(Vocabulary) Barren GRE Word List Letter "S" Page 3

Barren GRE Word List Letter "S" Page 3

• statute law enacted by the legislature

• statutory created by statute or legislative action; regulated by statute; Ex. statutory age limit

• steadfast steadily loyal; unswerving; steady

• stealth action of moving secretly or unseen; slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness; ADJ. stealthy

• steep soak; saturate; Ex. steep the fabric in the dye bath; ADJ: precipitous

• stellar pertaining to the stars; of a star performer; outstanding; Ex. stellar attraction of the entire performance

• stem stop or check (the flow of); Ex. stem the bleeding from the slashed artery; N: main axis of a plant; stalk

• stem from arise from; originate from

• stentorian (of the voice) extremely loud; CF. Stentor: a loud herald in the Iliad

• stereotype one regarded as embodying a set image or type; fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture often reflecting prejudice; Ex. stereotype of the happy slave; V: make a stereotype of; represent by a stereotype; Ex. It is wrong to stereotype people; Ex. stereotyped answer

• stickler perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right

• stifle suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate
          ~ smother kill from lack of air; suppress; cover thickly; Ex. smothered in little stickers
          ~ suffocate die or kill from lack of air; suppress

• stigma token of disgrace; brand; V. stigmatize: mark with a stigma; characterize as disgraceful

• stilted bombastic; stiffly pompous; Ex. stilted rhetoric; CF. stiff: formal

• stint set limits in amount or number; be thrifty; ADJ. stinting, unstinting; CF. stint:savings

• stint supply; allotted amount of work; assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex. two-year stint in the army; Ex. without stint

• stipend pay for services

• stipple paint or draw with dots or short strokes

• stipulate state as a necessary condition (of an agreement); make express conditions; specify; Ex. He stipulated payment in advance

• stock standard; kept regularly in stock or supply; typical; routine; common; Ex. stock sizes of paper; Ex. stock excuse/ character; N: goods for sale in a shop; OP. unique

• stockade wooden enclosure or pen; fixed line of posts used as defensive barrier
          ~ pen fenced enclosure for animals; confining space; Ex. sheep pen; V: confine in a pen; enclose

• stodgy dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book

• stoic stoical; impassive; unmoved by joy or grief; N. CF. stoicism

• stoke stir up a fire or furnace; feed plentifully

• stolid dull; impassive; showing little emotion when strong feelings are expected

• stratagem deceptive scheme; clever trick

• stratified divided into classes; arranged into strata; V. stratify

• stratum layer of earth’s surface; layer of society; PL. strata

• strew spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter; Ex. flower girl strewing rose petals

• striated marked with parallel bands; striped; grooved; Ex. striated rocks; V. striate; N. stria: thin groove or line

• stricture severe and adverse criticism; critical comments; limit or restriction

• strident loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency

• stringent (of rules) binding; rigid; marked by scarcity of money; Ex. stringent economic conditions

• strut pompous walk; V: walk in a self-important manner

• strut supporting bar; CF. airplane wing building support

• studied carefully contrived; calculated; unspontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful; Ex. studied remark

• stultify make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression

• stupefy stun; make numb (as with a drug); amaze

• stupor state of being stupefied; state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness
          ~ stun make unconscious or numb as by a blow; amaze; astound
          ~ daze stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse; benumb; N.

• stygian unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead

• stymie thwart; present an obstacle; stump
          ~ stump base of a tree trunk left after the rest has been cut down; V: walk in a heavy manner; baffle; puzzle

• suavity urbanity; polish; ADJ. suave: smooth and courteous

• subaltern subordinate

• subdue less intense; quieter; Ex. subdued lighting; Ex. subdue: conquer; make less intense; quiet; Ex. subdue one’s anger

• subjective influenced by personal feelings; occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal; Ex. subjective sensation of the ghostly presence

• subjugate conquer; bring under control

• sublimate refine; purify; replace (natural urges) with socially acceptable activities; change between a solid state and a gaseous state

• sublime causing deep feelings of wonder, joy, respect, etc.; exalted; noble and uplifting; utter

• subliminal below the threshold of conscious perception; Ex. subliminal advertisement

• submissive willing to obey orders; yielding; timid

• subordinate occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive; N. V: put in a lower rank or class

• suborn persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury); N. subornation

• subpoena writ(written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court; V: summon with a subpoena

• subsequent following in time or order; later

• subservient behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious; subordinate; N. subservience

• subside sink to a lower level; settle down; sink to the bottom (as a sediment); descend; grow quiet; become less; moderate; abate

• subsidiary serving to assist; subordinate; secondary; of a subsidy; N.

• subsidy direct financial aid by government, etc.; V. subsidize: assist with a subsidy

• subsistence existence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level)

• substantial of substance; material; solid; essential or fundamental; ample; considerable; well-to-do; wealthy

• substantiate support (a claim) with evidence; establish with evidence; verify

• substantive substantial; essential; pertaining to the substance; substantial; considerable; Ex. substantive issues

• subsume include (as a member of a group); encompass

• subterfuge stratagem(deceptive scheme); pretense; evasion; Ex. resort to a harmless subterfuge

• subtlety perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy; ADJ. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be difficult to detect; able to make fine distinctions; clever; Ex. subtle mind/differences in meaning

• subversive tending to overthrow or ruin; V. subvert: overthrow completely (an established system); destroy completely; CF. undermine ?

• succor assist (someone in difficulty); aid; comfort; N.

• succulent juicy; full of juice or sap; full of richness; N: succulent plant such as a cactus

• succumb yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness

• suffragist advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women); CF. suffrage

• suffuse spread through or over (with a color or liquid); charge; Ex. A blush suffused her cheeks.

• sully defile; soil; tarnish; Ex. sully one’s hands in menial labor
          ~ tarnish make or become dull or discolored; N.

• sultry (of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual; voluptuous

• summation act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial)

• sumptuous grand suggesting great expense; lavish; rich; Ex. sumptuous feast

• sunder separate; part; CF. asunder

• sundry miscellaneous; various; several; N. sundries: small miscellaneous items

• superannuated retired or disqualified because of age; outmoded; obsolete

• supercilious haughty; arrogant; condescending; patronizing; CF. eyebrow, cilium

• supererogatory superfluous; more than needed or demanded

• superficial of the surface; not deep; shallow; not thorough; trivial; Ex. superficial analysis/knowledge

• superfluous excessive; overabundant; unnecessary; N. superfluity

• superimpose place over something else

• supernumerary person or thing excess of what is necessary; extra; ADJ: additional to the usual or necessary number

• supersede replace; cause to be set aside; make obsolete; N. supersession

• supine lying on back; passive; inactive; Ex. The defeated pugilist lay supine; Ex. supine acceptance of the decision

• supplant take the place of unfairly; usurp; replace

• supple flexible; limber; pliant

• suppliant entreating; beseeching; N.

• supplicate petition humbly; pray to grant a favor
          ~ supplicant one who supplicates; ADJ.

• supposition assumption; hypothesis; surmise; V. suppose

• supposititious assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical

• suppress put an end to forcibly; subdue; stifle; overwhelm; inhibit the expression of; check; prevent from being published or made public; Ex. suppress a smile; Ex. suppress the magazine/truth

• surfeit satiate; feed or supply to excess; stuff; indulge to excess in anything; N: surfeiting; excessive amount; Ex. surfeit of food

• surly bad-tempered; rude; cross
          ~ cross bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry

• surmise guess; N.

• surmount overcome

• surpass exceed

• surreptitious done secretly; secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden

• surrogate substitute; person or thing used in place of another; Ex. surrogate mother; ADJ.

• surveillance close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion); watching; guarding

• susceptible impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/ colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility

• sustain suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners

• sustenance sustaining; means of livelihood, support, food, nourishment; something that maintains life; food

• suture stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound

• swarthy (of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; Ex. swarthy Italian ?

• swathe swath; wrap around; bandage; Ex. one’s head swathed in bandages

• swelter (of a person) suffer from oppressive heat; be oppressed by heat

• swerve deviate; turn aside sharply from a straight course; Ex. swerve from the principle; Ex. The car swerved to the right.

• swill drink greedily

• swindler cheater

• sybarite lover of luxury; person devoted to pleasure and luxury; CF. Sybaris: an ancient Greek city in Italy

• sycophant servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man; ADJ. sycophantic

• syllogism logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument

• sylvan pertaining to the woods or the country

• symbiosis interdependent relationship (between groups, species) often mutually beneficial; ADJ. symbiotic; CF. together + life

• symmetry arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity; ADJ. symmetrical
          ~ lopsided heavier or larger on one side than the other; Ex. lopsided way of walking

• synchronous similarly timed; simultaneous with; occurring at the same time; V. synchronize

• synoptic providing a general overview; summary; N. synopsis

• synthesis combining parts or separate things into a whole; the whole so formed; PL. syntheses; V. synthesize

• synthetic not natural; artificial; resulting from synthesis; Ex. synthetic fiber; N.

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