salutary
(adj.) beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome
sanctimonious
(adj.) making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou
sanguine
cheerful; optimistic
sardonic
grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
scintillate
to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually
scrupulous
exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled
scrutinize
to examine closely
secular
Non-religious
sedition
rebellion or resistance against the government
sensory
Having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling
sentient
aware; conscious; able to perceive
sequester
(v.) to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody
serendipity
luck, finding good things without looking for them
servile
overly submissive
singular
unique, extraordinary, odd
slander
spoken defamation
sloth
laziness; sluggishness
sobriety
living without alcohol
solicitous
(adj.) showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something
solvent
A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
soporific
(adj.) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n.) something that induces sleep
sordid
(adj.) wretchedly poor; run-down; mean or selfish
spawn
to bring forth; to produce a large number
specious
(adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
sporadic
(adj.) occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order