Essential Words For The Gre S's

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salacious

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lascivious; lustful

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salubrious

Back 2

healthful

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salutary

Back 3

producing beneficial effects; favorable to health

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sartorial

Back 4

pertaining to tailors

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saturate

Back 5

to soak thoroughly

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satyr

Back 6

a creature that is half man, half-beast with the horns and legs of a goat; follower of dionysus (god of wine)

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schematic

Back 7

relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram

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secrete

Back 8

produce and discharge a substance

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sedition

Back 9

behavior prompting rebellion

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seismic

Back 10

relating to earthquakes; earthshaking

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sensuous

Back 11

relating to the senses, operating through the senses

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sentient

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aware, conscious, able to perceive

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sextant

Back 13

navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude

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sidereal

Back 14

pertaining to the stars

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simile

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comparing one thing with another using "like" or "as"

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sinecure

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

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sobriety

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seriousness

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sinuous

Back 18

winding, intricate, complex

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singular

Back 19

unique, extraordinary, odd

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sodden

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thoroughly soaked, saturated

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solicitous

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concerned, attentive, eager

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soliloquy

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

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solvent

Back 23

able to meet financial obligations

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somatic

Back 24

relating to or affecting the body; corporeal

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sordid

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filthy, contemptible/corrupt

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spectrum

Back 26

broad range of related ideas/subjects

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spendthrift

Back 27

one who spends wastefully

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squalor

Back 28

filthy, wretched condition

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staccato

Back 29

marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds

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stanch

Back 30

to stop or check the flow of

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stentorian

Back 31

extremely loud and powerful (of a person's voice)

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stigma

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mark of disgrace or inferiority

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stint (V)

Back 33

to be sparing

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stratified

Back 34

arranged in layers

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striated

Back 35

marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels

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stipulate

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to specify as an essential condition

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stricture

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1) a restriction on a person or activity

2) a sternly critical remark

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strident

Back 38

loud and harsh, unpleasantly noisy

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strut

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to swagger, display to impress others

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stultify

(2)

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1) cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative b/c of tedious/restrictive routine "mentally stultifying effects of a disadvantaged home"

2)cause someone to appear foolish

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stygian

Back 41

dark and gloomy; hellish

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subpoena

Back 42

notice telling someone to go to court

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subside

Back 43

to settle down, to grow quiet

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substantive

Back 44

essential, pertaining to the substance

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subsume

Back 45

to include, incorporate

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subversive

Back 46

intended to undermine or overthrow, especially an established gov't

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sylvan

Back 47

related to woods/forest

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succor

Back 48

relief, help in time of distress

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sundry

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various

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supersede

Back 50

to replace, esp. to displace as inferior or antiquated

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supine

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lying on back, marked by lethargy

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supplant

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to replace, to substitute

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suppliant

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a person making a humble plea to someone in power/authority

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supplicate

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to ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly

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supposition

Back 55

the act of assuming to be true or real; an uncertain belief

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syllogism

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a form of deductive reasoning that has a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion