solder | v. repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead |
solecism | n. error in use of language, especially intentional use of misspelling or incorrect grammar ; violation of the conventional rules of society |
solemnity | n. seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony |
somnambulist | n. sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep |
somnolent | a. half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
sonar | n. a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return |
sophistry | n. argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic |
sophomoric | a. immature; half-baked, like a sophomore |
soporific | a. sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness |
sovereignty | n. supremacy of authority or rule |
spangle | n. small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation |
spasmodic | a. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic |
spawn | v. produce or deposit eggs, as fishes; bring forth, generate |
specious | a. seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading intentionally |
spendthrift | n. one who spends money recklessly or wastefully |
spindly | a. slender and elongated, especially in a way that suggests weakness; disproportionately long and slender or slim |
spiral | v. rise or fall with steady acceleration; increase continually |
sportive | a. playful; relating to or interested in sports |
spurious | a. false; counterfeit; forged; illogical |
spurn | v. reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn |
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