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subliminal
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adj. below the threshold
subliminal influences which affect our thinking |
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suborn
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v. pursuade to act unlawfully (esp to commit perjury)
they used bribery to suborn the witness against the man |
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subpoena
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n. writ (formal document) summoning a witness to appear
The prosecutor's office was ready to serve a subpoena on the reluctant witness |
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subsidiary
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adj. subordinate; secondary
this info can only be used as subsidiary evidence - it's not sufficient to prove the argument |
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subsistence
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n. existence; means of support; livelihood
my salary provides a mere subsistence |
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substantiate
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v. establish by evidence; verify; support
these endorsements substantiate our claim that Barron's is the best |
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substantive
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adj. essential; pertaining to the substance
we never agree on substantive issues |
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subsume
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v. include; encompass
Is Newton's law of gravity subsumed into Einstein's larger scheme? |
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subterfuge
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n. pretense (feigning); evasion
Once we realized you had won our support by subterfuge, we withdrew our endorsement of your candidacy |
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subversive
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adj. tending to overthrow; destructive
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succor
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v. aid; assist; comfort
he has come to succor you in your hrof need |
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succulent
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adj. juicy; full of richness
Florida citrus fruits are so succulent |
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suffragist
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n. advocate of voting rights (for women )
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suffuse
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v. spread over
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sully
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v. tarnish; soil
sully his hands in such menial labor |
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sultry
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adj. sweltering
sultry climate of the tropics |
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summation
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n. act of finding the total; summary
in his summation, the lawyer... |
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sumptuous
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adj. lavish; rich
sumptuous Thanksgiving feast |
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sunder
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v. separate; part
North and South Korea are politically sundered |
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sundry
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adj. various; severy
I read sundry items in teh newspapers about your behavior |
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superannuated
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adj. retired or disqualified bc of age
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supercilious
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adj. arrogant; condescending; patronizing
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supererogatory
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adj. superfluous; more than needed or demanded
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supernumerary
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n. person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra
his first appearance on the stage was as a supernumerary |
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supersede
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v. cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
robots have superseded humans in this factory |
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supine
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adj. lying on back
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supplant
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v. replace; usurp
Did the woman acutally supplant Princess Diana in Prince Charles's affections? |
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supple
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adj. flexible; pliant
her body is supple from years of yoga |
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suppliant
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adj. entreating (to ask for earnestly); beseeching (implore urgently)
Unable to resist the dog's suppliant whimpering, he gave it some food |
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supplicate
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v. petition humbly; pray to grant a favor
We supplicate your Majjesty to grant him amnesty (pardon for offenses) |
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supposition
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n., hypothesis; surmise (to conjecture or guess)
I based my decision to confide in him on the supposition that he would be discreet v. SUPPOSE! |
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supposititious
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adj. assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical
there is no similariaty btn your supposititious illustration and the problem we are facing |
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surfeit
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v. satiate; stuff; indulge to excess in anything
we are surfeited w/ an overabundance of holiday treats |
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surly
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adj. rude; cross
surly attitude |
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surmise
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v. guess
I surmise that he will be late |
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surmount
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v. overcome
I know that i can surmount any difficulties |
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susceptible
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adj. impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
a very susceptible customer (i convinced him to buy it!) |
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sustain
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v. experience; support; nourish
he sustained a severe injury work to sustain his family |
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sustenance
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n. means of support, food, nourishment
the natives find sustenance easy to obtain bc of all the fruit trees |
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swarthy
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adj. dark, dusky
many Italians look swarthy |
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swathe
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v. wrap around; bandage
he was swathed in bandages |
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swelter
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v. be opppressed by heat
I can't swelter through another hot and humid summer |
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swill
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v. drink greedily
the pirates swilled their beer |
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sybarite
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n. lover of luxury
Rich people are not always sybarites |
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sycophant
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n. servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
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syllogism
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n. logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
there must be a fallacy in this syllogism |
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sylvan
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adj. pertaining to the woods; rustic
His paintings of nymphs in sylvan backgrounds |
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synoptic
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adj. providing a general overview; summary
synoptic account of what was new inthe field |
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synthetic
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adj. artificial; resulting from synthesis
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tacit
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adj. understood; not put into words
we have a tacit agreement |
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taciturn
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adj. habitually silent; talking little
a cowboy is usually a taciturn soul |
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tactile
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adj. pertaining to organs or sense of touch
his callused hands lost their tactile sensitivity |
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talisman
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n. charm
she wore the talisman to ward off evil |
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talon
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n. claw of bird
the hawk's talons |
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tangential
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adj. peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
he tried to distract her w/ tangential remarks |
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tanner
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n. person who turns animal hides into leather
the tanner treated the cowhide |
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tantalize
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v. tease; torture w/ disappointment
Tom loved to tantalize his younger brother w/ candy; he knew the boy was forbidden to have it |
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tantamount
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adj. equivalent in effect or value
the tax was tantamount to disenfranchisement for black voters bc the blacks could not afford to pay the tax. |
