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60 Cards in this Set
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subliminal
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below conscious awareness
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subordinate
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occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive
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suborn (v)
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persuade to act unlawfully (esp. to commit perjury)
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subsidiary
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something secondary in importance; auxiliary
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subsidy
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direct financial aid by government, etc.
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subsistence
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means needed to support life
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substantial
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ample, solid
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substantive
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real, as opposed to imaginary; essential
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subtlety
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perceptiveness, delicacy
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subversive
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tending to overthrow, destructive
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succor
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to aid, assist, comfort
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succumb (2)
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to yield, give in, die
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sully
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to tarnish, to soil
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sultry (2)
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(1) (of the weather, air) -- hot and humid
(2) (of a person, esp. a woman) -- passionately hot, sexy, etc. |
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summation
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act of finding the total; summary
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sumptuous
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lavish, rich
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sunder (v)
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to separate, to part
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supercilious
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arrogant, condescending, patronizing
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superimpose
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to place over something else
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supplant
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to replace, usurp
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supple
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flexible, pliant
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supplicate
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petition humbly, pray to grant a favor
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surfeit (v)
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to satiate, indulge to excess
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surly
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rude, cross
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surmount
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overcome
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surveillance
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watching, guarding
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swarm
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dense moving crowd
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swathe
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wrap around; to bandage
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swill
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drink greedily
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sybarite
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lover of luxury
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symbiosis
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interdependent r'ship between roups, species; often mutually beneficial
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synoptic
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providing a general overview; summary
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table
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to set aside a resolution or proposal for future consideration
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talon
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claw of bird
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tangential
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peripheral, only slightly connected, digressing
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tanner
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person who turns animal hides into leather
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tantamount
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equivalent in effect or value
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submissive
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yielding, timid
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subpoena (n)
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write summoning a witness to appear
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substantiate
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establish by evidence, verify, support
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subsume
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include, encompass
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subterfuge (n)
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deceit used to achieve your goal,
a statement or action resorted to in order to deceive (evasion) |
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suffragist
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advocate of voting rights (for women)
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suffuse (v)
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to spread over
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superannuated
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retired or disqualified because of age
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supererogatory
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superfluous; more than needed or demanded
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supernumerary
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person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra
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supposititious
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(1) substituted for the real thing (not genuine, artificial)
(2) assumed, hypothetical |
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surrogate (adj)
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substitute
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sustain (v)
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(1) strengthen/support/nourish
"a sustaining breakfast" "this thought sustained him for a while" (2) (of an actor): representing a role convincingly (3) bear (the weight of) without breaking (4) experience something (especially something bad) |
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sustenance (n)
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means of support, food, nourishment
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suture (n)
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stiches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing
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swarthy (adj)
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dark, dusky
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swathe (v)
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bandage; wrap around
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swelter (v)
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to be oppressed by heat
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synchronous
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similarly timed; simultaneous with
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synthesis (n)
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combining parts into a whole
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synthetic (adj)
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artificial; resulting from synthesis
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taciturn
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habitually silent; talking little
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tantalize
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(1) to torment or tease someone with the sight or promise of something that's actually unattainable
-such questions have tantalized the world's best thinkers for ages (2) to excite the desires/senses (of someone) "she tantalized him" |
