Flashcards: Bowyer 29
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kasielasserre1 on April 5, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 servile | submissive; obedient |
| sheepish | timid, meek, or bashful |
| shirk | to avoid a task due to laziness or fear |
| simian | apelike, relating to apes |
| simper | to smirk, smile foolishly |
| sinecure | well paying job or office that requires little or no work |
| sinuous | winding; intriate, complex |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or cautios manner; sneak |
| slipshod | careless, hasty |
| sloth | sluggishness, laziness |
| slovenly | untidy, messy |
| sluggard | lazy innactive person |
| sobriquet | nickname |
| sojourn | visit, stay |
| solace | comfort in distress; consolation |
| solecism | grammatical mistake |
| solicitous | concerned, attentive; eager |
| soliloquy | literary or dramatic speech by one character not addressed to others |
| solipsism | belief that the self is the only reality |
| somnambulist | sleewalker |
| somnolent | drowsy, sleepy; inducing sleep |
| sonorous | producing a full rich sound |
| sophist | person good at arguing deviously |
| sophistry | deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| sophomoric | immature and overconfident |
| soporific | sleepy or tending to cause sleep |
| sordid | filthy; contemptible, corrupt |
| sprightly | lively, animated, entergetic |
| spurious | lacking authenticity; counterfit, false |
| squalid | filthy; morally repulsive |
| squander | to waste |
| staid | self restrained to the point of dullness |
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