Hard SAT Words - Group 10

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