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Dictionary · English 1,010
Vocabulary ranked by real-world frequency — start with the 1,000 most common words. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), review in progress.
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spaghetti
A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
speedy
Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid.
spur-of-the-moment
Done without prior planning or thought
spying
espionage; the act of secretly gathering information
staging
A performance of a play
standpoint
A point of view; a perspective.
statues
A children's game in which the players have to stand still without moving while being looked at.
stein
A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
sway
The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
salesman
A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.
scarlet
A brilliant red colour sometimes tinged with orange.
sensing
The act of sensation.
sewer
A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
shits
Synonym of diarrhea.
sonny
A familiar form of address for a boy.
southwestern
Of or pertaining to the southwest.
spokesperson
A person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.
stalking
The act of going stealthily.
standardized
Designed or constructed in a standard manner or according to an official standard.
substrate
An underlying layer; a substratum.
sultan
The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
supremacy
The quality of being supreme.
symptom
A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer.
safari
A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or to hunt wild animals in their own environment.
scaling
The act of one who scales or climbs.
scorer
One who scores.
seldom
Infrequently, rarely.
shareholder
One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.
soy
A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
statewide
Happening in or affecting an entire state (political subdivision of a federal union).
stationary
Not moving.
styled
Set in place, arranged.
subdivision
A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
succeeding
Following, next in order.
sabotage
A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
sarcasm
Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
Savannah
A Savannah cat.
sentencing
Relating to a judicial sentence.
sexist
Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
shutdown
The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
sic
Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.
Suffolk
A horse of this breed.
Syracuse
A type of red wine.
sibling
A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.
simulator
One who simulates or feigns.
skull-splitting
extremely difficult or confusing
SL
sine loco (without place [of publication])
slippery
Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
sorting
verbal noun of sort: — Ordering.
spectacle
An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
stint
To be sparing or mean.
storey
A floor or level of a building or ship.
suicidal
Pertaining to suicide.
symposium
A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
Sammy
Synonym of Samoyed (a breed of dog)
sarcastic
Containing sarcasm.
scholarly
Characteristic of a scholar.
segregation
The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
shaken
Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.