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SAT words from 'sentience' to 'sinuosity'

Words alphabetically from 'sentience' to 'sinuosity' from the monster 5000-word at http://www.freevocabulary.com/

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sentience
Capacity for sensation or sense-perception.
sentient
Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception.
sentinel
Any guard or watch stationed for protection.
separable
Capable of being disjoined or divided.
separate
To take apart.
separatist
A seceder.
septennial
Recurring every seven years.
sepulcher
A burial-place.
sequacious
Ready to be led.
sequel
That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened.
sequence
The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time.
sequent
Following in the order of time.
sequester
To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life.
sequestrate
To confiscate.
sergeant
A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal.
sergeant-at-arms
An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer.
sergeant-major
The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment.
service
Any work done for the benefit of another.
serviceable
Durable.
servitude
Slavery.
severance
Separation.
severely
Extremely.
sextet
A band of six singers or players.
sextuple
Multiplied by six.
sheer
Absolute.
shiftless
Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability.
shrewd
Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances.
shriek
A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror.
shrinkage
A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension.
shrivel
To draw or be drawn into wrinkles.
shuffle
A mixing or changing the order of things.
sibilance
A hissing sound.
sibilant
Made with a hissing sound.
sibilate
To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s.
sidelong
Inclining or tending to one side.
sidereal
Pertaining to stars or constellations.
siege
A beleaguerment.
significance
Importance.
significant
Important, especially as pointing something out.
signification
The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs.
similar
Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else.
simile
A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself.
similitude
Similarity.
simplify
To make less complex or difficult.
simulate
Imitate.
simultaneous
Occurring, done, or existing at the same time.
sinecure
Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.
singe
To burn slightly or superficially.
sinister
Evil.
sinuosity
The quality of curving in and out.

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