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PCat- S's
180
English
Undergraduate 3
07/30/2010

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Term
salubrious
Definition

healthful

 

"like salude, something in good health"

Term
salutation
Definition

greeting

"salutation, greeting"

Term
sanction
Definition

permission, support, law, penalty

 

"a law forms a santuary of multiple types"

 

Term
sactuary
Definition

haven, retreat

 

"safe haven"

Term
sanguine
Definition

ruddy, cheerfully optimistic

 

" a penguine is optimistic"

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sardonic
Definition

cynical, scronfully mocking to

 

 

"like a sardine, cynical"

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satiate
Definition

to satisfy

 

 

"to satiate ones thirst"

Term
saunter
Definition

to amble, walk in a leisurely manner

 

"sautee, something to do in your leisure time"

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savant
Definition

learned person

 

 

"like a servant to the books"

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savory
Definition

agreeable in taste or smell

 

 

"savory taste"

Term
scabbard
Definition

sheath for sword or dagger

 

 

"like scabbers, we killed him with dagger, one to put in a sheath"

Term
scale (v)
Definition

 to climb to the top of

 

 

"scaling a mountain"

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scathing
Definition

harshly critical, painfully hot

 

 

"some scathing remarks"

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scenario
Definition

plot outline, possible situation

 

 

Term
scintilla
Definition

very small amount

 

 

"like cint is like cent which is a very small amount"

Term
scintillate
Definition

to sparkle, to flash

 

"tillate like till the fourth of july which has sparkle and flashes"

Term
scoff
Definition
to deride, to ridicule
Term
score (n)
Definition

notation for musical composition

 

"you have your score/counterpoint"

Term
score (v)
Definition

to make a notch or a scratch

 

 

"to make a score on this set"

Term
scrivener
Definition

professional copyist

 

 

"like a screwdriver, people like to copy that drink all the time"

Term
scrupulous
Definition

restrained, careful and precise

 

"scruple, something that is small and restrained"

Term
scrutiny
Definition

careful observation

 

"to put under scrutiny"

Term
scurrrilous
Definition

vulgar, low, indecent

 

 

"like scruvy is something that happens in vulgar people"

Term
secant
Definition
straight line intersecting a cuve @ two points
Term
secede
Definition

to withdraw formally from an organization

 

"to cede means to draw away from something"

Term
secluded
Definition

isolated and remote

 

 

Term
sectarian
Definition

narrow-minded, relating to a group or a sect

 

 

"sect, your mind is in a particular sect"

Term
secular
Definition

not specifically pertaining to relgion

 

 

"very worldly"

Term
sedentary
Definition

inactive, stationary, sluggish

 

 

"like you had a sedative, you are very stationary"

Term
sedition
Definition

behavior promoting rebellion

 

"sed- you are thirsty to initiate something"

Term
seismology
Definition

science of eathquakes

 

"like six, earthquakes are disasters at a large scale"

Term
seminal
Definition

relating to the beginning or seeds of something

 

"to inseminate, to sow the seeds of something"

Term
senescent
Definition

aging, growing old

 

"senile, you are growing old"

Term
sensual
Definition
satisfying or gratifying the senses, suggesting sexuality
Term
sententious
Definition

having moralizing tone

 

 

"sentence condemning the regular tone"

Term
sentient
Definition

aware, conscious, able to percieve

 

"sentir, you are able to feel and percieve"

Term
sequel
Definition

anything that follows

 

 

Term
sequester
Definition

to remove or set apart, put into seclusion

 

"sequestered jury"

Term
seraphic
Definition

angelic, pure, sublime

 

 

"seraphum, salve maria"

Term
serendipity
Definition

habit of making fortune discovers by chance

 

"dipity doo dah is making fortune"

Term
serenity
Definition

calm, peacefullness

 

"serene, very peaceful"

Term
serpentine
Definition

sperpent-like, twisting and winding

 

"slytherin snake"

Term
serrated
Definition

saw-toothed, notched

 

"serrated leaves"

Term
servile
Definition

submissive, obedient

 

"something of a servent, very obedient"

Term
shard
Definition

piece of broken glass or pottery

 

 

Term
sheepish
Definition

timid, meek or bashful

 

 

Term
shirk
Definition

to avoid a task due to laziness or fear

 

"to shirk away from a task"

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signify
Definition

denote, indicate, symbolize

 

"to symbolize"

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simian
Definition

ape-like, relating to apes

 

"like the sims, they are like litle monkies"

Term
simper
Definition

to smirk, smile foolishly

 

"simp, like a wimp smirk and does foolishly"

Term
sinecure
Definition

well-paying job or office that requires little or no work

 

"like a cure, doesn't require much afterwards as a job"

Term
singe
Definition
to burn slightly, to scorch
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sinuous
Definition

winding, intricate, complex

 

"sinuous muscles are complex bed"

Term
skeptical
Definition

doubtful, questioning

 

 

Term
skulk
Definition

to move in a stealthy or cautious manner, sneak

 


"like a skunk moves around in a stealthy manner

Term
slight
Definition

to treat as unimportant

 

"slight of hand, something that is unimportant"

Term
slipshod
Definition

careless, hasty

 

"if you are careless, things tend to slip"

Term
sloth
Definition
slughishness, laziness
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slough
Definition

to discard or shed

 

"endometrium sloughs"

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slovenly
Definition

 untidy, messy

 

"like a glove can be untidy messy"

Term
sluggard
Definition

lazy, inactive person

 

"like a slug, someone who is lazy"

Term
smelt
Definition

to melt metal in order to refine it

 

"like melt"

Term
snippet
Definition
tiny part, tibit
Term
sobriety
Definition

seriousness

 

"like being sober, you are very serious"

Term
sobriquet
Definition

nickname

 

"sounds like a nickname"

Term
sodden
Definition

thoroughly soaked, saturated

 

"like downrodden, you are soaked and bogged down"

Term
sojourn
Definition

visit, stay

 

"like you visit from a journey"

Term
solace
Definition

comfort in distress, consolation

 

 

"seeking solace"

Term
solarium
Definition

room or glased in area exposed to the sun

 

"sol, having to do with the sun"

Term
solecism
Definition

grammatical mistake

 

 "a sole grammatical mistake is something that can be riuned"

Term
solicitous
Definition

concerned, attentive, eager

 

"if you want to solicit something, you have to be eager"

Term
solidarity
Definition

unity based on common aims or interests

 

"in solidary, to be unified in something"

Term
soliloquy
Definition

literary or dramatic speech by one character, not addressed to other

 

"to create a soliloquy, you have to make a literary speech"

Term
solipsism
Definition

belief that the self is the only reality

 

"the lip is apart of yourself and part of reality"

Term
solstice
Definition

shortest and longest day of the year

 

"winter and summer solstice"

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soluble
Definition

capable of being solved or dissolved

 

"you can solve something"

Term
somber
Definition

dark and gloomy; melancholy, dismal

 

"someone in a somber mode"

Term
somnambulist
Definition

sleepwalker

 

"som, sleep- bulist is someone who bulies their way through things"

Term
somnolent
Definition

drowsy, sleeping, inducing sleep

 

 

"som is sleep, nol is like nohl con having to do with sleep"

Term
sonic
Definition

relating to sound

 

"super sonic- big ass sound"

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sonorous
Definition

producing a full rich sound

 

 

"dumbledore has a full rich"

Term
sophist
Definition

person good at arguing deviously

 

"like soap, kids argue a lot when they have to get clean"

Term

sophistry

 

Definition

deceptive reasoning or argumentation

 

 

"soapistry"

Term
sophomoric
Definition

immature and overconfident

 

"like a sophomore"

Term
soporific
Definition

sleeping or tending to cause sleep

 

"sopor looks like stuper, which causes sleep"

Term
sordid
Definition

flithy, comtemptible and corrupt

 

"like soggy and dirty all at once"

Term
sovereign
Definition

having supreme power

 

 

"like a sovern country has all power"

Term
spartan
Definition

austere, severe, grave, simple and bare

 

"spartans are very strict in rule"

Term
spawn
Definition

to generate produce

 

"like spawning frogs"

Term
speculation
Definition

contemplation, act of taking buisness ricks for finacial gain

 

"to speculate something to think about something"

Term
speculative
Definition

involving assumption, uncertain, theoretical

 

 

"when you can only speculate, only guess"

Term
spontaneous
Definition

on the spur of the moment, impulsive

 

 

Term
sporadic
Definition

infrequent, irregular

 

 

 

Term
sportive
Definition

frolicsome, playful

 

"sports means that you play around"

Term
sprightly
Definition

lively, animated, energitc

 

"like sprites that are super energetic and happy"

Term
spur (v)
Definition

to prod

 

"like spurs that get stuck in the ground, these prod"

Term
spurious
Definition

lakcing authenticity, counterfeit, false

 

 

"curious because you know that this thing is false"

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spurn
Definition

to reject or refuse. contemptuously, scorn

 

"spurned his advances"

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squalid
Definition

filthy, morally repulsive

 

 

"like a squids are something really repulsive"

Term
squander
Definition
to waste
Term
stacaccto
Definition
marked by abrupt, clear-cut sound
Term
stagnant
Definition

imobile, stage

 

"like the opposite of a stag that moves"

Term
staid
Definition

self-restrained to the point of dullness

 

"like a braid, it restrains things and dulls by gel"

Term
stalk (v)
Definition

to hunt, pursue

 

 

Term
stand (n)
Definition

group of trees

 

 

"like a christmas trees"

Term
stark
Definition

bare, empty, vacant

 

"like something in the dark, something bare"

Term
stasis
Definition

motionless state, standstill

 

"like oasis, something be stationary @"

Term
stifle
Definition

to smother or suffocate; suppress

 

 

"you're stifling me!'

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Stigma
Definition

mark with disgrace or inferiority

 

 

"like a pig sty, something that is marked with disgrace"

Term
stilted
Definition

stiff unnatural

 

"like stilt, it is something very still and unnatural"

Term
stint (n)
Definition

period of stime spent doing something

 

"for a brief stint"

Term
stipend
Definition
allowance, fixed amount of money paid regularly
Term
stockade
Definition

enclosed area forming defense wall

 

"like a blockade, something that is formed by an intense defense wall"

Term
stoic
Definition

indifferent to or unaffected by emotions

 

"like a stone, something that is unaffected by anything"

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stolid
Definition

having or showing little emotion

 

 

"like a lid, it caps emotion so you can't see it"

Term
stratagem
Definition

trick designed to decieve an enemy

 

"like a gem that looks straight but like the one in aladdin that was used to decieve and enemeny"

Term
stratify
Definition

to arrange in layers

 

"like the stratosphere, a bunch of layers of clouds"

Term
stricture
Definition

something that restrains, negative criticism

 

"it constricts something"

Term
strident
Definition

loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy

 

"like chewing trident is loud and really noisy"

Term
stringent
Definition

imposing severe, rigorous standards

 

"like a stringy is something narrow, the area of standards is very small"

Term
stultify
Definition

to impair or reduce to uselessness

 

"like a slut can almost be used for anything unless it is worn down to uselessness"

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stunted
Definition

having arrested growth or development

 

 

Term
stupefy
Definition
to dull the sense of, stun, admonish
Term
stylize
Definition

to formalize, fashion

 

 

"style, to fashion"

Term
stymie
Definition

to block or thwart

 

"like time, something need to block"

Term
suave
Definition

smotthly gracious or polite, blandly ingrating

 

 

Term
subdued
Definition
suppressed, stifled
Term
subjection
Definition

dependance, obedience, submission

 

"to be made a subject of obedience"

Term
subjugate
Definition

to conquer, subdue, enslave

 

"you are the instigator of making the subject"_

Term
sublime
Definition

awe-inspiring of high spiritual or moral value

 

"like sublimation to makes it sky-high like high spirits"

Term
subliminal
Definition

awe-inspiring of high spiritual or moral value

 

"subliminal messages"

Term
submissive
Definition

tending to be meek and submit

 

 

Term
subpoena
Definition

notice ordering someone to appear in court

 

"issued a court supoena like arraignment"

Term
subsequent
Definition

following in time or order

 

"subsequent time"

Term
subterfuge
Definition

trick or tactic used to avoid something

 

"like fudge avoided the truth by  trying to blame harry"

Term
subterranean
Definition

hidden, secret, underground

 

 

"sub terrain"

Term
subtle
Definition
hard to detect or describe perceptive
Term
subvert
Definition

to undermine or corupt

 

"like a pervert, they undermine the law and corrupt young ones"

Term
succinct
Definition

terse, brief, concise

 

"like succinate is a brief period in the cycle"

Term
succulent
Definition

juicy, full of vitality or freshness

 

"succulent leaves"

Term
sufferable
Definition

bearable

 

 

"as opposed to unsufferable"

Term
sufferagist
Definition

one who advocates extended voting rights

 

"like womens suffrage"

Term
sullen
Definition
brooding, gloomy
Term
sully
Definition

to soil, stain, tarnish, taint

 

"like sullen brooding and gloomy stains a good day"

Term
sumptuous
Definition

lavish, splendid

 

"like scrumtuous, it is lavish  and splendid food"

Term
superannuated
Definition

too old, obsolete, outdated

 

"like the super, an event that was outdated"

Term
supercilious
Definition

arrogant, haughty, overbearing, condescending

 

 

"like a super seal, they think are the best of the sea"

Term
superficial
Definition
hasty, shallow, and phony
Term
superfluous
Definition

extra, more than necessary

 

"super frivolous"

Term
supersede
Definition

to take the place of, replace

 

"like the ceded something and someone super comes into it"

Term
supervise
Definition
to direct or oversee the work of others
Term
supplant
Definition

to replace, substitute

 

"something that is supple that is easy to replace"

Term
supple
Definition
flexible, pliant
Term
supplicant
Definition

one who asks humbly and earnestly

 

"something that is supple and therefore are able to be humble"

Term
surfeit
Definition

excessive amount

 

"like conterfeit, tooks a lot of money"

Term
surly
Definition

rude and bad-tempered

 

"gloomy"

Term
surmise
Definition

to make an educated guess

 

"like a sunrise, have to make an uneducated guess of when it is"

Term
surmount
Definition

to conquer, overcome

 

"like you have to overcome a mountain"

Term
surpass
Definition

to better than, superior to

 

 

Term
surplus
Definition
excess
Term
surrepitious
Definition

characterized by secrecy

 

"pit, something that is secret"

Term

survey (v)

 

Definition
to examine in a comprehensive way
Term
susceptible
Definition
vulnerable, unprotected
Term
suspend
Definition

to deter, interupt, dangle, hang

 

 

Term
sustain
Definition
support, uphold,endure, undergo
Term
swarthy
Definition

having a dark complexion

 

 

"like swati has a dark complexion"

Term
sybarite
Definition

person devoted to pleasure and luxury

 

 

"like bart of the simpson, he lived the good life"

Term
syncophant
Definition

self-serving flatter, yes-man

 

 

"syn, to be together. cophan means to agree"

Term
syllabus
Definition
outline of the course
Term
symbiosis
Definition
cooperation, mutual helpfullness
Term
symposium
Definition

meeting with short presentation on related topics

 

"like a research symposium"

Term
syncopation
Definition

temporary irregularity in musical rhythm

 

"copation- agreeing. sync- ood"

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synopsis
Definition

plot, summary

 

 

Term
synthesis
Definition
blend, combination
Term
synthetic
Definition
artificial, imitation
Term

  • Saccharine

Definition
excessively sweet or sentimental "like a polysacchharide is something sweet"
Term

Sacrosanct-

Definition
extremely sacred, beyond criticism "like sacred"
Term

Sagacious

Definition
shrewed wise "like someone who has been through a saga is very very wise"
Term

Salient-

Definition
prominent or conspicuous "like salt is very prominent in our lives right now"
Term

Sallow-

Definition
sickley yellow in color "sallow, yellow"
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