of bitterness |
| Vocation | an occupation; a job |
| vociferous | loud; noisy |
| Volatile | quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive |
| Volition | will; conscious choice |
| Wanton | maliious; unjustifiable; unprovoked; egregious |
| Willful | deliberate; obstionate; insistent on having one's way |
| Wistful | yearning; sadly longing |
| Zealous | enthusiastically devoted to something; fervent |
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