Word Smart: word list 77-78

M.Hasan (Bangladesh)
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  1. serendipity
    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  2. servile
    submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  3. slander
    words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
  4. sloth
    a disinclination to work or exert yourself
  5. sobriety
    the state of being unaffected or not intoxicated by alcohol
  6. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  7. solvent
    capable of meeting financial obligations
  8. soporific
    inducing sleep
  9. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  10. spawn
    the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or mollusks
  11. specious
    plausible but false
  12. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  13. spurious
    plausible but false
  14. squalor
    sordid dirtiness
  15. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  16. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  17. staunch
    firm and dependable especially in loyalty
  18. steadfast
    marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
  19. stigmatize
    condemn or openly brand as disgraceful
  20. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  21. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  22. stricture
    a principle that restricts the extent of something
Created on Tue Oct 08 11:31:25 EDT 2013

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