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GRE Vocab Set 9
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General Vocab
Graduate
09/26/2013

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sagacious
Definition
having sound judgement, perceptive, wise
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salacious
Definition
appealing to or causing sexual desire, bawdy
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salient
Definition
prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant
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salubrious
Definition
promoting health or well-being
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salutary
Definition
remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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sanctimony
Definition
self-righteousness, pretended pity
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sanction
Definition
authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
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sanguine
Definition
cheerful, confident, optimistic
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sap
Definition
to enervate or weaken the vitality of
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satiate
Definition
to overindulge, satisfy to excess
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saturnine
Definition
gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
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scurvy
Definition
contemptible, despicable
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sedulous
Definition
diligent, persistent, hard-working
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seine
Definition
a large net used to catch fish
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sere
Definition
withered, arid
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seminal
Definition
like a seed, constituting a source, originative
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simper
Definition
to smirk, to say something with a silly, coy smile
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sinecure
Definition
a position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income
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singular
Definition
exceptional, unusual, odd
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sinuous
Definition
winding, curving, moving lithely, devious
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slake
Definition
to satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of
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sodden
Definition
soaked or drenched, unimaginative, dull
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solder
Definition
to weld, fuse or join
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solicitous
Definition
concerned and attentive, eager
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solvent
Definition
able to meet financial obligations
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sophistry
Definition
fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic
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sophomoric
Definition
exhibiting immaturity, lack of judgement, pretentious
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soporific
Definition
causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep
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sordid
Definition
characterized by filth, grime or squalor, foul
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sparse
Definition
thin, not dense, arranged at widely spaced intervals
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specious
Definition
seeming true, but actually false, misleadingly attractive
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spendthrift
Definition
one who spends money wastefully
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splenetic
Definition
bad-tempered, irritable
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sporadic
Definition
occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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spurious
Definition
lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit
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stanch
Definition
to stop the flow of a fluid
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steep
Definition
to saturate or completely soak
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stentorian
Definition
extremely loud and powerful
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stint
Definition
to restrain, be sparing or frugal
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striated
Definition
striped, grooved, or banded
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strut
Definition
a structural support used to brace a framework
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stygian
Definition
gloomy, dark
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stymie
Definition
to block, thwart
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succor
Definition
assistance, relief in time of distress
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sundry
Definition
various, miscellaneous, seperate
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supercilious
Definition
disdainful, arrogant, haughty, characterized by haughty scorn
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supine
Definition
inactive, lying on one's back, apathetic, mentally or morally slack
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supplant
Definition
to take the place of, supersede
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suppliant
Definition
asking humbly, beseeching
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supplicant
Definition
a beggar, one who begs for something
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surfeit
Definition
to feed or supply in excess
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sycophant
Definition
someone who tries to flatter or please for personal gain, parasite
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table
Definition
to remove as a motion from consideration
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tacit
Definition
implied, not explicitly stated
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taciturn
Definition
not talkative, silent
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tamp
Definition
to plug, to drive in or down by a series of blows
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tautology
Definition
a repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument
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