Week 23 Flashcards
Stamina, n.
The strength required to resist or withstand disease, fatigue or hardship.
Stationary, adj.
Not moving.
Steeple, n.
An ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
Stimulus, n.
Something that rouses or incites to activity.
Subservient, adj.
Subordinate in capacity or function.
Substitute, n.
A person who takes the place of or acts for another.
Suffocate, v.
To die from being unable to breathe.
Suffrage, n.
The right or power to participate in electing public officials and adopting or rejecting legislation in a representative form of government.
Sumptuous, adj.
Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; costly, lavish.
Superfluous, adj.
Being beyond what is required or sufficient.
Superstitious, adj.
Having irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.
Surplus, adj.
Being more than or in excess of what is needed or required.
Surreptitious, adj.
Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means.
Sustain, v.
To support (a cause or the like) by aid or approval.
Symbol, n.
Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention.
Symmetry, n.
Balanced proportions.
Sympathy, n.
The act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interest of another.
Tabernacle, n.
The Jewish temple.
Tambourine, n.
A percussion instrument consisting of a small drumhead with jingling disks fitted into the rim, usually played by shaking and striking with the hand.
Tariff, n.
The duty or rate of duty imposed by a government on imported or exported goods.
Technical, adj.
Having special skill or practical knowledge, especially in a mechanical or scientific field.
Tedious, adj.
Marked by tedium; long and tiresome.
Telephone, n.
A device for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.
Tension, n.
Mental, emotional, or nervous strain.
Tentative, adj.
Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on; provisional.
Terrible, adj.
Dreadful, extremely disagreeable, objectionable.
Terrific, adj.
Of an extraordinary nature; astounding; tremendous.
Therapeutic, adj.
Of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods.
Thermometer, n.
An instrument for determining temperature.
Thesaurus, n.
A dictionary of synonyms.
Thirsty, adj.
Desiring to drink.
Threshold, n.
Place or point of entering or beginning; entrance; outset.
