Units 71-75

Question 1

stanch

Answer 1

v, to stop or check the flow of

Question 2

stentorian

Answer 2

adj, extremely loud

Question 3

stigma, stagmatize

Answer 3

n, mark of disgrace or inferiority

v

Question 4

stint

Answer 4

v, to be sparing

n, a period of time spent doing something

Question 5

stipulate, stipulation

Answer 5

v, to specify as an essential condition

n

Question 6

stolid

Answer 6

adj, having or showing little emotion

Question 7

stratified, stratum (plural: strata)

Answer 7

adj, arranged in layers

n, a layer

Question 8

striated, striation

Answer 8

adj, marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels

n

Question 9

stricture

Answer 9

n, something that restrains; negative criticism

Question 10

strident

Answer 10

adj, loud; harsh; unpleasantly noisy

Question 11

strut

Answer 11

v, to swagger; display to impress others

Question 12

stultify

Answer 12

v, to impair or reduce to uselessness

Question 13

stupefy

Answer 13

v, to dull the senses of; stun; astonish

Question 14

stygian

Answer 14

adj, dark and gloomy; hellish

Question 15

aubpoena

Answer 15

n, notice ordering someone to appear in court

Question 16

subside

Answer 16

v, to settle down; grow quiet

Question 17

substantiate

Answer 17

v, to support with proof or evidence

Question 18

substantive

Answer 18

adj, essential; pertaining to the substance

Question 19

subsume

Answer 19

v, to include; incorporate

Question 20

subversive, subvert

Answer 20

adj, intended to undermine or overthrow, especially an established government
n, a person intending to undermine something
v

Question 21

succor

Answer 21

n, relief; help in time of distress or want

Question 22

suffrage

Answer 22

n, the right to vote

Question 23

sundry

Answer 23

adj, various

Question 24

supersede

Answer 24

v, to replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated

Question 25

supine

Answer 25

adj, lying on the back; marked by lethargy

Question 26

supplant

Answer 26

v, to replace; substitute

Question 27

suppliant

Answer 27

adj, beseeching

Question 28

supplicant

Answer 28

n, one who asks humbly and earnestly

Question 29

supposition

Answer 29

n, the act of assuming to be true or real

Question 30

syllogism

Answer 30

n, a form of deductive reasoning that has a major premise, a minor premise, and a coclusion

Question 31

sylvan

Answer 31

adj, related to the woods or forest

Question 32

tacit,

Answer 32

adj, silently understood; implied

Question 33

talisman

Answer 33

n, charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune

Question 34

tangentail

Answer 34

adj, peripheral; digressing

Question 35

tautology

Answer 35

n, unnecessary repetition

Question 36

taxonomy

Answer 36

n, science of classification; in biology, the process of classifying organisms in categories

Question 37

tenet

Answer 37

n, belief; doctrine

Question 38

tenuous

Answer 38

adj, weak; insubstantial

Question 39

terrestrial

Answer 39

adj, earthly; commonplace

Question 40

theocracy

Answer 40

n, government by priests representing a god

Question 41

thespian

Answer 41

n, an actor or actress

Question 42

timbre

Answer 42

n, the characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice; tone color

Question 43

tirade

Answer 43

n, long, violent speech; verbal assault

Question 44

toady

Answer 44

n, flatterer; hanger-on; yes-man

Question 45

tome

Answer 45

n, book, usually large and academic

Question 46

torpor

Answer 46

n, lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness

Question 47

torque

Answer 47

n, a turning or twisting force; the moment of a force; the measure of a force’s tendency to produce twisting or turning and rotation around an axis

Question 48

tortuous

Answer 48

adj, having many twists and turns; highly complex

Question 49

tout

Answer 49

v, to promote or praise energetically

Question 50

tractable

Answer 50

adj, obedient; yielding