Vocab day 4 part 2

Question 1

tractable

Answer 1

obedient

Question 2

tout

Answer 2

to promote or praise energetically

Question 3

thespian

Answer 3

an actress / actor

Question 4

timber

Answer 4

characteristic of a sound made by an instument

Question 5

tirade

Answer 5

violent speech

Question 6

toady

Answer 6

obedient, yes man, a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important.
Syn : obsequiosly

Question 7

tome

Answer 7

a large book

Question 8

torpor

Answer 8

dull, lathargy

syn: torpid, inertia, lastitude,

Question 9

torque

Answer 9

twist force

Question 10

tortuous

Answer 10

having many twist and turns, highly complex,

syn; convoluted, sinuous

Question 11

tenet

Answer 11

a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
especially : one held in common by members of an organization, movement, or profession
syn: principle, belief, doctrine

Question 12

tautology

Answer 12

like the Tourette syndrome, unnecessary repetition

Question 13

tangential

Answer 13

having little to do with the matter at hand

syn : appurtenant, peripheral

Question 14

theocracy

Answer 14

government lead by priests

Question 15

sylvan

Answer 15

related to woods and forest

Question 16

tacit

Answer 16

understood or implied without stating

Question 17

taciturn

Answer 17

habitually untalkitive

Question 18

talisman

Answer 18

charm for good luck

Question 19

taxonomy

Answer 19

science of classification

Question 20

tenuous

Answer 20

weak, insubstantial / very weak or slight.
“the tenuous link between interest rates and investment”
“a tenuous cloud”
mean not thick / broad / abundant / dense.

Question 21

supine

Answer 21

lying on the back

Question 22

supersede

Answer 22

to replace, especially as a inferior

similar word : supplant

Question 23

supplant

Answer 23

to replace but as a substitude

similar word; supersede

Question 24

supplicant

Answer 24

to implore urgently.
implore(to ask for aid)

similar word; suppliant

Question 25

suppliant

Answer 25

one who asks humbly for aid similar word ; supplicant

Question 26

supposition

Answer 26

something that is supposed / HYPOTHESIS / the act of supposing

Question 27

syllogism

Answer 27

a deductive form of reasoning

Question 28

succor

Answer 28

relief, provide aid | the women was accused of succor to the enemy

Question 29

suffrage

Answer 29

right to vote

Question 30

subversive / subvert

Answer 30

a person intending to undermine a established government

Question 31

stupefy

Answer 31

to dull the senses of something or someone / stun

Question 32

stultify

Answer 32

to reduce to uselessness

Question 33

strut

Answer 33

swagger : display to impress others

Question 34

stygian

Answer 34

dark and gloomy "The stygian cave led to an underground river which frightened the explorers." syn: murly, sombre, dismal, desolate

Question 35

subpoena

Answer 35

ordering to appear in the court

Question 36

subside

Answer 36

to settle down

Question 37

substantiate

Answer 37

to support with evidence, quantity, size ,extend "Engineers tend to earn substantially more money than teachers, but engineers contribution to the society is much less substantive."

Question 38

substantive

Answer 38

essential, quality, meaning "Engineers tend to earn substantially more money than teachers, but engineers contribution to the society is much less substantive."

Question 39

subsume

Answer 39

include

Question 40

strident

Answer 40

loud, harsh sound | syn: cacophonus, disonance, discordant

Question 41

stricture

Answer 41

a restriction on a person or activity. /

Question 42

striated

Answer 42

narrow groves and channels.

Question 43

stratified

Answer 43

arranged in layers

Question 44

stolid

Answer 44

showing little emotion. | similar as apathy: which means showing no emotion.

Question 45

stipulate

Answer 45

to specify as an essential condition. | " he stipulated before the court before testifying "

Question 46

stint

Answer 46

to be sparing, to supply very ungenerous amount.

Question 47

stigma

Answer 47

mark of disgrace / inferiority

Question 48

stentorian

Answer 48

extremely loud "Strident- loud but harsh Vociferous- loud repitative but not necessarily harsh Stentorian - loud voice , like people who are a bit deaf are rather stentorian.

Question 49

stanch

Answer 49

to stop / check the flow of , Specially stop the flow of blood. "She stanched her tears and pretended nothing has happened"

Question 50

sundry

Answer 50

various | Syn : variegated, assorted ( of various sorts put together).