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1.Sadistic-inclined to cruelty

Mnemonic:( sadistic warden STIC se maarti hai )

2. saga: Scandinavian myth; any legend; long heroic narrative

Mnemonic:(sa re ga ma....so saga... songs are always long lehend myth types..)

3.Sagacious-perceptive,shrewd

Mnemonic:( Sagacious person knows SAAG sad gaya hai )

4. sage: person celebrated for wisdom; wise person; ADJ: wise

Mnemonic: [who has "usage" ? of course sage person. you can use his/her

experiences.hence sage has usage]

5.Salacious-lascivious.lustful

Mnemonic:( SALA has salacious desires for saali )

6.salient: outstanding , prominent , spectacular , striking, projecting beyond a line;

conspicuous; Ex. salient features

Mnemonic:[saline is salient for a patient]

7.saline : salty

8. sallow (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex. sallow

complexion due to jaundice

Mnemonic:[ swallowing yellow fruits makes u yellowish]

[Sounds like yellow, and after replacing sa with ye, sallow becomes yellow..]

9.salubrious-healthful

Mnemonic:[(salman khan) SALLU bhai lives in salubrious home ]

10.salutary: tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome;

Ex. The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy; CF. health

Mnemonic:[we salute your remedial improvements][salute the salutary things]

11.Salvage-rescue from loss,saving

Mnemonic:[solve the water problem by salvage]( SAAL bhar apni WAGE bachana to rescue from salvage )

12.Sanctimonious-hypocritical, displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness;

Mnemonic:[Santa Claus is sanctimonious]

( MONI is a sanctimonious personality )

13. sanction: approve; ratify; N: permission; penalty intended to enforce compliance

Mnemonic:[saction of food grains for the rats @ ur kitchen]

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14. sanctuary: place of refuge; shelter; shrine; holy place

Mnemonic:[sanctuary can be spelled as san+CHERY so "chery" can be regarded as

church:a place where refuges take shelter.]

15.Sanguinary- bloody,creating blood,cruel badMnemonic:[I became sang'uinary to kill him when he sang a song]

(NARI ke saath sanguinary relationship )

16.Sanguine-cheerful,hopeful

Mnemonic:

( sonu nigam n alka yagni ek saath SANG karte the they had sanguine relationship )

[I feel sanguine on seeing penguin,they are optimistic and hopeful]

17.sap: diminish; weaken; undermine the foundations of (a fortification); Ex. The

element kryptonite sapped his strength.Mnemonic:[ learning SAP course makes u sap and weak]

18. sarcasm: cutting ironic remark; scornful remarks; stinging rebuke; caustic

remark , irony , satire . ADJ: sarcasticMnemonic:[ surcasm means surcastic... sur"cast"ic - fight among casts uses scornful

wits sometimes.]

19.sardonic-disdainful,hateful

Mnemonic:

( sir don sabko sardonic nazar se dekhta hai )

[I hate tablets and even SARADON to take][ I hate DON like behaviour over me-its saradonic]

20. sartorial :pertaining to tailors or tailoring;

Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailorMnemonic:

[my tutorial(torial) sir(sar) became tailorhehe]

[ sounds like sari tore and you need a tailor to fix it]

21. sate : satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy

Mnemonic:[ sate ji got satisfied at his business]

22. satellite :small body revolving around a larger one

23.Satiate- satisfy

Mnemonic:( bahut ATE kiya tab bhi bhook satiate nahee hui )

[sate ji got satisfied on eating ,he ate all the money and was satiated]

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24. satire: form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to

attack human vice and folly

Mnemonic:

[SATIRE is a FIRE (attack) against human vices]

[he was sitting on sofa and was commented as if he" sat on a tire"]

25. satirical: using satire; mocking

26: saturate: soak thoroughly; imbue; impregnate; charge; fill to capacity

Mnemonic:[ the "rate" of population growth got saturated to the capacity in which

India "sat" at the top]

27.Saturnine-gloomy

Mnemonic:( Saturday ko nine o clock pe street was saturnine with silence )

[ I got a dream that I was left on the one of the 9 planets Saturn ,on a gloomy night]

28. satyr: half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat),

portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning;

Mnemonic:[SAT+Yr. = Any 1 who SAT AT HOME FOR A YR. becomes a half goat

n half man.... (u sit for 2yrs, u becum full goat/beast :P)]

29.Saunter-move slowly

Mnemonic: ( Santro car se utar kar saunter )

[we were sauntering ,wanderingin our Santro(car)..]

30.Savant-scholar

Mnemonic:( Abhijeet SAWANT is a savant of music )

[rakhi savant a scholar of dance]

31. savor:enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality; N: taste or smell;

distinctive quality

Mnemonic:[SAVOR and FLAVOR are rhyming words. You savor (feel the taste) the

flavor (taste) of the food you eat.]

32.savory: pleasant in taste; tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable; Ex. savory

reputationMnemonic:[telugu) sa+VORY remember VORY (sounds like rice

(vari,godhuma)whichis tasty as we eat]

[remember Elephants "IVORY" which is attractive and pleasing...][mouth-watering , savoury]

33. scabbard: case for a sword blade; sheath

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Mnemonic:[S (Sword) + CABBARD (Cupboard), so you can say that it is a sword's

cupboard or a case!]

34. scad: a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes

Mnemonic:[Scad == Sc + Ad. Scads of ads coming on TV nowadays.scad - add

add add]

35.scaffold: temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground);

bracing framework; platform for execution

Mnemonic:[SCAFFOLD rhymes with staff + hold...think of a TEMPORARY place

or PLATFORM for the staff.]

36.scale: climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales;

N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones

Mnemonic:[think we are climbing up a tree with a natraj scale]

37.scanty: meager; insufficient

Mnemonic:[sounds like scarcity.]

38.scapegoat: someone who bears the blame for others; whipping boy; CF.

escape+goat

Mnemonic:[one who becomes goat- bakara].

39.scavenge: hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search,

especially for food;

N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrionMnemonic:[ Remeber it with vultures, eagles which are well known scavengers..]

[taking revenge on discarded materials by hunting them and again using]

40.scenario: plot outline; screenplay(script for a movie); opera libretto; outline of

possible future events

Mnemonic:[Can u give scenario of the scene in a movie]

41.schematic: of a schema or scheme; relating to an outline or diagram; using a

system of symbols; N. schema: diagrammatic representation; outline

scheme systematic plan; plot; clever dishonest plan; orderly arrangement of elements; Ex.health insurance scheme; Ex. a scheme to escape taxes; Ex. a color scheme; Ex. a story

with no scheme; V: contrive a scheme

Mnemonic:[SCHEMATIC or SIMPLISTIC - simplified or in the form of a diagram]

[The scheme of writing evry thing in short cuts is good]

42.schism-split,division

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Mnemonic: [Sounds like prism which splits light into colors]

( sikh bhaiyoon ko everyone tried to schism )

43.scintilla-shred,least bit

Mnemonic: ( scintilla of evidence can be seen on TILLA )

Ambani spent even the least bit of money on ANTILLA

44.scintillate: sparkle; flash; be animated; be full of life; Ex. scintillating

conversation

45.scoff-mock,ridicule

Mnemonic:( he scoff at his presentation by COUGHing )

46: scotch stamp out(put an end to); thwart; hinder; Ex. scotch the rumor;

Mnemonic:[he tried to SCOTCH from his father that he had taken SCOTCH]

47.scourge-severe punishment

Mnemonic:( KARZ is regarded as scourge )

[v scold d children in d urge 1learn them manners d then give punishments ->>sco-urge]

48. scruple: hesitate for ethical reasons; fret about; N: uneasy feeling arising from

conscience; conscienceEx. She did not scruple to read his diary;

Mnemonic:[scruple-couples(lovers) think to elope ,but they scruple ,hesitate to do

that

[Scruple sounds like trouble, hesitate of being into troubles]

49.scrupulous: conscientious; extremely thorough; Ex. scrupulous worker

Mnemonic:[scrupulous sounds like "trouble less". A person who is EXTREMELY

THOROUGH is trouble less.]

50.scrutinize-examine closely and critically

Mnemonic:( the plumber scrutinize every detail of SCREW )

51.scuffle-struggle confusedly

Mnemonic:( CUFF chadake boss scuffled with employees )

[shuffling(suffle) the cards in hurry and get confused]

52.scurrilous-indescent

Mnemonic:( CURRY kharab banane par hotel owner passed scurrilous remarks for

his head chef )

[ Scurrilous sounds like hurry(quick) less. People give abusive remarks who is slow in

doing work.]

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53.scurry-move briskly

Mnemonic:( when customer said doosri CURRY jaldi lao to waiter scurry to get it )

[SCURRY rhymes with HURRY.SO WHEN YOU ARE IN A HURRY YOU DO

THINGS BRISKLY.]

54. scurvy contemptible; despicable; N: disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C

Mnemonic:[SCURVY is a deadly disease. So people suffering from this vitamin c

deficiency are low in health.

[the survey gave that many have disease caused by vitamin C ]

55.scuttle-sink

Mnemonic:( ship ko maine CUT kardiya thats y it scuttle )

[s-cut-tle -->if there happens to be a cut in a ship,it will sink till the end..]

56. seamy sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life

Mnemonic:[Sounds like "unseemly".]

[a person saying SEE - MY - ****, thats really FILTHY]

57.sear-char or burn;brand

Mnemonic:( hot iron se mere EAR sear ho gaya )

[SEAR rhymes with TEAR. When you BURN your hand you are in tears]

58. seasoned: experienced

Mnemonic:[its very hard to get seasoned people in this season]

59.secession-withdrawalMnemonic:( secession of T.N.Seshan from the post of election commissioner. )

[Due to recession in US, many WITHDRAWN their business...]

60.seclusion-isolation

Mnemonic:( person living in seclusion ka koi clue nahee hota )

[Seclusion - derived from seclude(exclude)... Opp to include.]

61. secrete: conceal; hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an

organism; CF. secretive

62.sect: separate religious body; faction; group of people with common beliefs within

a larger group;sectarian of a sect; narrow-minded; parochial; N: member of a sect;narrow-minded person

Mnemonic:[dissect: cut open into parts, sect is one of the parts]

[a separate section of ppl-sect, factionists]

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63.secular: worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion; temporal

eg:the church leaders decided not to interfere in secular mattersMnemonic:[its not secured thing to talk secular matters in church..so don't talk]

[SECULAR or a MATTER concerned with earthly life or material gains, worldly

matters.]

64.sedate-composed grave

Mnemonic:( GRE ki date pe every 1 feel sedate )

[one should be sedated before his 1st date....]

sedative =>sleep inducing

65. sedentary requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to

another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population

Mnemonic:["sed"iment means dust that sits.]

[dentary- dentist u require a lot of sitting to make ur teeth healthy]

66.sedition-resistance to authority;insubordination

Mnemonic:( pakistani newspaper edition arouse thought of sedition. )

[SEDITION or OPPOSITION]

[sedition-seperation and opposing because they are against law]

67. sedulous: diligent; assiduous; paying attention; N. sedulity

Mnemonic:[SEDULOUS, CAREFULNESS and ASSIDUOUS which are rhyming

words, mean, to work with care and effort.][if u dont work hard and diligent ur "due" will be not cleared "said" the officerso be

sedulous]

68.seedy-decrepit; run down; disrepution; shabby and untidy

Ex. seedy downtown hotelMnemonic:[seedy~bidi : one who smokes bidi (gen. workers) are shabby and untidy

and they are morally degraded (generally rowdy by nature + smoking is not good]

( seedy place pe pirated CD milti hain. )

69. seemly: (of behavior) proper; appropriate

Mnemonic:[seemly ~ see + homely]

70.seep: pass slowly through small openings; ooze; trickle; N. seepage

Mnemonic:[ SEEP is similar to PEEP. When you peep, you see through a small

opening. When liquid seeps, it comes out of a small opening]

71.seethe-disturb; be violently disturbed; boil;

Mnemonic:( baap seethe when he "see the" girl with his boy friend )

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[SEE THE --- ur mom say to u to see the water which is boiling]

72.seine-net for catching fish

Mnemonic:( seine is used in sea )

73.seismic: pertaining to earthquakesMnemonic:[SEISMIC is a series of RHYTHMIC waves running through the earth's

core]

74. semblance: outward appearance; guise;

Ex. We called in the troops to bring a/some semblance of order to the city. [re-semblance]

75.seminal-influincing future development

Mnemonic:[ SEMINAL is like SEMI fINAL s in future]

( seminal seminar in our colg on future technology development )

76. seminary: school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for

young women

Mnemonic:[similar to seminar were we increase our knowledge (or get educated)]

77.senility: old age; feeblemindedness of old age; ADJ. senile: resulting from old age;

Syn:dotage , second childhood; Ex. senile dementiaMnemonic:[senility=senior+nationality so if you have a senior nationality you musta

be old aged....]

78.sensitization: process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an

external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive

Mnemonic:SENSITIZATION or SENSITIZE - cause to respond readily to STIMULI

or stimulus.

79.sensual devoted to the pleasures of the sense; carnal; voluptuous; Ex. sensual

woman/curves/lips

Mnemonic:[SENSUAL indulging in PHYSICAL pleasures that also excite the

MENTAL status of a person.]

80.sensuous: giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses;operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin

Mnemonic:[SENSUOUS - indulging in excessive sensual PLEASURES.]

81.sententious: pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic

Mnemonic:[say so much in one sentence that it is better than a whole story]

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[Sentence+less - Someone who can concisely explain his views in just a few sentences

(less sentences used).]

82.sentient :capable of sensation and conscious; aware; sensitive;

Ex. sentient creature; N. sentience

Mnemonic:[Sentimental people are sentinent.]

83.sentinel-feelings; sentry; lookout;lookout man , picket , scout , sentry ,

spotter , watcha person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

Mnemonic:[ u will be having 100[senti] policemen for every sentimeter of a museum]

( sentinel at rose garden put senti lovers under nal )

84. septic: of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction;

N. sepsis: poisoning of part of the body (producing pus)

Mnemonic:[keeping a wound without anti-septis makes it putrid and sepsis]

85.sepulcher-tomb

Mnemonic:( vulture at sepulcher )

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