| Sr No. | Word | hindi | Meaning | Example |
| 3146 | shambles | खंडहर | slaughterhouse; scene of carnage | By the time the police arrived,
the room was a shambles. |
| 3147 | shard | ठीकरा | fragment, generally of pottery | The archaeologist assigned
several students the task of reassembling earthenware vessels from the shards he had brought back from the expedition.
|
| 3148 | sheaf | पूला | bundle of stalks of grain; any
bundle of things tied together | The lawyer picked up a sheaf of
papers as he rose to question the witness. |
| 3149 | sheathe | गड़ाना | place into a case | As soon as he recognized the
approaching men, he sheathed his dagger and hailed them as friends. |
| 3150 | sherbet | शर्बत | flavored dessert ice | I prefer raspberry sherbet to
ice cream since it is less fattening. |
| 3151 | shimmer | टिमटिमाना | glimmer intermittently | The moonlight shimmered on the
water as the moon broke through the clouds for a moment. |
| 3152 | shirk | भागना | avoid (responsibility, work,
etc.); malinger | Brian has a strong sense of
duty; he would never shirk any responsibility. |
| 3153 | shoddy | तुच्छ | sham; not genuine; inferior | You will never get the public to
buy such shoddy material. |
| 3154 | shrew | कर्कशा | scolding woman | No one wanted to marry
Shakespeare's Kate because she was a shrew. |
| 3155 | shrewd | चालाक | clever; astute | A shrewd investor, he took
clever advantage of the fluctuations of the stock market. |
| 3156 | shun | दूर करना | keep away from | Cherishing his solitude, the
recluse shunned the company of other human beings. |
| 3157 | shunt | अलग धकेलना | turn aside; divert; sidetrack | If the switchman failed to shunt
the Silver Streak onto a side track, the train would plow right into Union
Station. |
| 3158 | shyster | Shyster | lawyer using questionable
methods. | On L.A. Law, respectable
attorney Brackman was horrified to learn that his newly discovered half
brother was a cheap shyster. |
| 3159 | sibling | भाई | brother or sister | We may not enjoy being siblings,
but we cannot forget that we still belong to the same family. |
| 3160 | sibylline | जादूगरनी का | prophetic; oracular | Until their destruction by fire
in 83 B.C., the sibylline books were often consulted by the Romans. |
| 3161 | sidereal | तारे के समान | relating to the stars | Although hampered by optical and
mechanical flaws, the orbiting Hubble space telescope has relayed
extraordinary images of distant sidereal bodies. |
| 3162 | silt | गाद | sediment deposited by running
water | The harbor channel must be
dredged annually to remove the silt. |
| 3163 | simian | बंदर का | monkeylike | Lemurs are nocturnal mammals and
have many simian characteristics, although they are less intelligent than
monkeys. |
| 3164 | simile | उपमा | comparison of one thing with
another, using the word like or as | My love is like a red, red rose
is a simile. |
| 3165 | simper | मुसकुराना | smirk; smile affectedly | Complimented on her appearance,
Stella self-consciously simpered. |
| 3166 | simplistic | सरलीकृत | oversimplified | Though Jack's solution dealt
adequately with one aspect of the problem, it was simplistic in failing to
consider various complicating factors that might arise. |
| 3167 | simulate | भेष बदलना | feign | He simulated insanity in order
to avoid punishment for his crime. |
| 3168 | sinecure | ऐसा पद जिस में वेतन मिले परन्तु
कुछ काम न करना पड़े | well-paid position with little
responsibility | My job is no sinecure; I work
long hours and have much responsibility. |
| 3169 | sinewy | बलवान | tough; strong and firm | The steak was too sinewy to chew |
| 3170 | singular | विलक्षण | unique; extraordinary; odd | Though the young man tried to
understand Father William's singular behavior, he still found it odd that the
old man incessantly stood on his head. |
| 3171 | sinister | भयावह | evil | We must defeat the sinister
forces that seek our downfall. |
| 3172 | sinuous | टेढ़ा | winding; bending in and out; not
morally honest | The snake moved in a sinuous
manner. |
| 3173 | skeptic | संदेहवादी | doubter; person who suspends
judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view. | In this matter, I am a skeptic;
I want proof. |
| 3174 | skiff | छोटी नाव | small, light sailboat or rowboat | Tom dreamed of owning an
ocean-going yacht but had to settle for a skiff he could sail in the bay. |
| 3175 | skimp | लापरवाही से काम करना | provide scantily; live very
economically | They were forced to skimp on
necessities in order to make their limited supplies last the winter. |
| 3176 | skinflint | कंजूस | miser | The old skinflint refused to
give her a raise. |
| 3177 | skirmish | झड़प | minor fight | Custer's troops expected they
might run into a skirmish or two on maneuvers; they did not expect to face a
major battle. |
| 3178 | skittish | चुस्त | lively; frisky | She is as skittish as a kitten
playing with a piece of string. |
| 3179 | skulduggery | skulduggery | dishonest behavior | The investigation into municipal
corruption turned up new instances of skulduggery daily. |
| 3180 | skulk | छिपना | move furtively and secretly | He skulked through the less
fashionable sections of the city in order to avoid meeting any of his former
friends. |
| 3181 | slacken | कम करना | slow up; loosen | As they passed the finish line,
the runners slackened their pace. |
| 3182 | slag | लावा | residue from smelting metal;
dross; waste matter | The blast furnace had a special
opening at the bottom to allow the workers to remove the worthless slag. |
| 3183 | slake | आग बुझाना | quench; sate | When we reached the oasis, we
were able to slake our thirst. |
| 3184 | slander | बदनामी | defamation; utterance of false
and malicious statements | Unless you can prove your
allegations, your remarks constitute slander. |
| 3185 | slapdash | किसी न किसी तरह | haphazard; careless; sloppy | From the number of typos and
misspellings I've found on it, it's clear that Mario proofread the report in
a remarkably slapdash fashion. |
| 3186 | sleazy | असार | flimsy; unsubstantial | This is a sleazy fabric; it will
not wear well. |
| 3187 | sleeper | स्लीपर | something originally of little
value or importance that in time becomes very valuable | Unnoticed by the critics at its
publication, the eventual Pulitzer Prize winner was a classic sleeper. |
| 3188 | sleight | सफ़ाई | dexterity | The magician amazed the audience
with his sleight of hand. |
| 3189 | slight | थोड़ा | insult to one's dignity; snub | Hypersensitive and ready to take
offense at any discourtesy, Bertha was always on the lookout for real or
imaginary slights. |
| 3190 | slither | लुढ़कना | slip or slide | During the recent ice storm,
many people slithered down this hill as they walked to the station. |
| 3191 | sloth | आलस | laziness | Such sloth in a young person is
deplorable; go to work! |
| 3192 | sloth | आलस | slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal | Note how well the somewhat
greenish coat of the sloth enables it to blend in with its arboreal
surroundings. |
| 3193 | slough | केंचुली | cast off | Each spring, the snake sloughs
off its skin. |
| 3194 | slovenly | मैला-कुचैला | untidy; slipshod | Such slovenly work habits will
never produce good products. |
| 3195 | sluggard | आलसी | lazy person | You are a sluggard, a drone, a
parasite, the angry father shouted at his lazy son. |
| 3196 | sluggish | सुस्त | slow; lazy; lethargic | After two nights without sleep,
she felt sluggish and incapable of exertion. |
| 3197 | sluice | जलमार्ग | artificial channel for directing
or controlling the flow of water | In times of drought, this sluice
enables farmers to obtain water for irrigation. |
| 3198 | slur | कलंक | insult to one's character or
reputation; slander | Polls revealed that the
front-runner's standing had been damaged by the slurs and innuendoes
circulated by his opponent's staff. |
| 3199 | smattering | गिरोह | slight knowledge | I don't know whether it is
better to be ignorant of a subject or to have a mere smattering of
information about it. |
| 3200 | smirk | नखरे की मुस्कराहट | conceited smile | Wipe that smirk off your face! |
| 3201 | smolder | सुलगना | burn without flame; be liable to
break out at any moment | The rags smoldered for hours
before they burst into flame. |
| 3202 | snicker | हिनहिनाहट | half-stifled laugh | The boy could not suppress a
snicker when the teacher sat on the tack. |
| 3203 | snivel | सिसकना | run at the nose; snuffle; whine | Don't you come sniveling to me
complaining about your big brother. |
| 3204 | sobriety | संयम | moderation (especially regarding
indulgence in alcohol); seriousness | Neither drunkards nor comics are
noted for sobriety. |
| 3205 | sodden | मदहोश | soaked; dull, as if from drink | He set his sodden overcoat near
the radiator to dry. |
| 3206 | sojourn | डेरा डालना | temporary stay | After his sojourn in Florida, he
began to long for the colder climate of his native New England home. |
| 3207 | solace | सांत्वना | comfort in trouble | I hope you will find solace in
the thought that all of us share your loss. |
| 3208 | solder | मिलाप | repair or make whole by using a
metal alloy | The plumber fixed the leak in
the pipes by soldering a couple of joints from which water had been oozing. |
| 3209 | solecism | प्रमाद | construction that is flagrantly
incorrect grammatically | I must give this paper a failing
mark because it contains many solecisms. |
| 3210 | solemnity | गंभीरता | seriousness; gravity | The minister was concerned that
nothing should disturb the solemnity of the marriage service. |
| 3211 | solicit | मांगना | request earnestly; seek | Knowing she needed to have a
solid majority for the budget to pass, the mayor telephoned all the members
of the city council to solicit their votes. |
| 3212 | solicitous | चिंताशील | worried, concerned | The employer was very solicitous
about the health of her employees as replacements were difficult to get. |
| 3213 | soliloquy | स्वगत भाषण | talking to oneself | The soliloquy is a device used
by the dramatist to reveal a character's innermost thoughts and emotions. |
| 3214 | solstice | अयनांत | point at which the sun is
farthest from the equator | The winter solstice usually
occurs on December 21. |
| 3215 | solvent | विलायक | able to pay all debts | By dint of very frugal living,
he was finally able to become solvent and avoid bankruptcy proceedings. |
| 3216 | somatic | दैहिक | pertaining to the body; physical | Why do you ignore the spiritual
aspects and emphasize only the corporeal and the somatic ones? |
| 3217 | somber | मलिन | gloomy; depressing | From the doctor's grim
expression, I could tell he had somber news. |
| 3218 | somnambulist | नींद में चलनेवाला | sleepwalker | The most famous somnambulist in
literature is Lady Macbeth; her monologue in the sleepwalking scene is one of
the highlights of Shakespeare's play. |
| 3219 | somnolent | निद्रजनक | half asleep | The heavy meal and the
overheated room made us all somnolent and indifferent to the speaker. |
| 3220 | sonorous | मधुर | resonant | His sonorous voice resounded
through the hall. |
| 3221 | sophist | मिथ्या हेतुवादी | teacher of philosophy; quibbler;
employer of fallacious reasoning | You are using all the devices of
a sophist in trying to prove your case; your argument is specious. |
| 3222 | sophistication | मिलावट | artificiality; unnaturalness;
act of employing sophistry in reasoning | Sophistication is an acquired
characteristic, found more frequently among city dwellers than among
residents of rural areas. |
| 3223 | sophistry | सत्य का आभास | seemingly plausible but
fallacious reasoning | Instead of advancing valid
arguments, he tried to overwhelm his audience with a flood of sophistries. |
| 3224 | sophomoric | sophomoric | immature; shallow | Your sophomoric remarks are a
sign of your youth and indicate that you have not given much thought to the
problem. |
| 3225 | soporific | ऊंघता हुआ | sleep producing | I do not need a sedative when I
listen to one of his soporific speeches. |
| 3226 | sordid | घिनौना | filthy; base; vile | The social worker was angered by
the sordid housing provided for the homeless. |
| 3227 | spangle | दीप्ति | small metallic piece sewn to
clothing for ornamentation | The thousands of spangles on her
dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights. |
| 3228 | spartan | संयमी | lacking luxury and comfort;
sternly disciplined | Looking over the bare, unheated
room with its hard cot, he wondered what he was doing in such spartan
quarters. Only his spartan sense of duty kept him at his post. |
| 3229 | spasmodic | अकड़नेवाला | fitful; periodic | The spasmodic coughing in the
auditorium annoyed the performers. |
| 3230 | spat | झगड़ा | squabble; minor dispute | What had started out as a mere
spat escalated into a full-blown argument. |
| 3231 | spate | झोंक | sudden flood | I am worried about the
possibility of a spate if the rains do not diminish soon. |
| 3232 | spatial | स्थानिक | relating to space | It is difficult to visualize the
spatial extent of our universe. |
| 3233 | spatula | रंग | broad-bladed instrument used for
spreading or mixing | The manufacturers of this frying
pan recommended the use of a rubber spatula to avoid scratching the specially
treated surface. |
| 3234 | spawn | अंडे | lay eggs | Fish ladders had to be built in
the dams to assist the salmon returning to spawn in their native streams. |
| 3235 | specious | दिखौवा | seemingly reasonable but
incorrect | Let us not be misled by such
specious arguments. |
| 3236 | spectral | वर्णक्रम | ghostly | We were frightened by the
spectral glow that filled the room. |
| 3237 | spectrum | स्पेक्ट्रम | colored band produced when a
beam of light passes through a prism | The visible portion of the
spectrum includes red at one end and violet at the other. |
| 3238 | spendthrift | उड़ाऊ | someone who wastes money | Easy access to credit encourages
people to turn into spendthrifts who shop till they drop. |
| 3239 | sphinx-like | स्फिंक्स की तरह | enigmatic; mysterious | The Mona Lisa's sphinx-like
expression has puzzled art lovers for centuries. |
| 3240 | splice | ब्याह | fasten together; unite | Before you splice two strips of
tape together, be sure to line them up evenly. |
| 3241 | spontaneity | स्वच्छंदता | impulsiveness; absence of
premeditation | What I liked best about Dale's
parties was their spontaneity: a couple of friends would drop by, someone
would pull out a fiddle or guitar, and before you knew it the party would be
in full swing. |
| 3242 | spoonerism | spoonerism | accidental transposition of
sounds in sucessive words | When the radio announcer
introduced the President as Hoobert Herver, he was guilty of spoonerism. |
| 3243 | sporadic | छिटपुट | occurring irregularly | Although there are still
sporadic outbursts of shooting in the streets, the rebellion is essentially
over. |
| 3244 | sportive | विनोदी | playful | Such a sportive attitude is
surprising in a person as serious as you usually are. |
| 3245 | spruce | सजाना | neat and trim | Every button buttoned, tie
firmly in place, young Alex Keaton looked spruce and tidy for his job
interview at the bank. |
